The problem is that, once you have 15,000 people on the streets of Brooklyn for an event, you’ve essentially reopened. And while Cuomo mentioned protesters briefly in his tweets, it wasn’t the focus.
It was almost as if what happened Sunday didn’t exist — which is funny, because it’s almost as if the coronavirus didn’t exist to those covering the protests, either.
The aforementioned New York Times’ article spent a grand total of one paragraph talking about the protests’ potential effect on the spread of the coronavirus. A CNN piece on the protests didn’t mention the disease at all. This is curious, given that the pandemic has been the defining event of the post-9/11 era and is the reason why we’ve been told mass gatherings are dangerous.
Meanwhile, try to find a single piece on President Donald Trump restarting campaign rallies that doesn’t talk about it in the first paragraph.
As long as the cause is near and dear enough to their hearts, the novel coronavirus isn’t an issue for the media or the left. They’re willing to overlook whatever spike in infections these protests may cause.
Anything else, it’s the same thing — don’t even think of fully reopening anytime soon, particularly in hard-hit places like New York state.
The only problem?
Try keeping it in place.
If Andrew Cuomo wants to enforce the lockdown for longer, he’s certainly welcome to try. There’s no good legal way of enforcing it, however — and the last few weeks have proved that.
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