NEW YORK (AP) – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo argued that officials who are re-opening economies need to be upfront about the human costs.
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Cuomo said the national debate over when to re-open outbreak-ravaged economies ultimately boils down to the value placed on people’s lives.
“How much is a human life worth?” Cuomo asked at his daily press briefing. “That’s the real discussion that no one is admitting openly or freely. But we should.”
The Democratic governor made the argument as political pressure intensifies to relax outbreak-fighting restrictions keeping people at home and off the job. As other states begin lifting restrictions, Cuomo has opted for a slower approach that will allow parts of the state to phase in economic activity later this month if they meet and maintain a series of benchmarks.
“The faster we re-open, the lower the economic cost — but the higher the human cost, because the more lives lost,” he said. “That, my friends, is the decision we are really making.”
Cuomo claims his plan avoids the trade-off between economic and human costs because it will be controlled by officials constantly monitoring fatalities and hospitalizations.
The 230 new deaths reported by Cuomo were up slightly from the previous day, but far lower than the daily peak of 799 on April 8. There have been more than 19,000 deaths in New York since the beginning of the outbreak.
The state total doesn’t include more than 5,300 New York City deaths that were blamed on the virus on death certificates but weren’t confirmed by a lab test.
New York’s hospitalization rates continue to drop with 659 new admissions reported Monday, the lowest number since March. There were 9,600 patients hospitalized overall.
Educated Archie doesn’t care about the death toll,he just wants his kids to go back to school and for shulsto reopen.
The lock down also costs lives.
The drug companies have reported a significant down turn in medical prescriptions filled and medical insurance companies report that fewer people are going to the doctor. This alone can be translated into lives if only by persona;medical neglect.
Likewise unemployment and poverty leads to shorter life spans.
So it’s not just dollars vs lives, it’s “dollars + in the long run lives” vs “short term lives”. The question then is how many lives in the long run are we going to lose due to the lock down.
The lock down also costs lives.
The drug companies have reported a significant down turn in medical prescriptions filled and medical insurance companies report that fewer people are going to the doctor. This alone can be translated into lives if only by personal medical neglect.
Likewise unemployment and poverty leads to shorter life spans.
So it’s not just dollars vs lives, it’s “dollars + in the long run lives” vs “short term lives”. The question then is how many lives in the long run are we going to lose due to the lock down.
What about the cost of human lives from not reopening ? What costs?
1) cancer and other ill patients can’t get needed treatments and surgeries
2) people committing sucide from loss of livelihood
3) kids left unstructured with parents needing to balance watching them and work plus summer months when they are outdoors. There will be tragedies and accidents. I pray only goyim but I am scared. ( we had one Monsey Korban already )
4) malnourished kids and homeless will increase
Whar about mental illness? What about the lost education that especially young children need early on. That’s why deblasso started prek. You need to nip education in the bud and get kids when young and developed. They will grow up poor and suffer for life . The insanity of closed schools despite that being our life line is beyond insanity. It’s a world gone mad . Kids under ten and teachers under 60 with staggered classes and many who had it already are such low risks . Have we gone so crazy.
This is very scary but we need to think rational and not fearful . ( yes the death toll may rise here and there but that doesn’t mean an uptick either )
Enough is enough end this insanity now
Is there a bigger grandstander and theater stage actor than Cuomo?
What’s with that accent ??