NY Gov. Cuomo: Suicides and Increased Domestic Violence Worth Price of Coronavirus Lockdown to Save His Own Life
By Kristinn Taylor
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) responded Wednesday to a reporter asking about protesters outside his daily news conference in Albany calling for an end to the COVID-19 Chinese coronavirus lockdown, saying that the resulting suicides and domestic violence were worth the price because the cost of the virus is “death” and is needed to save “my life” over those who commit suicide over their lives being ruined by the lockdown or victims of increased domestic violence from being locked in their homes with abusive partners for weeks without end. Shockingly, Cuomo said domestic violence does not equal death, when a recent study in Britain showed women in coronavirus lockdowns are getting killed by their male partners at at rate three times before the lockdowns were imposed
People upset with the state’s @coronavirus lockdown @protest outside the Capitol in Albany, NY @518coronavirus pic.twitter.com/5PSqUfk51D
— Lori Van Buren (@curleypic) April 22, 2020
The unknown reporter said to Cuomo that she spoke to the protesters before the press conference and explained to him their desperate situation, saying the protesters’ point was the cure can’t be was worse than the illness itself’. She also asked about those who commit suicide from not being able to pay their bills.
A reporter asked Gov. Cuomo what he’d say to New Yorkers who want to go back to work because they’re running out of money, to which he replied, “economic hardship doesn’t equal death”
“You want to go to work? Go take a job as an essential worker” he added https://t.co/BgwoOZsQRy pic.twitter.com/WxGQxtg49p
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 22, 2020
Reporter: “I don’t know if you can hear but there are protesters outside right now honking their horns and raising signs. We did speak to a few of them before we came in and these are regular people who are not getting a paycheck. Some of them are not getting their unemployment check. And they’re saying that they don’t have time to wait for all of this testing and they need to get back to work in order to feed their families, their savings is running out, they don’t have another week, they’re not getting answers. So, their point is ‘the cure can’t be worse than the illness itself’. What is your response to that?”
Cuomo: “The illness is death. What is worse than death?”