Attempting to pull off, is for between 100,000 and 240,000 americans to die from the virus. Thats right, 240,000. Apparently that is what his administration meant when they said the virus was contained when the president said it would go away like a miracle. Hundreds of thousands dead. In new york state, the epicenter of the virus, there are now more than 75,000 confirmed cases, with thor than 1,500 deaths and more than 10,000 hospitalized. More than 1,000 have died in new york city alone. New yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo said today that the apex of the crisis in the state is still two to three weeks away, and he stressed that we are still chasing the virus. And we have been behind it from day one, since it got here. And weve been playing catchup. You dont win playing catchup. We have to get ahead of it. We are behind because the president and his administration did not take the virus seriously from the start. They ignored internal warnings from their own administration. We knew what wa