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

[brooklynite]

Source: Political Wire

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.

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

[defacto7]

1. How about trump tower?

[Jim__]

2. Sure. Trump will rent out empty rooms for 1000 - 1500 per night.

Extra for things like beds, electricity. You know, a great deal.

[defacto7]

3. No, they take over the hotels or apt. Bldgs by state executive order.

That's what they've enabled in CA.

[Dem2theMax]

4. How I would love to see the state of New York

take over Trump Tower. And while they are there, they can change the name on it.

[defacto7]

8. That would be some righteous indignation.

[rurallib]

7. Problem is that Trump properties are probably not up to code for occupation

remember the fire that killed a tenant because there were no sprinklers.

I am sure Trump would let the state bring them up to code for nothing out of his pocket.

[defacto7]

10. Yeah I remember that. I don't know if they were required

to catch up by now. It was a big issue.

[Dem2theMax]

17. Awwww, let a girl dream!

Wouldn't it be wonderful to see the steam coming out of his ears as his name went off the building and another name went up? They don't even need to change the name. Just occupy the building. I'd be so happy!



It would be the only time in the history of the world that anything that had to do with Trump would be used for a good purpose. But of course other people would have had to make it happen.

[Miguelito Loveless]

11. No, they simply commandeer

the building's empty rooms for the duration.

National emergency, don't you know.

In fact ALL Trump properties should be commandeered.

[defacto7]

13. Yep.

[PaulRevere08]

15. I'm not sure about that shit-hole but I think local leaders should be looking at hotels

to turn into temp-hospitals. They already have built in food prep facilities and are designed to move people in and out. Also, many are somewhat out of the way, i.e. by airports. The fact that they have wi-fi and large panel TVs would allow love ones to connect to them.

[TheFourthMind]

5. With a Sharpie he most certainly could. n/t

https://www.washingtonpost.com/pbox.php?url=&w=1484&op=resize&opt=1&filter=antialias&t=20170517

&w=908

[gibraltar72]

6. Ohio has already cancelled all non essential surgeries

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Cuomo is absolutely right, get local, scale up

I think they need to consider large spaces - gyms, auditoriums, conference rooms. There are dividers, you've all seen the pics from the 1918 epidemic, from China this year, large spaces many beds.

But I also worry the news is worse than they've been saying and they're breaking it to us slowly. Trump claims he's not responsible, Governors want Federal help, Trump says to buy direct.

World population is 4 times what it was in 1918. This pandemic is anywhere from 10 to 40 times more deadly. The numbers aren't pretty.

[defacto7]

12. 10 to 40 times more deadly than what?

It's in the vacinity of the 1918 flu for deadliness, it's around 30x more deadly than the common flu. But nothing is certain.

[bucolic_frolic]

14. CORRECTED: I NOW read 1918 was 2.5% of the population

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that died, but estimates I've heard the last 2 days were twice the rate for this COVID-19.

So it's safe to say Corona is about twice as lethal, and may infect 2/3 of the population, twice the rate of 1918.

Twice as lethal, twice the rate of infection, four times the population as back then. Staggering catastrophe.

And you're right, nothing is certain. They still don't know enough about it. Today the new angle was some people feel pretty good but are carriers. Whoa. Or it could mutate, which could be good or bad. Suddenly state and local governments are mostly telling everyone to shelter in place.

[defacto7]

16. That all makes sense.

The estimated deaths I've read for '18 are between 50 and 100 million depending on who is estimating. I had thought that would be a death rate of 7-14% by number of infected. Estimates, estimates it's all estimated, no real numbers.
It's all just wait and see I guess.

[roamer65]

23. I believe deaths in the US were around 675,000

[cstanleytech]

18. Don't forget unoccupied shopping malls as well as the air ports as with flights reduced there

is a lot of unused space at the airports not to mention parking decks.

[bucolic_frolic]

19. I wonder if it's the lack of medical equipment that stops them

They would have to go back to old time medicine, 1960s style.

And imagine all the relatives wanting to see their loved ones. And questioning triage.

It's a sad situation ripe for despair.

[bucolic_frolic]

20. Cuomo is stepping up, he's let Don the Con know America is watching

and we're not taking any nonsense

[Steelrolled]

21. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital?

M*A*S*H

[Steelrolled]

22. Many of these things have to, and should be, done by states

They are closer to the ground.