04-29-2020, 10:14 AM
This time from the Governor of NY.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/nyreg...virus.html
I have not understood why Cuomo has been praised for his leadership. Whatever the deficiencies in the global and federal response, that doesn't offer him a pass. As governor, he's still responsive for the health and welfare of his citizens, and it shouldn't have taken an "alphabet soup" of agencies to make him aware of the need to take decisive action early, especially because under our federal system, responsibility for public health is ultimately a state and local job. The excuse that "governors don't do global pandemics" is pretty pathetic in my opinion.
BC
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/nyreg...virus.html
I have not understood why Cuomo has been praised for his leadership. Whatever the deficiencies in the global and federal response, that doesn't offer him a pass. As governor, he's still responsive for the health and welfare of his citizens, and it shouldn't have taken an "alphabet soup" of agencies to make him aware of the need to take decisive action early, especially because under our federal system, responsibility for public health is ultimately a state and local job. The excuse that "governors don't do global pandemics" is pretty pathetic in my opinion.
BC