Gov. Cuomo: Trump's reckless quarantine remarks 'panicked' people into leaving New York City

[kpete]

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) revealed on Sunday that “panicked” New Yorkers told him that they are planning to leave the state after President Donald Trump threatened to “quarantine” surrounding areas.

Cuomo made the remarks a day after Trump said that he was considering a quarantine before backing off the threat.

“You want to do it in a way that doesn’t create more fear,” Cuomo explained. “You’re fighting the virus and you’re fighting the fear. I can’t tell you how many people called all night long about the mandatory quarantine comment that the president made as he was getting into a helicopter.”

“People are so on edge, I mean it really panicked people,” he continued. “They were going to leave the city last night. Really. You need to manage that fear and the panic. And you also need to deal with the virus.”



https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/gov-cuomo-trumps-reckless-quarantine-remarks-panicked-people-into-leaving-new-york-city/

[RockRaven]

1. That's what happened to Wuhan. 5 Million people fled to other areas between the time rumors

started circulating about a lockdown and the time the security services actually enacted the cordon. Some took the virus with them to other cities/regions.

[jmg257]

2. Weird - Nationally-mandated stay at home & closures to force social distancing are fine, but not

nationally mandated shelter in place orders?

Andrew Cuomo
@NYGovCuomo
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Mar 16
Our primary goal is to slow the spread of #Coronavirus so that the wave doesn’t crash our healthcare system. Social distancing is the best way to do that.

I have called on the federal gov't to implement nationwide protocols, but in their absence we are taking this on ourselves.