Three interesting developments:
Without any recognition of irony, NPR reported this morning that many nurses are having their hours cut or are being laid off, as the need for virus care declines. That's a predictable result of ramping up too much by politicians overly influenced by the Katrina effect. The very same NPR report noted that the nurses have fewer places to turn for employment because of the shutdowns. NPR is unable to see any link between these things because it views everything that happens in the world through the lens of victimhood. I'm starting to call it National Whining Radio.
The CDC collects data and reports the results of what they call "excess deaths," the number of reported deaths from all causes that exceeds historical expectations.* So far the incomplete data show significant recent excess deaths, only part of which are identified as resulting from the virus. I couldn't find a breakdown of the causes of those other deaths; perhaps I couldn't navigate the website adequately. It will be interesting to see the eventual breakdown of excess deaths and compare their causes.
Cuomo has no apologies for having pleaded for health care workers from outside New York to come to the state to help out and then taxing them on the resulting compensation they received.
*The website carefully notes the many limitations affecting the accuracy of the data.
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