Outcast_Searcher wrote:Letting the virus mostly run and damn most of the consequences is more of a right wing approach.
It's not left vs. right so much as it's Malthusian.
BTW, the world now vs. when NYC was first dealing with COVID is quite different. Early on experts were actually discouraging the use of masks by the general public saying it wouldn't help enough. How much of that had to do with trying to prevent mask shortages and how much actually reflected their thinking about transmission is up for debate, but because people have such a short memory everyone seems to have forgotten. Actually, even Trump cites this as reason not to bother with masks (which is false logic, but it's at least a reminder). The lack of mask use may not have been the only factor in NYC having a breakout infection but it was a big one. Other factors are demographic/geographic which are not within the Mayor or Governor's control. It's only natural that a dense cosmopolitan region like NY would get hit first and rural states like Wyoming wouldn't.
Anyway, fast-forward to June when states were deciding to open back up and there are really no extenuating circumstances. The governors should have known better, and frankly, the public too.