governor cuomo, rockefeller foundation, lots of governors, they were working in a really different way than the trump administration was. and the trump administration did a great job in terms of vaccines. but in terms of giving people the kind of guidance to say, to do what europe did, we didn t get it. and that s why in this investigative book that just came out yesterday, what they said was, if we had gotten that guidance, that stock pile of guidance, we would have been able to open up earlier. and we just didn t get it. randi, thank you very much. you re welcome. thank you for answering all of our questions wechlt really appreciate you being here. we know this subject is not easy for everyone. but the bottom line is now are we not doing everything we need to do now. yes. that is a great point. and that s what, you know, i d like to have seen one question from the republicans
didn t get as sick as adults, adults were getting sick, and adults were dying. so, we were trying to figure out and i m not saying that look, there were people all across america who were taking different positions than, you know, i was at the aft, including some of my members. and you saw some of those things. but we were trying to figure out what were the mitigating strategies that were needed to keep schools open. and that s what, you know and that s what we tried to do from april 2020. and what i produced i went and i testified in congress yesterday voluntarily, and i produced much documentation proving all the things that we tried to say. now, that s why i keep on using the cuomo administration because frankly, governor hogan,
all of the measures about violence meant that windows were closed. the measures that were needed in terms of covid meant windows needed to be open. who made those decisions? people would say, i don t know which way to go. so, when i you know, the as i said, i sat on cuomo s commission to reopen schools, which we did, and virtually all the schools were reopened in new york. okay. but the lack of clarity and the lack of an attentiveness on the federal level to wanting to give us guidelines not just guidelines but the safety protocols. we bought $3 million worth of ppe for our members because we couldn t get it. okay. let me get some of our other panelists in. scott? yeah. we don t know each other. but speaking on behalf of millions of american parents, i have four at home.
don t even get me started on diesel all you get is the fumes. i m never pumping gas i don really know i used to it i i don t need to do that anymore s been replaced with new stuff i sure it s more useful. the only interesting thing that ever happens with this guy is the behind-the-scenes stuff. it s not the show itself up. i watch a show behind the scene where he s being a [ bleep! ] to everybody. it s in a fight with a neighbor or a party nude set up a you re a nice guy i m a humble guy, no you re not. he never did anything wrong you are [ bleep! ] and you re probably such a jerk in ways i can t even imagine a human treating another human being. let me watch that. and then being hung over the next day. to on cuomo, hung over.