Posted on 03/23/2020 8:06:42 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
New York (AFP) - New York's mayor urged US President Donald Trump Monday to enforce a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus, as he pleaded for desperately needed hospital supplies.
Bill de Blasio said America's federal government should roll out orders -- such as "shelter-in-place" in California and similar measures installed in New York -- across the world's number one power.
"They need to be everywhere," he told CNN, describing the illness's "oxygen" as human-to-human interaction.
"Unless you create social distancing... thousands of lives will be lost that could have been saved. It's as simple as that," de Blasio added.
New York City is now the epicenter of America's outbreak, with around 11,000 confirmed cases and more than 90 deaths, after the outbreak first spread in Washington state.
"It's going to be bad this week, it's going to be worse the following week. We have to be honest about this, this is just the beginning," warned de Blasio.
The mayor added that the city's public hospitals only have enough medical supplies to get through the week and urged the federal government to speed up production.
"I literally want to see hundreds of ventilators, I want to see first hundreds of thousands and millions of masks. If that doesn't come in starting this week, we will get to a point where people can't be saved who could have been saved," he said.
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I guess you missed the point of my post. LOL.
His competence as mayor of New York City meant absolutely nothing to Americans who don't live within ten miles of any U.S. city with a population in excess of 1 million people.
Take NY numbers out of total US, and we have lowest infection rate % in the world. So lock yourself down idiot! Don’t rely on sane Americans to mask your idiocy any longer.
There are 16 states that have no reported deaths from the Wuhan virus. 19 have less than 100 confirmed positive cases. One size does not fit all.
Okay, if we “shutdown” everything, how does the cry-baby propose to obtain those much needed supplies? Unicorns with faerie dust?
I thought that if New York & L.A. were locked down, the whole country was locked down?!! /S (Heavy)
de Fascio
Comrade de Blasio getting a bit too big for his britches.
AMEN!
We are pi$$ed Upstate. One New yorker with the virus arrived here this weekend to self quarantine. Now what little aid we have will have to be used on that person. They could have SQ in NYC, in their apartment instead of bringing it up here.
Now idiot cuomo says that they will use beds in the entire state for NYC people. How's that for spreading the disease within the state.
cuomo need a close encounter with this virus, as well as wilhelm.
We were fine till the outsiders came.
I misspoke in my post and clarified with a follow up. He’s only a mayor, not a governor.
Leaders do have the ability to lock down areas within their area of responsibility. But it takes something that warrants, legally, the suspension of constitutional rights.
Mayor Moron cant-even read-—Trump’s actions fill multiple single-spaced pages.
DeBlobbio is desperate ....... an all-time loser.
He has nowhere to go. He’s term-limited as Mayor (thank God).
The missing $800 mill tax dollars he funneled to his wife’s (cough) mental health money laundry?
That was supposed to finance his high-faluting presidential ambitions (cue laugh machine here).
The Blob raised so may trial balloons, the gas company ran out of helium.
He barely got 12 people out to hear his pathetic pitch.
For real agita, he should tune into one of Trump’s rallies.
DeBlasio, you friggin’ idiot, just stick to the final destruction of your cess pool!
This message from a 25-year Veteran of the Army National Guard...part of the US Military!
This guy is a complete nut case. Hey mayor, apparently the lockdown doesn’t include you went you want some gym time, huh? Oh and bring your entire staff with you.
Misery loves company.
Why should I care what the NYC mayor thinks?
After all, he is a LIEberal, isn’t he?
And, we all KNOW that LIEberals LIE!
#tuned out!
A$$h@+ needs to concentrate on running his own $h!+h0le, which he hasn’t done a very good job of up to now. America has already told you what they think of you in the run-up to the Rat nomination. Were I you, I would keep my pie-hole shut out of extreme embarrassment over the repudiation.
Yeah, to a simpleton like DeBlobbio........"simple" describes the size of his intellect.
IF the braindead idiot had any sense, he'd realize he has huge resources and 100,000's of NYC workers to implement them.
The name of his game is lacerating Trump......NOT helping people avoid the virus.
When NY'ers die, it's Mayor DeBlob's fault.
Nationwide is a LITTLE extreme. In congested regions, maybe much more necessary, but then most of “flyover country”, population densities are much less, and chances of people being in close quarters in Wyoming or New Mexico are highly unlikely.
Unless they are in a cult or traveling overland as undocumented aliens.
That guy is a f***ing nut. And he is abrasively arrogant.
You are going to get your wish DeBlozzy. But you are going to also get something you won’t expect either you piece of garbage.
You are not president, so kindly STFU.
Sincerely,
everyone
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