Two of America's most popular cities had notably different approaches to the coronavirus. The outcomes are now being seen
Danielle Zoellner
Two weeks into social distancing and early data has indicated San Francisco's coronavirus curve could be flattening.
Prior to the regulations, the Bay Area officials were concerned with how Covid-19 infections would impact the community.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed and five mayors in the surrounding Bay Area issued a stay-at-home order on 16 March in response to concerns, an unprecedented move at the time. Then California Governor Gavin Newsom quickly followed his city mayors by ordering a statewide state-at-home order to the nearly 40m residents.
In New York, by comparison, the current US epicentre for the pandemic, Governor Andrew Cuomo waited to issue a stay-at-home order. It went into effect almost a week later on 22 March. This order was in partnership with Connecticut and New Jersey to help combat the spread of the virus.
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