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Three months after New York state became the epicenter of the nation's coronavirus outbreak, the White House's coronavirus task force coordinator, Dr. Deborah Birx, said the country is now facing "three New Yorks."
Birx called upon the American people to behave responsibly during a Today show interview Friday morning and said everyone should assume they have the virus in order to protect those with underlying health conditions and others in vulnerable groups. The U.S., which has more virus cases than any other country, surpassed 4 million cases less than 24 hours before she appeared on the program, just 15 days after reaching the 3 million mark.
Birx said it was important to "change our behavior now" before the virus is able to mount a resurgence in places like New York, where its spread devastated hospitals in late March and April. Because of the intensity of its outbreak, New York was the state with the greatest number of cases until Wednesday, when California surpassed New York's virus case count with more than 400,000. For about three months, New York also held the record for the state with the largest single-day increase in new cases, until Florida broke it on July 12 with 15,299.
"What we have right now are essentially three New Yorks," Birx said. "We're really having to respond as an American people, and that's why you hear us calling for masks and increased social distancing, to really stop the spread of this epidemic."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dr-birx-calls-florida-texas-and-california-the-three-new-yorks/ar-BB179hL4?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=DELLDHP
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)A whole lot of talking, I guess it's the administration way of shutting out Dr. Fauci.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)...in actually getting things under control.
Me.
(35,454 posts)erronis
(15,460 posts)The analogy of the failure of the states that opened too soon to that of New York who didn't know what hit them is ridiculous. And demeaning to NY which worked very hard at controlling the situation.
Birx is still only peeping in this administration because she doesn't offend the prez. Plus, she has lots of new scarves to show off.
kacekwl
(7,026 posts)Get go we would be through this already. Ms. Brix if you stated facts instead of providing cover for him we'd be through this by now. Both your "pleas" to do what every professional and educated person told you to do are empty now. Apologies and admission that you were WRONG to your followers may get thing under control . I doubt that will ever happen.
SWBTATTReg
(22,201 posts)for your very appropriate remarks. Brix had plenty of time to convince the PINO of the danger that ignoring the CV would result in, and I find it very ironic that the most important person she had to convince of this very real potential, still ignored the peril, and thus, ended up imperiling the Country even more so.
Thanks (and take care!
PCIntern
(25,642 posts)Cut up bedsheets.
Haw!!!