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ProPublica recently released a report outlining catastrophic missteps by Cuomo and,  de Blasio, which probably resulted in many thousands of needless coronavirus cases.

By mid-May, New York City alone had almost 20,000 deaths, while in San Francisco there had been only 35, and New York state as a whole suffered 10 times as many deaths as California.

Cuomo initially “reacted to De Blasio’s idea for closing down New York City”, saying it “was dangerous” and “served only to scare people”. He said the “seasonal flu was a graver worry”.  Later, Cuomo would blame the press, including the New York Times for failing to say “Be careful, there’s a virus in China that may be in the United States?”

Former CDC director Tom Frieden said ‘so many deaths could have been prevented’ had New York issued its stay-at-home order just ‘days earlier’ than it did. On March 19, when New York’s schools had already been closed, Cuomo said ‘in many ways, the fear is more dangerous than the virus.’”

The governor has failed to take responsibility for the obvious failures, consistently blaming others and at one point even saying “governors don’t do pandemics”.  But much of the press has ignored this completely.