[h=1]New York might have avoided becoming the US epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak if Gov. Cuomo hadn't reportedly dismissed shelter-at-home advice[/h]
[FONT="]San Francisco Mayor London Breed was more receptive to advice from public health experts than was New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. Breed issued a local emergency order after the first confirmed case was found in San Francisco. New York had 100 reported cases before de Blasio followed suit.[/FONT]
[FONT="]And Breed reportedly sent a copy of the shelter-in-place order that went into effect on March 17 to de Blasio in case it could be of use. When de Blasio shared the order with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the governor reportedly derided the order and said that the term "shelter in place" sounded "like it was a response to a nuclear apocalypse" and would scare people.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Cuomo also reportedly questioned whether it was within de Blasio's jurisdiction to even issue a stay-at-home order.[/FONT]
[FONT="]"No city in the state can quarantine itself without state approval," Cuomo reportedly said. "I have no plan whatsoever to quarantine any city."
Cuomo eventually locked down the state of New York on March 22, but the delay is likely a contributing factor as to why the state has become the US epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak[/FONT]
[FONT="]San Francisco Mayor London Breed was more receptive to advice from public health experts than was New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. Breed issued a local emergency order after the first confirmed case was found in San Francisco. New York had 100 reported cases before de Blasio followed suit.[/FONT]
[FONT="]And Breed reportedly sent a copy of the shelter-in-place order that went into effect on March 17 to de Blasio in case it could be of use. When de Blasio shared the order with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the governor reportedly derided the order and said that the term "shelter in place" sounded "like it was a response to a nuclear apocalypse" and would scare people.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Cuomo also reportedly questioned whether it was within de Blasio's jurisdiction to even issue a stay-at-home order.[/FONT]
[FONT="]"No city in the state can quarantine itself without state approval," Cuomo reportedly said. "I have no plan whatsoever to quarantine any city."
Cuomo eventually locked down the state of New York on March 22, but the delay is likely a contributing factor as to why the state has become the US epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak[/FONT]