BTRTN: Will Business Leaders Follow Donald Trump... or de facto President Andrew Cuomo?
Born To Run The Numbers comments on the contrasting styles of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo, and speculates about who American Business will ultimately follow:
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2020/03/btrtn-will-business-leaders-follow.html
Excerpts:"The story of the hour is Donald Trump’s contention that he wants American business to 're-open' by Easter. The imagery of a sudden and miraculous rising is no doubt appealing to Trump right about now, but the last person to actually pull something like that off was the son of God, for chrissake...It’s fair to say that most Democrats – who polling shows are overwhelming trusting the scientists rather than the President– will urge that the social isolation continue until the rate of contagion has reached an “acceptable” level. Today, U.S. cases are growing by 20-25% per day. China and South Korea loosened restrictions when they achieved 1% growth per day. The United States is far, far, far from achieving that rate...
"Trump, egged on by The Wall Street Journal and major figures in finance, is now floating the notion that the “cure is worse than the disease,” and has even speculated that the death toll caused by economic carnage might actually exceed the number of fatalities that would result from the virus itself... In the other corner, Governor Andrew Cuomo has eclipsed Joe Biden and every other Democrat to become the voice of reality, speaking surely and candidly with empathy and resolve, citing actual statistics and all their worrying implications. Cuomo has filled the aching void, acting as chief advocate for facts, science, and for listening to the medical community.
"New York City will become the capital of United Science of America, and Andrew Cuomo will be its de facto President. He will explain that to order New York city’s workforce back pre-maturely will only ensure that a hefty percentage of those people become infected, and will in turn infect other employees, their families, and other New Yorkers they encounter en route. He will not take that risk..."
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