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COVID-19 from the Perspective of a New Yorker

I am from New York, specifically the downstate area, and here, in my home, there is a crisis. My governor, Andrew Cuomo, gave a press conference earlier today (March 30th) listing the top 10 states in cases and deaths. New York State has 66,497 confirmed cases and 1,218 confirmed deaths. The state with the second most confirmed cases and deaths is New Jersey, which has 13,386 cases and 161 deaths. We in New York have 5x the cases and 12x the deaths as the next most affected state in the country. There are limitations to that data of course - population, population density, etc. - but just by looking at the raw figures as of earlier this afternoon, things are dire.

A lot of businesses - particularly small businesses - are not taking this seriously. As usual, the almighty dollar reigns supreme above anything and everything else. People are not staying home, or offices are not letting them. They are not choosing their boredom/safety over their entertainment/risk. They are not social distancing. They are choosing to work in offices over working from home because it’s more convenient. We have been under a government mandate requiring at least 50% reduced staffing for nonessential businesses since March 18th. Currently, 100% of nonessential business staff are required to stay home, and yet, many people continue to refuse to take this seriously. People are literally hosting coronavirus parties - I heard on the news yesterday of one person who had 47 people in a 550 s.f. apartment in New Jersey, complete with a DJ. Yes, the party was broken up and yes, the host was arrested. The governor of New Jersey did not hold back in his opinion - rightfully so. People think it is a joke, an extended spring break, a vacation, a much-needed respite from the chaos that is regular life. This quarantine, this virus - they are none of these things. This is a war. A war for which we are dramatically, dangerously ill-equipped.

The state infrastructure put in place to deal with illness, unemployment, etc. is failing - it was never equipped to deal with such demand. Doctors, nurses, and other providers cannot possibly keep up with the overflow of COVID-19 patients cramming into their hospitals. They’re ill-protected so even if they can start to keep up, the professionals are getting sick and becoming patients themselves - with nobody to work in their place. They are scared - rightfully so. They continue to go to work and expose themselves for the good of their greater community, at great personal risk. More medical professionals become patients, more strain on the area hospitals, with fewer staff to administer treatment. More patients with less staff attending to them equals more deaths.

Anyone who has been exposed is supposed to be self-isolating. Everyone else is under quarantine. This has led to a surge in lay-offs as New Yorkers rush to file for benefits to which they are entitled. The labor department website, designed to allow easier filing for unemployment claims, has been inundated for weeks, and is often unable to process requests due to high volume. The phone lines are clogged, and the state does not have a holding queue - when you call, you are told to try again later. What happens when the state implements a shelter-in-place order and businesses begin to close, but employees cannot file for unemployment? Chaos. Further crippling of an economy that is already damaged. Desperation on behalf of those who cannot afford to not work for an unspecified duration of time. When those people are offered the option to continue to work for their paycheck in violation of the state mandate, with rent/utility bills/car payments/etc. breathing down their necks? They will choose to work. Every. Single. Time. The more these poor, desperate people continue to go to work, forced to make an impossible choice, stuck between a rock and a hard place, the more this thing will spread. The more people who get sick. The more people who die - all because the state and the federal governments were vastly unprepared for what would happen in the event of a global pandemic.

Nobody could have anticipated this, of course. This is far beyond anything anyone could have imagined in their wildest dreams. Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio have done much to help their constituents in these strange and dangerous times. Nothing is enough, though. It’s happening too fast, it’s hitting too hard. It’s causing too much damage. We can’t keep up. The rates of incidence are growing exponentially every day. We can’t keep up.

I urge you all to read this chilling New York Times article, entitled Doctors are Writing Their Wills. New York City, arguably the liveliest and busiest city in the world, is a warzone. They are using refrigerated tractor trailers as makeshift morgues, set up sometimes in the middle of streets that usually are bustling with traffic day and night. Doctors are self-isolating from their families. Nurses are using garbage bags as smocks. One hospital staffer in a hospital forced to use garbage bags as protective equipment, an assistant nursing manager, has died due to the novel coronavirus.

The governor and the mayor of New York City asked the federal government for 30,000 ventilators. The government sent 4,000 and a message implying that we do not need the remaining 26,000, that we are being greedy for asking for these supplies. The peak is coming and when it hits, it will be ugly everywhere, but especially here. We need these supplies now, not when the peak hits. We need them to prepare for the peak now, before it has arrived.

No medical professional should be forced to choose which patient deserves treatment over another due to limited supply. No medical professional should be forced to sacrifice their safety, health, and life every day at work for the sake of their patients. Doctors, nurses, patient care technicians, hospital cleaning/disinfectant staff, hospital administrators, registration staff, pharmacists and their technicians... they are keeping this city and this state alive. They and they alone can make it stop. They are scared, sick, even dying - and they are fighting for the rest of us. The rest of us are forever indebted to them, and should be willing to do what we can to help. We are not only helping the sick and dying - we are helping medical professionals stay safe so they can continue to fight not only COVID-19, but also any other affliction or illness you or I may encounter in the years to come.

The federal government needs to step up and hand over the supplies they have to assist medical professionals in treating this monstrous virus. More companies need to step up and switch up their manufacturing processes to make more supplies to protect our medical professionals on the front lines. And people need to take this seriously. Stay home if you can. Only go out for necessities. Limit your trips. If you can’t stay home, stay away from other people. Wash your hands. Cover your coughs and sneezes. If you are feeling ill, self-isolate. Call your doctor if you are experiencing symptoms - do not head to this hospital without making them aware that you are coming.

Do not be selfish. Your urge for takeout is not more valuable than the life of the person behind the counter. I’ve heard time and time again - especially from fellow New Yorkers - that many would give anything to have two weeks off from work to finish house projects, read some books, catch up on television shows, do some gardening, bake from scratch, organize the garage, go through closets... unencumbered by the threat of work responsibilities looming overhead. You are being given this time now. You are being asked to take the time you have always wanted to sit back, relax, and do whatever you please from the comfortable confines of your own home. Take this time for yourself - not only for yourself, but for the benefit of the global community. Stay home. We can win this thing if everyone does their part.

The sooner we do this together, the sooner we can all go back to normal. The sooner we take a statewide and global united stance against the novel coronavirus, the sooner the medical community can get a grasp on its spread, and the sooner we can go back to work, and to restaurants, and on vacation. What a day it will be when that time finally comes. Until then - do your part.

We are all in this together. Globally and here in my home state of New York, the world’s newest epicenter of the novel coronavirus, we are all in this together. The only way out is through, and the only way through is together.

Trump Plans To Defund His Hometown, New York Leaders Respond

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If Cuomo and DeBlasio think fare evasion is an issue now...let MTA raise the price and see what happens

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So NYC has a curfew now and the Mayor and Governor are talking about ramping up police presence and I’m like YOU DUMB CRACKAS POLICE ARE THE FUCKING PROBLEM! 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

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Mayor de Blasio Aims to Make New York First U.S. City to Require Paid Vacation

January 10, 20196:45 pm

Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed legislation on Wednesday that would require employers to provide paid vacation, making New York the first city in the nation to mandate this type of leave.

The bill would help the more than 500,000 full- and part-time workers who don’t get paid time off, and…

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Questions Over Firing of Former NYC Official. This is his first TV interview. The REMARKABLE story of former NYC Deputy Commissioner Ricardo Morales who was fired because he says he refused to go along with a *sweetheart* deal for one of Mayor Deblasio's donors. His story has been page one news this week, and he is suing the city for 5 million dollars. This is his story, in his words. #Ricardomorales #mayordeblasio #corruption

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