I have a similar observation: Governments frequently exempt themselves from their own regulations.
If the subways were run by a private company, the city and state government would have been forcing them to implement social distancing no matter what the cost. Government officials would be all over this issue, and there would be outrage in the media about greedy corporations putting lives at risk.
I used to work in DC and saw a similar situation. After a snow storm all the sidewalks in front of the private businesses were cleared very quickly. They knew they would face big fines from the city if they didnât clear them. On the other hand, the city was responsible for sidewalks on a short bridge. It would take several days for the city to bother to clear those off.
The transit workers are just the tip of the iceberg.
Much of spread occurred before the lockdown, but service cutbacks resulted in crowded trains even after ridership went down by ~90%:
In the meantime, New-York-based media have been hyperventilating about the risk from protestors gathering in Michigan, while they have ignored the real causes of the epidemic in their own city.
Behar said, âWell, I would like to ask them if theyâre willing to sign away their right to treatment if and when they get infected. Are you going to say, I donât need a ventilator because I thought I should go out and defy the governorâs order, OK? And I would like to know if people in states who are following the guidelines like us in New York, can be sure those people donât come here.â
As time goes on, leadership incompetence will be revealed and it will not look favorably on those that based important decisions, on their feeeeelings. Lives were lost as a result. I also believe that the harder this whole thing is examined, the better Trump will look.
The screw up in New York City is not just a local problem.
Governor Cuomo vigorously opposed a proposed federal quarantine of the New York area and sued states that implemented their own restrictions. The result is that New Yorkers have been fleeing the city and spreading the disease with them. How many deaths nationwide are a result of cost-cutting at the MTA?
The epidemic in New York has arguably driven the shutdown nationwide, which has cost trillions of dollars. The idea the New York City would save a few million on dangerous transit cutbacks, while forcing the rest of the country to implement draconian measures, is appalling.
Yes sir. The results are the evidence of what youâve said. Now after this danger resides some so this can be fully investigated, the results need to be fully exposed.
