An Overview: New York State Battles COVID-19 Complacently

To call it a battle seems right.

Ever wondered what it’s like to have a non-human combatant in front of you. Well, it feels just like how the world feels at the moment. Emotionally, we are all in this together, the sooner we accept it, the better. Coronavirus is not a friend but an enemy to billions of people on this planet regardless of their color, race, or wealth

It is not even a living organism; it doesn’t have tanks or artillery to fight off humans but still manages to injure and attack us. However, Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the New York State, is hopeful that they will come out of it stronger, healthier, and smarter than ever before.

Under the current circumstance, when New Yorkers are looking in the eye of COVID-19, to say that it brings the best out of them will not be wrong. Healthcare heroes are activated to full effect across the country, and New York has them too. They have maintained a steady caring environment for patients who are recovering, and the incoming surge of patients.

It reminds me of healthcare saying by Thomas Frist M.D., “Take care of the patient and everything else will follow”

Sounds about right?

Quality care could be a ray of hope and lesson the number of patients coming into the hospitals. At the time, it feels idealistic when it is not. The fact is that we must take this slow; one day at a time, ensure care equipment such as ventilators is all there for them.

You never know, the results could just surprise us, in a good way. That’s what care can do and what the patient so rightly deserves.

Healthcare providers, hospitals, population health experts, doctors, nurses, volunteers, and staff are all playing their part diligently; we can’t ask for more. Sadly, the number of deaths keeps on climbing up for New York. Governor Cuomo admitted that the rate of deaths will increase in the upcoming days. However, the good thing is that the number of people coming to hospitals will decrease.

We will see a rise in the number of deaths each day in New York. Why? According to Governor Cuomo, the people that are already in hospitals, on ventilators for weeks now; they have less chance of surviving.

Coronavirus has so far consumed the lives of many of our fellow humans. I have to say I didn’t expect something like this to hit the world in 2020. Although the world remains calm, courtesy to the leaders who are doing their jobs well. Otherwise, with a virus like this one shaping up into a pandemic, chaos was inevitable.

Here, P3Care would like to appreciate Governor Cuomo for this war against an unseen enemy. Yesterday, he said and I am paraphrasing it, why do the poorest among us have to suffer the most? Whether it is hurricane Katrina or some other disaster, poor people suffer the most. The person at the rooftop wasn’t a rich white man. We have to find out the reason for that. We really do.

Also, he was of the view, and I am paraphrasing that this virus is our true enemy; it attacked the weakest and the vulnerable. It is our duty as a society to protect our weak and vulnerable.

A Brief History of the Virus in New York State and the United States

According to a recent article in the New York Times, several studies prove that this virus came to the US through Europe and not an Asian country. Research puts the time of this virus to mid-February when it began to circulate in the state of New York.

In New York alone, there are 159,937 confirmed cases so far; 13,000 have recovered; and a staggering number of 7,067 deaths. God bless the departed souls.

There are 469,121 confirmed cases; 26,448 who have recovered; and 16,676 deaths across the United States so far.