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applegrove

(118,639 posts)
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 05:26 PM Mar 2020

Why can't the states share ventilators depending on where they are on the coronavirus curve?

Infection Rate Doubling Every Three Days In New York

March 24, 2020 at 12:42 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 133 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/03/24/infection-rate-doubling-every-three-days-in-new-york/

"SNIP......

“Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who last week adopted a friendly tone toward President Trump, got as close as he has to chastising the federal government, which has so far sent 400 ventilators to New York City,” the New York Times reports.

Said Cuomo: “You want a pat on the back for sending 400 ventilators. What are we going to do with 400 ventilators when we need 30,000 ventilators? You’re missing the magnitude of the problem, and the problem is defined by the magnitude.”

Cuomo said the rate of new coronavirus infections in New York is doubling about every three days: “We haven’t flattened the curve. And the curve is actually increasing.”

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Why can't the states share ventilators depending on where they are on the coronavirus curve? (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2020 OP
Cuomo is really great Beringia Mar 2020 #1

Beringia

(4,316 posts)
1. Cuomo is really great
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 05:30 PM
Mar 2020

He has absorbed all the scientific information and can present it to the public in layman's terms and with a big heart.
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