Tuesday April 14, 2020
Despite having passed the 10 thousand deaths by Covid-19 and the collapse of their healthcare system, the worst in New York, the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States, “is over”According to Governor Andrew Cuomo, who once again clashed with President Donald Trump on the management of the pandemic. The images of a deserted New York and the hospitals on the brink of collapse did not prevent the authorities from transmitting a dim glimmer of hope, as the lowest death toll was recorded in recent hours.
With around 19 thousand people hospitalized and 671 fatalities on Monday, the lowest figure in the last week, state authorities believed that the peak of the pandemic had been left behind. “The worst is over, if we continue to be smart from now on respecting social distancing measures. But if we do something stupid, we’ll see the numbers go up tomorrow, “he warned.
New York is the state hardest hit by the pandemic. More deaths were recorded there than in most countries in the world, with the exception of Italy, Spain, France and the United Kingdom. But the data that instilled optimism was the decrease in the net number of hospitalizations.
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That hope did not change the showdown between Trump and governors, which announced that they would coordinate to “reopen” the economy. This agreement generated the fury of the president, who said he was the only one authorized to decide. “If you have the authority to open, why didn’t you have it to shut down the economy?”, shot Cuomo, who coordinates a plan to allow the reopening of businesses and schools with his peers of New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Massachusetts y Rhode Island. In those seven states so far they have been reported 325 thousand confirmed cases and more than 14,400 deaths, about 60% of the 23,649 registered throughout the country.
“We are on the way to control the spread. I believe that now we can begin to walk the path to normality “and have” a plan that provides for the restart of certain activities, “Cuomo told reporters.
During the crisis, the governors stepped forward and ordered quarantines when the president refused to do so. The tension between the federal Executive and the states led to an uncoordinated reaction in the United States. Even Cuomo, of the Democratic Party, accused the White House of not sending him all the respirators he needed at the peak of the pandemic.
According to average polls on the Real Clear Politics site, the president has a 45% approval and 51% disapproval. When he took office in January 2017, his support and rejection were 44%. Although that data could indicate some wear and tear on the Republican, he still has an advantage in key states like Florida. The presidential elections will be on November 3.
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