Despite the positive drops in several key figures, New Yorkers continue to die at an alarming rate. Over the last 24 hours, a staggering 758 individuals lost their lives, marking the sixth day that the state death toll has been over 700.
Cuomo said the death toll could go over 10,000 on Monday.
However, he added that the total rate of hospitalizations is the best indicator that the state is flattening the curve, reiterating that in reality, the apex that had been spoken about so often, is actually a plateau.
“The apex isn’t just an apex, it’s a plateau. You see that line flattening, and that’s what the experts were talking about, that it might have been a straight up and then rapid down, or it might be up to an apex, and the apex becomes a plateau,” Cuomo said.
Sunday’s change in total hospitalizations (+53 admissions) also marks the lowest number since the state began using the charts to track key COVID-19 figures.
(AP)
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Why don’t people make a fuss and protest the Governor’s stubborn prohibition of dispensing the hydroxychloroquine/zinc/azithromycin combo?!
At least for those victims that are already in serious danger! (where the chances of dying from the virus is equal or greater than the chances of dying from the medication’s [rare] side-effects!)
At that point, there’s little to lose by risking it….
I know there are studies/tests being conducted, but….
a) The results of the study may take 6 – 8 weeks (minimum) to be completed.
Meanwhile another 3,000 lives could be lost, of which perhaps a third(?!) could have been helped!
b) I believe that Kiryas Joel alone is enough of a case-study to promote the combo.
At least for ‘Compassionate allowance’!
Unless one suspects the local doctor Zelenko to be a brazen liar, i think 350 serious cases (out of more than 900 suspected cases) to be an adequate “test run’.
Not a single death!
(He apparently also got the dosage correct.)
Bottom line:
I may be mistaking, but i think Governor Cuomo is a fool for blocking common usage of the combo (under a doctor’s discretion) in cases of very high-risk patients.
Alternatively, he’s under the influence of Pharmaceuticals that prefer developing a drug at $1,000 a pop, rather than the aforementioned combination at 20 bucks a pop….