New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) shared some good news about the efforts to stem the surge of COVID-19 cases in his state.
“To use an overused term, we are cautiously optimistic that we are slowing the infection rate,” the governor told reporters Friday during his daily press briefing. “That’s what the numbers say, that’s what the data suggests to us.”
There’s been a “dramatic decline” in the three-day average number of hospitalizations caused by the virus, according to Cuomo.
“Change in ICU admissions is actually a negative number for the first time since we started this intense journey,” he said. “That means there are fewer people in the intensive care units statewide than there were, and again, that’s the first time we’ve seen a negative number, so that’s good.”
Cuomo: We're "cautiously optimistic" that NY's infection rate is slowing. pic.twitter.com/4NJ4I9p2p8
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) April 10, 2020
That is good news though the grimness of yesterday’s death toll (799) shows that Covid can be deadly and NOT a “new hoax” to be wished away from 15 infections to zero by April! Understandably, the death toll has a lag but NY has started digging mass graves in Hart Island. RIP to those NYers who has lost their lives to Covid.
As an aside, note that as of Apr 9th per Worldometers.info, US is the #1 in the amount of Total Testing BUT note that it ONLY tested approx 0.30% of every 1M Population unlike UAE or Australia which has tested approx 10.11%+ and 3.92% of 1M population respectively.
Addendum:
Meanwhile…
Ignoramus IMPeetus is wishing everyone “Happy” Good Friday!
This is a person who wants to "Re-Open America on Easter Sunday…because
“Easter is a very special day for me … Easter Sunday, and you’ll have packed churches all over our country.”
You MORON - you are super sizing Covid infections and Good Friday is NOT a happy day!
MAGA = Morons Are Governing America!
I’m incredibly realistic that IMPOTUS will try to take credit for this.
In other words, the policies taken in New York and other deep blue states are actually working. But these dumb fuck Republicans refuse to recognize that and are going to re-infect us. Unfortunately, the coronavirus doesn’t recognize red state vs. blue state.
Cuomo also stressed intensive testing.
He’ll both attack Cuomo, for not doing enough AND take credit for everything that NY did to flatten the curve so that … wait for it … we can all go back to work and open up the economy in three weeks (maybe two … we’ll see what happens).