NYC “Health Commissioner” Oxiris Barbot on Feb. 7th: “We’re telling New Yorkers, go about your lives, take the subway, go out, enjoy life”

Barbot on Feb. 2nd: "There is no reason not to take the subway, not to take the bus, not to go out to your favorite restaurant, and certainly not to miss the parade next Sunday.” (via FNC)

Flashback: NYC ‘Health Commissioner’ Urged New Yorkers to Gather in Public Places https://news.grabien.com/story-flashback-nyc-health-commissioner-urged-new-yorkers-gather-p

De Blasio on Feb 10th: “We want to encourage” NYers going out. "If you’re under 50 & you’re healthy, which is most NYers, there’s very little threat here. This disease, even if you were to get it, basically acts like a common cold or flu. And transmission is not that easy."

Correction: MARCH 10th

Cont’d https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1243595921633488898?s=21 https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1243595921633488898

NY State Sen. John Liu on Feb. 2nd: “There's no need to panic and to avoid activities that we always do as New Yorkers. We are hardy people. As an Asian-American, I’ve been disturbed if not outright appalled by some of the comments or gestures that I have seen." (via FNC)

How NYC’s Political Brass Set the Stage for City Becoming America’s Coronavirus Epicenter https://news.grabien.com/story-how-nycs-trump-opposition-led-city-becoming-americas-coronav

De Blasio on his falsely reassuring New Yorkers they shouldn’t worry about Coronavirus: “We should not be focusing, in my view, on anything looking back … none of us have time to look backwards."