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The US goal now is to keep the virus under control in other cities and states, unlike the mess that Cuomo and De Blasio have created in NYC. NYC has become a death trap, just study the curves!
LMFAO! I thought that AOC southern accent vid. (love her but she really beautifully failed at the accent) was funny but you've outdone yourself with this one.
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That’s not the same thing as evangelical leaders promoting that they have a cure for this pandemic or can simply stop it which is what the people in that video quoted. Keep an open mind, bud, even to science. Sometimes it ends up being kind of important.
I hate when people compare the two. Like are you serious?! Science is evidence-based versus religion that relies on blind faith.
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I knew all along that the U.S would be the country to solve this problem.We have our own unique ways ! Thank god it's over!
LOL Yeah, let heavenly mercy rain down upon the people. lol. We are healed now.
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My post was in response to bluedog, who seems to be mocking religion.
Not all evangelicals are the same. Stop painting with a broad brush. And you don’t need to tell me about science. I am a believer in science but like I said, I also don’t dismiss the stuff science cannot and will never be able to explain.
How much of a believer are you in science though if you are willing to defend something that relies on faith as proof versus evidence-based research? "Don't dismiss the stuff science cannot and will never be able to explain." That is such a cop out. If a doctor has a medicine that went under numerous studies and the findings indicate that the medicine is not extremely harmful and can help treat Covid-19 and you have it (and you are really sick), would you rather take the medicine that was developed using science or just "pray to a higher being?"
So if you get sick, do your best not to go to the hospital. It's scary out there.
My mom had a really bad fall (broke her hip) and had to go to ER to have hip replacement surgery. If there is a silver lining to all this, at least it happened during the first week of March before this virus really hit the fan. I don't want to imagine how the ER is nowadays.
New York City needs to still follow the example that other US cities and leaders are using to
combat Covid-19. The federal gov't has collected data that indicates New York needs to
step-up and start emulating the actions that other US cities are executing. Social distancing is a must. The state of Washington for example had leaders that took control early and proved that Caronavirus can be manage. But it takes good leadership. Unfortunately Cuomo and De Blasio got off to a late start, with bad direction.
The US goal now is to keep the virus under control in other cities and states, unlike the mess that Cuomo and De Blasio have created in NYC. NYC has become a death trap, just study the curves!
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New York City needs to still follow the example that other US cities and leaders are using to
combat Covid-19. The federal gov't has collected data that indicates New York needs to
step-up and start emulating the actions that other US cities are executing. Social distancing is a must. The state of Washington for example had leaders that took control early and proved that Caronavirus can be manage. But it takes good leadership. Unfortunately Cuomo and De Blasio got off to a late start, with bad direction.
Personally, I think it's that politicians don't care about western NY, until there's a crisis, and WNY can no longer send tax dollars to NYC......
In other words, the"big apple" is the tail that wags the dog.
Okay, it's pretty well-established that its downstate that ends up sending more money to upstate from state revenue versus state spending. It's pretty crazy for you to say otherwise. That's not so bad though in relation to the gargantuan deficit New York state as a whole has with the feds given what it sends as federal revenue and what it gets back on federal spending. Now, that's a real kicker. Besides Western New York is great and has a storied history and should get monies.
Cuomo mistakes:
#1 NY Gov Cuomo refused to buy ventillators in 2015, although the federal gov't offered them
#2 NY Gov Cuomo refused to buy ventillators in 2016, although the federal gov't offered them
#3 NY Gov Cuomo refused to buy ventillators in 2017, although the federal gov't offered them
#4 NY Gov Cuomo refused to buy ventillators in 2018, although the federal gov't offered them
#5 NY Gov Cuomo refused to buy ventillators in 2019, although the federal gov't offered them
#6 NY Gov Cuomo refuses to buy ventillators in 2020, because he has no money?
#7 NY Gov Cuomo spent 360 Million on failed renewable energy projects in 2017
#8 NY Gov Cuomo spend 750 Million on a failed Solar Factory in 2013
You get the point, is it any wonder New York state is in serious trouble where thousands will die
needlessly?
what is your reference source that the federal government offered ventilators , 2015-2019
It’s not accurate to say that Trump has been "defunding" the CDC, but he has tried to make cuts in key programs. It’s just that Congress didn’t listen.
The Trump administration’s initial proposals for the budgets for emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases at CDC — a key player in the fight against coronavirus — have consistently been lower than what was spent the previous year.
The administration proposed $61.7 million less in 2018 than 2017; $96.4 million less in 2019 than in 2018; $114.4 million less in 2020 than in 2019; and $85.3 million less in 2021 than 2020.
However, Congress reshapes presidential recommendations as they see fit when they craft final spending bills.
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He either lives in Baltimore, where the majority of his posts are from (prior to coming to troll the NYC board), or he lives in a Russian troll farm in Russia, set up to sow discord and make Americans even more divided than they already are.
QUOTE]The New York shelter-in-place order was placed a day before Washington state's. The earliest is California's. Given that, what do you think the curve is going to look like elsewhere in the US? Which state do you live in?[/quote]
Too late, Washington had the first Covid-19 cases and quickly pushed social distancing and closing down large group events. New York Cities mayor and governor were telling residents in NY just the opposite after cases started appearing in NY. De Blasio encouraged residents to go out on the town and permitted concerts, parades and nothing was done to control the spread, absolutely nothing. The Federal gov't model indicates NY Caronavirus cases/deaths are ramping up today while Washington state is not!
Most states are doing better than Washington by the way, due to good leadership.
All states are doing better than New York!
Go watch today's news briefing by Trumps Task Force and you will see the sad facts or graph.
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