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Originally Posted by Donger
Yes, and the mayor's overall initial reaction was foolish.
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NY is just a tough nut and should really be viewed in isolation in terms of how to deal with it.
I HATE that the subways are running. I've said that from among my first few posts in this thread - they are pretty much a worst case scenario for spread and I don't see any way you could pay me enough to be on one right now.
But I also understand that NY has one of the largest populations of healthcare workers in the country and many people there simply don't have vehicles. How the hell are they supposed to get to work? Stores?
I hate that they're open...but I understand that they may be necessary evils.
And everyone lives in apartments and green space is limited and its crowded as hell and on and on and on. NY is an AWFUL environment for this thing and I'm not sure there's any such thing as a right answer. It's a busybody city (the energy there is unlike anything I've ever experienced) so putting them on lockdown immediately wasn't reasonable either because again - you have a clock on that cauldron.
I don't envy anyone involved in decision-making for NYC right now. Like I said, I'll defer completely to what their leadership on the ground wants to do and I would provide them support from a federal level to whatever extent possible. But I don't think it's reasonable to make wholesale policy decisions for the rest of the country based on what could happen there.
NY is just uniquely ****ed in this situation and they were always destined to be.