CDC warns America may need ANOTHER lockdown as Cuomo threatens to reverse NYC reopenings
THE CDC has warned that America may need another coronavirus lockdown as Governor Andrew Cuomo threatened to reverse the New York City reopening. The news comes as hundreds of mask-free partiers ignored social distancing while packing in the city streets over the weekend. In a press briefing on Friday, Jay Butler, the CDC’s deputy director […]
THE CDC has warned that America may need another coronavirus lockdown as Governor Andrew Cuomo threatened to reverse the New York City reopening.
The news comes as hundreds of mask-free partiers ignored social distancing while packing in the city streets over the weekend.
In a press briefing on Friday, Jay Butler, the CDC’s deputy director for infectious diseases, warned: “If cases begin to go up again, particularly if they go up dramatically, it’s important to recognize that more mitigation efforts such as what were implemented back in March may be needed again.”
The official added that, as the country begins to reopen, that transmission rates are changing.
“Right now, communities are experiencing different levels of transmission occurring, as they gradually ease up onto the community mitigation efforts and gradually reopen,” said Butler.
Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Saturday that the state had recorded its lowest one-day coronavirus death toll and hospitalization total since the early days of the crisis in March.
However, during his press conference the next day the governor warned New Yorkers that there will be “consequences of your actions.”
“I am warning today in a nice way: consequences of your actions,” he said.
“We have 25,000 complaints statewide. I’m not going to turn a blind eye to them. They are rampant and there’s not enough enforcement.”
He continued: “I am not going to allow situations to exist that we know have a high likelihood of causing an increase in the spread of the virus.”
“Manhattan and the Hamptons are the leading areas in the state with violations. These are not hard-to-spot violations. People send videos of these violations.”
Social media videos emerged of the weekend’s street partying in St. Marks Place.
Ignoring the threat of becoming infected with coronavirus, the young adults revelled in their newfound freedom, saying they’d had enough of “living in isolation”.
One person tweeted: “When there’s a new spike people will blame the (masked) protests, but it’s really gonna be maskless crap like this.”
Another said: “At first I felt bad sorry for the people there who were wearing masks and trying to do the right thing.
“But on second thought, if they’re doing the right thing, they wouldn’t be in this crowd to begin with.”
And one person replied: “Masks are pretty much worthless as worn by most people.
“Every time someone touches their mask & fails to then sanitize their hands, they just get more revolting.
“And masked people are utterly clueless – crowding people when they don’t need to. Total menaces.”
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However one man approved the party scene in East Village, saying: “Millions are moving on with their lives.
“No more staying inside.
“Covid is over man.”