NEW YORK CITY’S HEALTH COMMISSIONER RESIGNS, CRITICIZING CORONAVIRUS HANDLING.

The very last paragraph of ABC’s article alludes to the infamous moment when Dr. Oxiris Barbot was quoted by the New York Post as saying “I don’t give two rats’ asses about your cops. I need them for others,” in March, when the NYPD requested 500,000 surgical masks from the health commissioner.

Missing is Barbot’s quote in early February regarding the mass gatherings at the Chinese Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown:

“The risk for New Yorkers of the coronavirus is low, and our preparedness as a city is very high. While it is understandable that people feel anxious, that is no way shape or form an excuse for them to use that as an opportunity to spread misinformation, to spread racist ideas because that is currently the greatest risk to New Yorker’s.”

Dr. Barbot said residents should instead, “come together, know the information and share that information.” But she warned, “rumors can be as dangerous as any virus.”

Better dead than rude, to coin a phrase.