Chris Cuomo just destroyed Ted Cruz

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10. This particular line from Cruz is so ludicrous

The reason the deaths are higher in New York and New Jersey is because the virus hit there first, went unchecked for weeks while we were trying to figure out what was going on, and, because it was early in a novel virus, we were simply trial and error on treatment. The death rate seems higher because only a small percentage of those who had the virus were actually tested in New York, where the number of those actually infected is likely to have been 10 times higher than the official number of positive tests.

The problem is actually the opposite: why was the virus so deadly in states like Florida and Texas that had 1) fair warning that it was coming, 2) at least some paths to mitigation established through the slaughter in New York and New Jersey, 3) better treatment and an adjusted supply chain for PPE and other virus-fighting equipment.

What Cruz sees as a failure of NY and NJ is actually a failure of FL, TX, and, to be fair, CA.