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Re:How H-E-B planned for the pandemic by wahern on Thursday March 26, 2020 @04:03PM (#22697359)
The U.S. Federal government's response is better characterized as willful incompetence bordering on maliciousness, than a misstep. NY Governor Cuomo and NYC Mayor De Blasio deserve special mention for cynically playing a game of chicken with each other, together with Trump, and the three of them with COVID-19; the losers are the poor people of NYC.

I think the San Francisco Bay Area counties did a pretty decent job (not S. Korea or Singapore, but that's a high bar) and I'm optimistic that they've significantly bent the curve (that's what I see plotting the data), but can't be very confident until after this weekend.

Re:How H-E-B planned for the pandemic by vikramkr on Friday March 27, 2020 @10:09AM (#22702929)
Cuomo's doing fine. He didn't have the data to know how bad it was because the CDC test crapped out, but once it became clear his leadership has been pretty good. No clue what deblasio is smoking though, going to the gym the day before quarantine etc. Never thought the governor would be more popular than the mayor in this state, especially governor Cuomo, but he's stepped up to the challenge