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Part of the reason New York faced such a severe battle with Covid was because state and local leaders downplayed the threat the virus presented in January and February and the early part of March. This article IGNORES that completely.
It’s not a question of the warning signs not being there it is more a question of the political leaders of the state and city pretending there wasn’t a threat until the region was ablaze and thoroughly consumed in a rapidly spreading health emergency leading to an explosion of deaths. This was a failure of local leaders and starting the clock in the article at March ignores that even when as late as the beginning of March both the Governor and Mayor were not at all alarmed and even encouraging people to go out as if nothing was happening. — Preceding
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71.190.233.44 (
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01:45, 30 April 2022 (UTC)reply
What article are you reading? The first two paragraph of the timeline section, and then the March 10 and March 16 paragraphs are entirely about NYC officials trying to downplay the crisis.
That said, this page does need to be updated. The timeline section ends at June 2021. Even if the state of emergency ended then, there were certainly COVID-related government actions and legislation that took place after that. -
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02:22, 30 April 2022 (UTC)reply
Yeah, the point is the timeline should not start in March, there was an opportunity that was entirely missed by local leaders who were downplaying the virus until it exploded and the death count increased dramatically. The statements made in March were more of the same in tone and content as statements made throughout January and February when steps could have been taken and were not. Further there is no mention of the following:
These details should not be omitted. The timeline for the Covid response by the state should start in January, by not including it, it makes the response seem more timely which it was not.
71.190.233.44 (
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03:53, 30 April 2022 (UTC)reply
Also... sorry about this but no mention is made of this either: