"Treat it Like a War"

Themes from a March 19, 2020 CNN interview with NY Governor Andrew Cuomo

A CNN interview with New York governor Andrew Cuomo the day before he issued shutdown and stay home directives is a good example of how he & other officials used war-time rhetoric, imagery, and orders to implement a response that looked nothing like a disease outbreak plan and every bit like a bomb-attack drill.

Recorded on March 19, 2020, just as deaths…