Just one week before NYC, the epicenter of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, is set to ease restrictions, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the George Floyd protests that rocked the city over the weekend threaten to spread infection.
Just one week before New York City, the epicenter of the country's coronavirus outbreak, is set to ease restrictions, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the George Floyd protests that rocked the city over the weekend threaten to spread infection.
"We spent all this time closed down, locked down, masked, socially distanced and then you turn on the TV and you see these mass gatherings that could potentially be infecting hundreds and hundreds of people after everything that we have done," he added. "Look at what happened with this Covid infection rate, nationwide," he said. "More African Americans infected. More African Americans dead proportionately than white Americans."
"We don't even know the consequence for the Covid virus of those mass gatherings. We don't even know. We won't know possibly for weeks," he said. "It's the nature of the virus. How many super spreaders were in that crowd?"
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