Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[jason1637]

NightlyPoe said:

jason1637 said:

BREAKING: 613 positive cases in New York State, 187 new cases from this morning.

269 in NYC, 115 new
178 in Westchester, 28 new

State has done 4700 tests, with 738 additional tests since this morning, per @NYGovCuomo

— Bernadette Hogan (@bern_hogan) March 14, 2020

There were 213 nuc cases at 2pm now were at 269. Whole state over 600

And De Blasio is STILL refusing to close New York City schools.

Dude, I get that it will cause logistical problems.  Figure it out.  You can't leave the biggest collection of Petri dishes in the city open because subway and healthcare workers will have to find a babysitter for their kids.  We regularly close schools for weeks and months at a time and somehow the healthcare infrastructure doesn't collapse every June.

As it is, it was irresponsible not to have closed the schools sometime last week.

Yeah his approach makes no sense. There has been cases in schools and they've only closed these individual schools for a day.

Other states have set schools up as day care centers and food centers or got rid of mandatory attendance.  The Governor has already dropped the 180 school days requirement so De Blasio can close it for awhile if he decides to.