Fear not, good people! The coronavirus is over, and you may now go about your business.
Unless, of course, you’re a Jewish shopkeeper in New York. But if you’re a Joe Biden fan, you’re welcome to party in the street with ten thousand of your closest friends, passing bottles of Veuve as though there isn’t a global pandemic that’s reportedly killed more than 200,000 Americans…or so we’ve been told for the past eight months.
And you can expect that narrative to change now that the 2020 election is “over” and Biden has become the presumptive president-elect. Don’t take my word for it – take it from NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who admitted over the weekend that we can expect many governors to take a “different tone” on the coronavirus now that the election is over.
“I think the [coronavirus infection] numbers are gonna go up and Americans are gonna get how serious this is,’’ Cuomo told ABC News in an interview.
“I think you’ll see a different tone now. I think you’ll even see some governors take a different tone now that Mr. Trump is out of office. I think you’ll see scientists speak with unmuzzled voices now,’’ he went on.
“We’re coming up on the worst two months we may have seen vis-a-vis COVID,’’ Cuomo added. “The scientists said this was going to happen. We’re going to have a long two months.’’
Which is an interesting comment, considering that in Cuomo’s state capital of New York City, where restaurants have been forced to close to the point where half to three-quarters of them may never reopen, and where houses of worship have been threatened with permanent shutdowns if they gather before the almighty government gives the green light, thousands upon thousands of Trump-hating leftists gathered to celebrate Biden’s projected win over President Trump, free from government interference or threat.
If that’s the “different tone” we can expect, it’s a tragically predictable one.