editorial
NYC braces for fi rst coronavirus case
A worker cleans up after traders on the fl oor of the New York Stock Exchange after the closing bell following a
signifi cant dip in the market in New York. Photo courtesy of Reuters
New York City didn’t have
a single confi rmed case — or
even a suspected case — of
coronavirus as of amNewYork
Metro press time Tuesday
night. Yet panic set it in one
area of New York City: the Financial
District.
The Centers for Disease
Control announced Tuesday
afternoon that it was likely
the coronavirus outbreak —
which began back in December
in China and killed hundreds
of people there — would
inevitably spread across the
United States. Offi cials said
the chances of an “extremely
serious outbreak” in our nation
were high.
That warning, from a federal
government agency, sent
the stock market reeling.
Fears of coronavirus had fueled
a 5.5% drop in the Dow
Jones average over two days.
If the worst case scenario
did occur, it’s feared that a
coronavirus pandemic — on
top of sickening millions and
perhaps killing thousands of
people — would spark a global
economic recession. That’s the
least of the concern.
What’s important is that
the federal, state and city governments
have every resource
available to contain the spread
of coronavirus and prevent a
pandemic from occurring.
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We know that our city and
state are as prepared as they
can be; we can’t say the same
for the federal government.
New York Senator Charles
Schumer rightly took the
Trump administration to task
Tuesday, saying the regime is
woefully behind on coronavirus
prep.
Coronavirus testing kits
have to be distributed to hospitals
across the country; samples
from patients suspected
of having it must be sent to the
CDC’s facility in Atlanta. That
costs precious time that sick
patients might not have.
The CDC’s funding itself,
Schumer noted, has been
slashed by the Trump administration.
The agency had to
reduce the number of response
teams it can send across the
world to help investigate and
stop the spread of illness.
The Trump administration
now wants $2.5 billion
in funding from Congress to
help combat the coronavirus.
But that request comes after
the regime sought to slash
the CDC budget by 16% just a
month ago.
It might still be premature
to panic over the coronavirus
in New York City. But the apparently
lack of readiness by
the federal government to respond
to a pandemic is truly
panic-inducing.
Every federal resource
must be made available to contain
coronavirus and stop its
spread. The health of our nation,
the world and the economy
depend upon it.
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