Governor Cuomo Briefing September 24 2020
The two major factors affect New York's being an anomaly for the country:
the extraordinary work of New Yorkers, and what happens in states around NY and in other other countries.
The U.S. COVID infection rate is going up, overall, while New York has only a 1% infection rate.
The collective reality is that we won't be out of this until we are all out of this.
Fall challenges to adapt to: schools, COVID vaccine, flu season
Schools report daily, labs do tests, and both are available online. School plans are easy; schools submit daily reports of data and testing (school report card), so that both the report card and lab tests give people the facts so they can respond accordingly.
Nationally, FDA vaccine guidance is being being politicized, and so is untrustworthy in terms of safety and distribution, and implementing the dosing.
Statewide, a task force will take the lead to determine the distribution and implementation plan once a vaccine is safe and affordable. New York's goal is to be the first COVID free state, and the model for states to become COVID free.
Further hard hitting commentary (a Trump ad on taxes interrupts at 44:00! thanks, YouTube!) on what Trump knew, Breonna Taylor's death, qualified funding for police from the state, the political dynamic of the public and government, NY's debts from COVID and who is liable for the costs of COVID -- WASHINGTON, DC, through "gross negligence."
"What government does in the age of COVID is a matter of life and death."