While Trump deserves his share of the blame, some may argue the lion's share, laying 99% on him is a bit thick. Perhaps it's just a figure of speech. None the less back in January/Feburary when Democrats such as Cuomo, Deblaiso and Pelosi were saying nothing to sweat, Trump was the one doing the only substantive thing at the time, restricting air travel. For his trouble he was called a racist. At the time even the esteemed Doc Fauci was not taking it as some cataclysmic event. No doubt all the above knew the meaning of exponential yet sat on their hands.March things changed as it hit the United States. The article and study you referenced, written with all the wisdom that comes with 20/20 hindsight, claims that lives "could have" been saved had earlier action been taken. Always true, always irrelevant in real time. The point is Trump was not alone in accessing the situation and plenty of people must own any indecision at the time. As to Cuomo, it's unlikely he'll ever be held to account because the people supposed to be doing the looking are laser focused trying to pin it all on one man. Not surprising considering there is a presidential election coming up and that one man must be taken down whatever the cost or consequences. My opinion, respectfully sudmitted, and it'll take a better rebuttal than I have read so far to change it.Two wrongs are two wrongs.
Cuomo is not being given a "pass", there will be a reckoning however I can say now it is obvious that the information coming from the federal level (Trump's bag) was a problem. The left has covered this, just google it. The right... well Rudy moved the 9/11 control center to building 11 against advice and uncounted firefighters died because the fucking control center was out of action. You know, the non-working radios etc. Rudy became "America's Mayor" by brass ballsing through when he should have faced the executioner (literally). We will know the full details of Cuomo's good and bad calls here, what he could have avoided given what he knew etc. soon enough.
The boss tells me to do something and I do it but the information I was given was bad and it did not work well. Who is at fault? The guy saying everything is just fine, nothings to worry about way way way too late?
99% of the failure here has been Trump not acting earlier. Everyone who actually understands what that old exponential means understands this. Options disappeared fast.
Here this has both CNN and mentions EXPONENTIAL... explains how even a week would have halved the deaths. Trump or Cuomo's fault?
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/21/us/us-social-distancing-study-trnd/index.html
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