Yeah, they made some mistakes in NY. But they learned from them and they fixed it. That is what good governance does instead of constantly whining about how unfair everyone is and everyone else is to blame.
Coronavirus Statistics: Tracking The Epidemic In New York
By Jake Dobkin , Clarisa Diaz and Zach Gottehrer-Cohen
July 10, 2020 1:36 p.m.
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full article at gothamist.com
After a few weeks of tracking, the city met both the state and city criteria for reopening on June 7th, and began Phase 1 of reopening on June 8th. The state is now monitoring seven criteria, and the city is monitoring three criteria, to decide whether it is safe to proceed to the next three stages of reopening- there will be at least a two week period between each phase. If these criteria show sustained movement in the wrong direction, the reopening progress could be paused or reversed. The city entered Phase 2 on June 22nd, and Phase 3 on July 6th.
It is too long to post the whole article but I'll just post this brief section which shows what is possible with good governance and a populace that mostly recognizes and follows that governance:
Testing
Testing began in earnest at the beginning of March, and has increased ever since, though it tends to dip on weekends. We investigated the testing rates per county- some have seen a lot more testing than others.
The testing positivity rate tracks the percentage of tests which came back positive each day. After bouncing around early in the epidemic when there was very little testing, it gradually rose to nearly 60% around April 5th, and has fallen since. This is explained by an increase in the number of people tested each day, as well as by the waning of infections as social distancing has curbed spread.
continues at gothamist.com |
