Looking back and how we got here
Second guessing is the order of the day and it's time for me to join in. This is a look back to what happened wrong and right, and what could have been done better. To do this, let's use the standards set forth by NY Governor Mario Cuomo during some of his press conferences. When asked why he was looking for 40,000 ventilators earlier this year when NY needed less than 10,000, Gov. Cuomo said, and I paraphrase you act based on what you know at the time, and a related point would be did you act based on what you knew at the time. In another press conference Gov. Cuomo speculated on what he might have done differently if he knew then what he knew now. A fair analysis of the actions of the Trump Administration can be made using those standards. 1. Acting based on what you know. The Administration has a standard cast of characters who are called on when there are epidemics. This includes the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Contr...