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Related: About this forumGovernor Cuomo Pandemic Update April 22 2020
Last edited Wed Apr 22, 2020, 01:06 PM - Edit history (2)
This is no time to be stupid. This is a marathon, not a sprint.We are not going to have people lose their life because we act imprudently. I'm not going to do it. That's not who we are.
Facts only. Don't be cocky. If you're not ready for the second wave that's the wave that will knock you down.
I have no problem with local officials blaming me.
The state laws govern. Local laws can't counter state laws.
"When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then they ceased to be free." Edith Hamilton/Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
You have a responsibility to act prudently vis a vis other people. You're not just putting your own life at risk... you're risking others' lives, and you don't have that right. To advocate for total irresponsibility... no. Not here. Not now.
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Governor Cuomo Pandemic Update April 22 2020 (Original Post)
ancianita
Apr 2020
OP
A good question that called for the "we, not me" answer, no matter how desperate the
ancianita
Apr 2020
#2
Habibi
(3,598 posts)1. One of the reporters asked him about the protesters outside
while he was giving his update, and wanted him to comment on them. I thought he was honest and tough, but very humane. He seems determined not to let such demonstrations change his mind about responsibly re-opening.
ancianita
(36,137 posts)2. A good question that called for the "we, not me" answer, no matter how desperate the
circumstances of the demonstrators.
That's why I see him as the Explainer-In-Chief.
haricotblue
(20 posts)3. My wife would definitely leave me for Cuomo
This seems to be a fairly widespread phenomenon here in NY. Putting strain on a lot of marriages, this guy!