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WPCNR CORONAVIRUS CUOMO REPORT. By John F. Bailey. April 17, 2020:

It was a “Q. & A” like no other.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo took the President of the United States apart.

When asked his reaction to President Donald Trump’s statements, quoted by a reporter, that Governor Cuomo asked for more supplies, hospital construction that he didn’t need, Mr. Cuomo calmly laid out the facts for the President.

He said he, Cuomo, had followed the federal government projections as late as March 13, showing the Peter Navaro memo on the screen,  declaring that “2.4 million to 21 million Americans would be hospitalized.”

In exacting, calm detail Governor Cuomo walked the President through the President’s administration predictions. He ended up his  15 minute analysis and rejection of the President’s statement that Mr. Cuomo’s coronavirus effort was always wanting more.

Mr. Cuomo called for the President, since his own CDC, Corona Virus Task Force, and Peter Navarro predictions were wrong, he should fire them.

The press room appeared in shock. Too shocked to ask to ask a question.

One reporter asked why the Governor said this. The Governor said “Because this is a pivotal moment. I don’t want to go through the race for testing materials as he went through in the search for ventilators.” He said I need two things, tests and state funding.

The President’s remarks and the Governor’s didactic, logical recitation of the progression of dire government forecasts, resounded word by word like pindrop after pindrop after pindrop , each weighing a ton, exploding in the carpeted Red Room.

It was in sharp contrast to the good news the Governor shared at the top of the meeting.

The apex of the coronavirus continued on the way down overnight.

The Governor was still concerned about the continuing average of 2,000 new cases a day. The Governor urged people to “Learn from this” and move ahead to better ways of working when businesses recover.

He announced an effort to coordinate efforts of the state’s testing labs to work as a team in processing coronavirus tests that would be similar to the way he and his team organized the Coronavirus Coordination Center in Albany that allocated resources and patient movement between the states hospitals.

He announced a new executive order mandating nursing homes to provide information on coronavirus infectees to persons with loved ones in those homes calling in concern. Melissa DeRosa, Secretary to the Governor said nursing homes across the state have not been complying and that was the reason for the executive order coming.

The governor Cuomo analysis of the President’s remarks, was an amazing unexpected event.

I was reminded of Sportscaster Jack Buck’s description of Kirk Gibson’s 2-run pinch hit winning homer with 2 out in the 9th in the First Game of the 1988 World Series, against the Swingin’ A’a that when Mr. Buck in awe, as Kirk Gibson fist-pumping jogged around the bases, in wonder yelled, “I don’t believe what I just saw!”

WPCNR CORONAVIRUS CUOMO REPORT. By John F. Bailey. April 16, 2020 UPDATED 3:30 PM EDT WITH DETAILED VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS UPDATED WITH CASES BY COUNTY 5:45 PM EDT

NEW! CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN WESTCHESTER BY COMMUNITY PUBLISHED 9:15 PM EDT

Governor Andrew Cuomo showed New Yorkers in graphically dramatic terms by comparing New York current infection rates today to the infection rates that other major outbreaks had and emphasizing how slim the margin of error, the edge that New York going ahead to keep the infection rate down.

He noted in the video leading this article that if a coronavirus infected person infected 1 other person, the infection rate will rise, and if that one infected person infected two other persons, New York will see more outbreaks and relive the entire experience of the last 45 days, with closures and distancing rules put back in place.

The governor said that reasons so many experts were wrong in their estimates of number of infections and deaths prepared for New York were because they used the usual infection rates. The governor pounded home the message that New Yorkers understood the facts of the disease and chose to comply with the state efforts to control the spread of the disease.

He extended the current NY Pause strategy through May 15, at which time he said he would look at the data to decide whether or not to proceed with a reopening.

He explained that testing figures provide a false positive in that the number of people tested are people who think they may have coronavirus, pointing out that “the more you test, the more cases you have.” The only real measure of the growth of the disease is the hospitalization rate that measures the number of persons actually sick enough to require being into the hospital.

The Governor detailed issues, he feels businesses have to address before and after any reopening. Continuing his advisory yesterday on how businesses would reopen. In the video below he gives a rundown on situations to address as they reopen:

In the “Q & A” session afterwards, the governor set up a new format for answering questions, selecting a different reporter in random sequence and not by the loudest voice.

In that “Q & A,” the Governor said the state had lost 7.5 Billion (an estimated $10-15 Billion) in revenues and the state was not in a position to help cities, towns, and counties with shortfalls, saying “We cannot do it. We’re not in position to help anyone.”

He criticized congress and said he has made the New York delegation aware of the need to address the need for more aid to states. “They tell me well we have to get to ‘yes,’ but you’re not helping the country. It doesn’t matter if you get to ‘yes’ and don’t help the country.”

The Governor criticized the New York Times for inaccurately reporting that unexplained causes of death in nursing homes added to the death total this week when Mayor DeBlasio of New York City commented on the unexplained deaths. Melissa DeRosa, Secretary to the governor said the these were deaths attributed as probably due to the coronavirus which made complications the “probables” had worse. The New York State Commissioner of Health Howard Zuckerman explained the role the coronavirus often causes organ shutdowns in persons with previous conditions.

The Governor said New York State is sending 100 ventilators to the state of New Jersey, which has not reached the apex stage of its coronavirus growth.

Melissa DeRosa said the unemployment claims processing at the New York Department of Labor, after one week of a new call-in policy in effect had processed 925,600 applications of 1.2 million applications in 5 weeks. She said all last year the state had received 300,000 applications. She attributed the remain applications to awaiting verification of items left off the application.

The Governor reported 606 deaths were reported from coronavirus Wednesday, bringing the number of persons who have died in New York State to 11,977.

He confirmed 8,505 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State – Bringing Statewide Total to 222,284

The following is the current count of coronavirus counts by County (Metropolitan New York counties in bold):

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	581	33
Allegany	28	0
Broome	167	14
Cattaraugus	32	0
Cayuga	36	0
Chautauqua	24	0
Chemung	70	1
Chenango	73	2
Clinton	46	1
Columbia	99	3
Cortland	24	1
Delaware	47	1
Dutchess	2,085	37
Erie	1,850	99
Essex	12	0
Franklin	13	0
Fulton	25	1
Genesee	78	2
Greene	74	1
Hamilton	3	0
Herkimer	43	3
Jefferson	48	1
Lewis	8	1
Livingston	32	1
Madison	105	0
Monroe	932	48
Montgomery	32	0
Nassau	27,772	1,057
Niagara	216	12
NYC	123,146	4,844
Oneida	249	3
Onondaga	462	13
Ontario	65	3
Orange	5,888	172
Orleans	34	1
Oswego	44	2
Otsego	44	0
Putnam	573	2
Rensselaer	137	13
Rockland	8,752	278
Saratoga	231	4
Schenectady	245	8
Schoharie	20	0
Schuyler	6	0
Seneca	18	0
St. Lawrence	93	1
Steuben	154	3
Suffolk	24,182	904
Sullivan	437	13
Tioga	27	2
Tompkins	116	1
Ulster	761	28
Warren	81	4
Washington	46	4
Wayne	49	1
Westchester	21,828	881
Wyoming	34	0
Yates	7	1