b*********3 发帖数: 1709 | | m*********4 发帖数: 356 | 2 March 15, it was quite clear that strict regulations on gathering at bars
and restaurants were soon to come. A 50% capacity reduction was already in
place, but compliance seemed inconsistent, and enforcement, sporadic to non-
existent. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was just one of the numerous New
Yorkers calling for more social separation that weekend. But instead of
encouraging people to stay at home, de Blasio told New Yorkers to go for one
last drink. “If you love your neighborhood bar, go there now,” he said at
a press conference, “because we don’t know what the future holds.” | m*********4 发帖数: 356 | 3 “For the vast majority of New Yorkers, life is going on pretty normally
right now,” Bill de Blasio said on Morning Joe March 10, as the number of
confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. topped 1,000. “We want to encourage
that.” He added that there was a “misperception” that the disease “
hangs in the air waiting to catch you. No, it takes direct person-to-person
contact.”
He pledged to keep schools open, even if someone at any given school was
found to have contracted the disease, saying that they would take a day to
isolate the sick and clean the school before getting it back up and running.
“If you’re under 50 and you’re healthy, which is most New Yorkers, there
’s very little threat here.” |
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