Rivalries, politics etc have no place in this! Nice to see the normal people know that!
We are all in this together, us versus the virus. As a New Yorker, I never liked Governor Andrew Cuomo or Mayor Bill DiBlasio, but they have both risen to the occasion here in New York, made the difficult decisions, got New Yorkers to comply with unthinkable restrictions by giving us daily briefings of the facts and data, almost doubled the available ICU beds statewide, worked hand in hand with the president and Federal officials to obtain the necessary supplies and aid, and in doing so, flattened the curve. According to the data, we appear to be plateaued at the peak, with around 8,500 deaths statewide, despite best case estimates from every expert of 60,000 deaths in New York State, so the actions of the City, State and Federal governments, and the compliance of the citizens of New York, have us tens of thousands of lives ahead of the best case projections. Perhaps more importantly, instead of patting themselves on the back, both Cuomo, who I previously thought of as a socialist demagogue, and DiBlasio, who I thought of as an incompetent, are preaching staying the course. Governor Cuomo, quoting one of my heroes, Winston Churchill, another great leader and even greater man, who rose to a far more difficult occasion, told us today that "this is not the end, this is not the beginning of the end, but it may be the end of the beginning." DiBlasio stated that they would not even consider lifting the restrictions until the data showed a downturn in all three critical factors (new cases, hospitalizations, and deaths) for at least ten straight days. Leadership. Something this Country, State and City have been crying out for, and all it took was a pandemic to get our elected officials to step up and provide it.
