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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Oxygen thief.
I believe the count in Nebraska was 50 as of this morning, which includes several who have fully recovered and gone home; some were cruise passengers.
I don’t think this justifies a complete lockdown in Nebraska.
The way I see it is that the US is a federation of 50 nations. so if he wants to lock down his nation, he has the power to do that.
Just keep New York away from the rest of us all. Take all your New York transplants in Florida back as well.
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Such an obfuscating idiot.
How is locking down the farm belt gonna help NYC?
Less food perhaps?
These idiot mayors will never understand that most of the USA is not like their big city with their big city problems. Take care of your city and let the rest of the country take care of themselves.
Sorry Mr. A$$wipe mayor, your peon voice doesn’t matter. STFU.
The way I see it is that the US is a federation of 50 nations. so if he wants to lock down his nation, he has the power to do that.
Well, his city within that nation, anyway.
Did he say that from the gym he was working out at?
misery loves company
Notice the last three NYC mayors who had presidential aspirations in recent decades, folks:
1. Rudy Giuliani
2. Kaiser Willem DeBlasio
3. Mini-Mike Bloomberg
Their political campaigns all ended in pathetic, humiliating defeat -- and for the same basic reason: They are all solutions to problems that most Americans don't have.
The Great Grandstander grumbles.
ML/NJ
Why doesn’t he start in his own state, his sanctuary city is disease ridden and he needs to prevent them from leaving and infecting others.
Lock down NYC leave the rest open
Take a good look at the Upstate NY map for WuFlu.
Locking us all down for such a small number of reported cases instead of focusing on protecting high risk groups will finish off Upstate.
This is the wet dream of liberals everywhere. I recall what they did in Massachusetts after the bombing. I remember the gun confiscation in New Orleans after Katrina.
In the heart of every liberal is a bloodthirsty fascist yearning to reveal himself.
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