So, saying covid has MORE THAN TWICE the mortality rate of the flu, is reassuring???Did you read his post that I responded to? It most certainly was not limited to COVID-19.
Even sticking with that subject, I’ve seen video of Cuomo downplaying the severity of the virus before NewYork was really hard hit, if you want blame to place on the other ‘side’
I agree that hydroxychloroquine needs to be further tested as a possible treatment for COVID-19. I find the aggressive support for it as some sort of cure worse than the tone of dismissal some have presented about it.That doesn’t mean that people’s reactions to the possibility of its use as a treatment aren’t informed by their political biases, particularly on this site, where every subject tends to be.
Ah, LL was squeezing in terrorists. So, I was wrong about that. BTW, it's still not wrong on everything.
You've seen a video, Cuomo downplaying the coronavirus. When did that happen? For all I have seen is rightards going on a witch-hunt, targeting Chinatown, before there even was the first confirmed case in New York, and folks with some decency objecting. And, months later, some rightards dig up the "videos" supposedly confirming... something. Did you fall for such a hamfisted plot?
And now we know, all are motivated in every statement by their political biases, because you've determined everyone's reactions are "informed by their political biases", and on "every subject". Did I get that right? Presumably, that is true for everyone except for you, right?
These are some of the comments. Unfortunately it's not all of them, because I believe in the video I saw he also said something like those at high risk should be isolated, while healthy people should just be careful.
'The reality is reassuring': Cuomo compares coronavirus to flu | Reuters Video
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says the mortality rate of the coronavirus is 1.4 percent and "the normal flu mortality rate is about 0.6 percent." Cuomo also said he hopes to have 1,000 tests per day for New Yorkers within one week.www.reuters.com
This is from March 2. And I don't think Reuters is a "rightard" source.
Here's some of the comments quoted on a NY news site: Gov. Cuomo’s Finest Moment | Yonkers Times
No, saying "the reality is reassuring" is reassuring. Implying the 1.4% mortality rate is exaggerated, as he did, is reassuring. He clearly was trying to make it seem as if the virus was not that big a problem. Did you watch the short video? Read the quoted transcripts? Sheesh.
Now, I hope he was simply trying to keep people from panicking, but he was absolutely downplaying the severity of COVID-19.