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Well, what else was happening during Jan and early Feb? Where was the press on this?  Why wasnt the Dem leadership screaming about this?  Maybe a bit preoccupied?


Trump will face and get his share of the blame.  As he should.  But as with most things like this there is plenty to go around. New York didn’t handle it well to begin with either. Look at the nursing homes debacle, DiBlasio originally telling people in essence to continue partying.

They were busy selling their stocks?
And the Dem leadership was screaming about it.



By Feb 4, half(!) of all congressional Democrats had tweeted about COVID-19 at least once.  So much so that Trump accused them of making coronavirus their new hoax.

The criticism against Cuomo and especially DiBlasio is absolutely on point.  I have made that criticism myself.  Incompetence in the response is not necessarily a partisan issue.  Cuomo and DiBlasio blew it (as have Republican governors of Georgia, Florida, and Texas).  Cuomo and DeBlasio are up for re-election in 2022; I probably wouldn't vote for them if I were a NY resident.

On the flip side, Mike DeWine's response in Ohio was generally very competent, as was Inslee's and Newsome's (at least until late; I think the failure to get contact tracing up and running will be his undoing).

BC

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https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/p...s-response

U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Wednesday along with 23 of their Democratic Senate colleagues, sent a letter to Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar and Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Mick Mulvaney expressing their concern over the Trump Administration’s failure so far to outline what additional resources it needs to respond to the rapidly developing coronavirus outbreak. The letter comes after the Trump Administration released its new budget proposal, which suggested cutting public health and preparedness programs that help protect against global health threats.

This was February 19.

BC

[BostonCard]

Well, what else was happening during Jan and early Feb? Where was the press on this?  Why wasnt the Dem leadership screaming about this?  Maybe a bit preoccupied?


Trump will face and get his share of the blame.  As he should.  But as with most things like this there is plenty to go around. New York didn’t handle it well to begin with either. Look at the nursing homes debacle, DiBlasio originally telling people in essence to continue partying.

They were busy selling their stocks?
And the Dem leadership was screaming about it.



By Feb 4, half(!) of all congressional Democrats had tweeted about COVID-19 at least once.  So much so that Trump accused them of making coronavirus their new hoax.

The criticism against Cuomo and especially DiBlasio is absolutely on point.  I have made that criticism myself.  Incompetence in the response is not necessarily a partisan issue.  Cuomo and DiBlasio blew it (as have Republican governors of Georgia, Florida, and Texas).  Cuomo and DeBlasio are up for re-election in 2022; I probably wouldn't vote for them if I were a NY resident.

On the flip side, Mike DeWine's response in Ohio was generally very competent, as was Inslee's and Newsome's (at least until late; I think the failure to get contact tracing up and running will be his undoing).

BC

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https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/p...s-response

U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Wednesday along with 23 of their Democratic Senate colleagues, sent a letter to Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar and Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Mick Mulvaney expressing their concern over the Trump Administration’s failure so far to outline what additional resources it needs to respond to the rapidly developing coronavirus outbreak. The letter comes after the Trump Administration released its new budget proposal, which suggested cutting public health and preparedness programs that help protect against global health threats.

This was February 19.

BC