How New York Failed Their Citizens – The Spread of COVID-19
Newt's World
Gingrich 360
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
How did the Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, mismanage the spread of COVID-19 and fail to put measures in place to slow the spread of the virus? Newt’s guest is former New York Lt. Governor, Dr. Betsy McCaughey.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, this is Brett Goldstein. I'm a comedian and actor, writer, director, |
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| 0:30.0 | Hi, this is Newt, due to the virus I'm recording from home, |
| 0:33.2 | so you may notice a difference in audio quality. |
| 0:38.8 | On this episode of Newt's World, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in |
| 0:43.2 | United States is in New York, and is particularly concentrated |
| 0:47.2 | in the New York City region. As of May 28th, New York State has 369,801 |
| 0:55.0 | confirmed cases and 29,339 deaths. And most of those cases are in New York City, |
| 1:02.2 | with 204,711 confirmed cases and 20,844 deaths. |
| 1:10.4 | Why is New York the epicenter of the virus? Did the lack of leadership from |
| 1:14.8 | New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio |
| 1:19.4 | contribute to increasing the virus spread? I'm pleased to welcome my guest. |
| 1:24.3 | Dr. Betsy McCoy, author of the next pandemic, |
| 1:27.8 | Informer Lieutenant Governor New York, from 1995 to 1998. |
| 1:40.8 | I'm really delighted to have a personal friend, somebody who I admire enormously. |
| 1:46.7 | Betsy McCoy, join us to talk about her new book, The Next Pandemic. |
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