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Most New York Coronavirus Cases Came From Europe, Genomes Show
New research indicates that the coronavirus began to circulate in the New York area by mid-February, weeks before the first confirmed case, and that travelers brought in the virus mainly from Europe, not Asia.
“The majority is clearly European,” said Harm van Bakel, a geneticist at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, who co-wrote a study awaiting peer review.
Most New York Coronavirus Cases Came From Europe, Genomes Show
New research indicates that the coronavirus began to circulate in the New York area by mid-February, weeks before the first confirmed case, and that travelers brought in the virus mainly from Europe, not Asia.
“The majority is clearly European,” said Harm van Bakel, a geneticist at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, who co-wrote a study awaiting peer review.
March 11, 2020 - In an Oval Office address, Trump announces that he is restricting travel from Europe to the United States for 30 days in an attempt to slow the spread of coronavirus. The ban, which applies to the 26 countries in the Schengen Area, applies only to foreign nationals and not American citizens and permanent residents who'd be screened before entering the country.
New York City auctioned off hundreds of city-owned ventilators at least five years ago under Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration, according to an investigation by ProPublica.
The city acquired the ventilators in 2006 under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration, when a new strain of the flu was circulating in Asia, according to a report from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene obtained by the news outlet.
The city began to acquire ventilators and "stockpile a supply of facemasks," which were later auctioned off because the machines broke down and the health department "couldn't afford to maintain them," according to ProPublica.
I get that cities will have priorities when it comes to spending. But, when you have a sanctuary city that has no problem welcoming and expending resources on people who have zero right to be in this country, yet claim it can't afford to upkeep hundreds of ventilators, decisions like this look all the more bad.
Last edited by prospectheightsresident; 04-08-2020 at 11:31 PM..
I get that cities will have priorities when it comes to spending. But, when you have a sanctuary city that has no problem welcoming and expending resources on people who have zero right to be in this country, yet claim it can't afford to upkeep hundreds of ventilators, decisions like this look all the more bad.
this is the full story from Propublica, the source for The Hill article
Thanks. That gives further insight into the matter and shows the greater severity of the City's failure to act. The City was told it needed a supply of 9,500 emergency ventilators. The City acquired a few hundred and then auctioned them
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