I can't speak to what NY is doing. That would be illegal for a coroner or whomever to incorrectly mark on a death certificate the cause of death here in Alabama.1. Is it, tho?? Cuomo has given the order to his hospitals that anyone dying from pneumonia, asthma, heart attack, or other internal issues are to mark that patient as a covid patient. WHY? Because hospitals are receiving $39000.00 federal subsidy for each covid patient. We have NO idea what the real numbers are.
2. Not that easy. Buying a few packs of seeds for the home gardener is a simple thing. .. Maybe. A few of my friends have tried and are finding many many sites are out of stock. Now, a farmer buying seeds online? Seriously? What kind of chaos would that bring? Co-ops here are closed, and just last night on the news I saw a local report that a lawn and garden shop was fined because the owner was inside cleaning up. If the farmers are going to be expected to raise wheat, corn, and all other produce, yeah, they need seeds. If seeds aren't essential then neither are pharmaceuticals.
3. Because the protest was about gridlock. It was meant to block the streets and not allow anyone in or out of the capitol building, or access roads. Those who WERE out of their cars were actually going rogue. It's the symbolism of being locked in.
4. My point. Had she taken the proper steps immediately, instead of blaming Trump we would not be in this situation now. She screamed and whined about Trump from the minute this thing started, then bitched for a month that he wasn't helping when in fact, she never ASKED for federal help.
Seeds vs drugs is a false analogy. Just my cursory glance online, I easily found squash, tomatoe, and cucumber seeds ready to ship.
Again, I don't disagree that the steps were a big draconian.
Here, most elective surgery and scans have been put on hold.
Luckily the govenor is going to slowly open things back up after the 1st.