Cuomo outlines rules for partial reopening of some Upstate New York regions

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Source: WBFO

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that some Upstate New York regions may be able to have a limited reopening of some businesses when the current shutdown order expires May 15, but it will come with many caveats.

The governor is setting a list of criteria for potential regional reopenings in the Rochester area, where he held his daily briefing, as well as the North Country, the Mohawk Valley, Central New York and the Southern Tier.

It is based on epidemiological science and aims for holding the transmission rate of COVID-19 to 1.1% or lower, so that the greater freedom of movement does not lead to the virus multiplying exponentially and overwhelming the health care system.

Cuomo said New York is trying to learn from other countries, like Italy and Singapore, where an initial reopening occurred too quickly and restarted the spread of the virus.

Read more: https://news.wbfo.org/post/cuomo-outlines-rules-partial-reopening-some-upstate-new-york-regions

[totodeinhere]

1. I think he is making a big mistake. As many as 3.000 deaths per day might be happening by June and

he wants to open some regions back up? I have been supporting him and he has done a good job so far. But this is a mistake I am afraid.

[soryang]

3. the criteria for testing and contact tracing seem vague and inadequate

30 tests per 100,000? really? Even if that were a per day figure, it's too small.

[EarthFirst]

2. "There also needs to be enough testing, with a capability to provide 30 tests for every 100,000"

Is that a typo?

Or am I understanding this wrong?

30 tests per 100,000?

[Massacure]

5. That actually seems reasonable.

30 tests per 100,000 is equivalent to about 90,000 nationally. About 30,000 people per day are being infected in the United States, so being able to test 90,000 people per day seems reasonable.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Factory orders down more than 50%

More employment report on Friday. Treasury to borrow $3 Trillion more for the second quarter. That's what's keeping the market from collapsing.

But, as an aside. These plunges in production, consumption, disruption from the pandemic .... the magnitude of these numbers remind me of only a few things in history. Now admittedly I haven't read them all but changes like this in modern times happened during World War I in Czarist Russia. Factories were empty, production stopped, people wanted change. Fortunately we have institutionalized methods of change - elections! GOTV