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Re:Seattle’s leaders let scientists take the lead, New York’... by actuator on Sunday April 26, 2020 @02:09PM (#22988907)
People usually bring up the population density and travel point to say why NY and NYC in particular is doing so bad but it is a lot to do with attitude of the leaders. This[1] is a tweet from March 2 from the city's mayor. I know it hadn't gotten bad anywhere except China and Iran at this point. But Italy's case growth curve had a sharp uptick by this point with total cases reaching about 2k. Lockdown was unnecessary but encouraging people to go out in crowded places was just silly.

[1] https://twitter.com/BilldeBlasio/status/1234648718714036229

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Re:Seattle’s leaders let scientists take the lead, New York’... by lancesells on Sunday April 26, 2020 @02:38PM (#22989108)
The mayor (and other elected officials) definitely has some blood on his hands. Not saying he willfully was trying to harm anyone but his mistakes cost lives.
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