Cuomo Doesn't Think New York Can 'Flatten the Curve'

[RandySF]

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said he doesn’t believe New York’s health care system will be able to meet the demand required by coronavirus patients, NPR reports.

Said Cuomo: “I don’t believe we’ll be able to flatten the curve enough to meet the capacity of the health care system.”

He repeatedly said the federal government will need to do more and said his administration is working with the National Guard and health officials to identify facilities that could be retrofitted to serve as hospitals, like dorms and old nursing homes.




https://politicalwire.com/2020/03/16/cuomo-doesnt-think-new-york-can-flatten-the-curve/

[janterry]

1. We need the Army Corp of Engineers ASAP

n/t

[Igel]

2. Primarily state or primarily city?

I was looking at NY's current death/case ratio. It's really out of line, 6:1000 (I round, I round). There was a spike in cases in the very recent past, and it takes around 20 days for death by COVID-19 (at least that's the rough number I've heard), so they're in for a spike in deaths Real Soon Now, 200+ as a conservative prediction.

And most of the cases are in NYS and environs. Granted, more health care outlets there, but also more reliance on social services and society in general, esp. in the City. Harder to avoid people when you take mass transit, harder to avoid people in a high-rise apt. building, and even if you're not in penury, there's still limitations of space in many apts. And with NYC cancelling classes, it'll be interesting to see what all the kids do--self-isolate? In which case the nose-to-the-phone mode of Being might work out after all.

Different in the 'burbs.