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At the beginning of this mess I think everyone was surprised and taken off guard as to how to contain it. NYS did not see it coming until it was too late, like most states. I don't want to PARF this thread with going into how the federal government screwed up. We could have and should see this coming and done more to stop it or mitigate it coming to our shores early on
than when we did.

What I am suggesting is that now NY has flattened the curve it is time for other states to follow the same guidelines that NY did to lower it's numbers.

Simply put, the guidelines do work. An example, Disney World in Fla is opening, maybe not such a good idea. I know that people love their "freedom" or thought of being free from government mandate but there are times that one must do the math so to speak and follow best practices.

I am not comfortable here in NYC still. I am fearful of a second wave. Anything is possible with this beast. I too am happy that I am still posting. As of 7/9/20 the new number of cases in NYC is 279 and 23 new deaths in a population of 8M. We are testing like made here and tracing back contacts. I think this is only possible due to the lower infection rates. It "feels" as though we are starting to get a handle on it, but....

Best of Luck to you all.