Of course we’ve known almost since the beginning, that’s why it’s so dangerous. This is so incredibly stupid. But this is only the latest stupid thing he said. He also said it was not easy to transmit.

Quote:Mayor Bill de Blasio rejected WNYC host Brian Lehrer’s claim that the U.S. knew “weeks and months ago that asymptomatic people can spread this disease,” and instead suggested this fact was only discovered “in the last 48 hours.”

“The city’s position used to be that healthy people don’t need masks because they’re not very effective at preventing the virus from coming in, they’re mostly from keeping you from spreading it, so explain this new recommendation,” Lehrer said.

“Exactly, it’s still the fundamental truth, so we have, you know, a renowned health department here in New York City… only in the last really 48 hours or so do they feel they’ve seen evidence around the world, particularly a new study coming out of Singapore, that shows more evidence that this disease can be spread by asymptomatic people,” de Blasio responded.

De Blasio then explained that surgical masks and N95s “are only for the people fighting in the front line battle,” and urged people to use makeshift or homemade masks instead.

When Lehrer asked, “Didn’t we know weeks and months ago that asymptomatic people can spread this disease?” The mayor insisted we did not.

“No, the fact is I’ve been at so many press conferences where our top doctors for New York City addressed this and they said ‘we just didn’t have evidence from all the global medical community that was studying this issue,” de Blasio told Lehrer. “There was suspicion, but there was not evidence.”

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He also called the Mayor of New Orleans and recommended she cancel Mardi Gras this year.

The CDC changed their recommendations in the last 48 hours regarding asymptomatic people. That is what he and Kemp are talking (somewhat confused?) about.
But yes, we've known asymptomatic people could spread it for a while.

On March 10th, he was telling people to go about their normal lives, take the subway, got to plays, etc. Even if they didnt know non-symptom people could spread the disease, his statement at that time was criminal. Cramming a bunch of people around just one mild-symptom carrier could infect hundreds in a short amount of time. He and Cuomo are two idiots in a pod.

That sobs real name is Warren Wilhelm Jr. How can anyone trust that pos.