CNN
New Day
December 14, 2020
8:32 a.m. Eastern
ALISYN CAMEROTA: Today, indoor dining in New York City is being shut down. And I know that you and Governor Cuomo don't ever reach these decisions lightly. But in terms of the data -- I mean, if I just pull up the data of where the most spread happens, the way coronavirus is spread is, number one, in these household gatherings, small gatherings, you know, friends and neighbors and family -- that's at 74 percent, okay, of the threat, according to contact tracers.
Then, there's number two, health care delivery. Number three, higher education system, meaning at the colleges. Number four, education, and number five is restaurants and bars. And by the time you get to number five, it's one and a half percent of the spread. And so is it possible that closing restaurants isn't going to do what you hope it will?
[GOVERNOR BILL DE BLASIO (D-NEW YORK CITY)]
I understand, but, I mean, in terms of you say we have to start shutting down the most sensitive places, it doesn't look like restaurants are that place, and so, on balance, maybe it would be more important to protect people's livelihoods and paychecks than a place that does 1.5 percent of the spread.
. Eric Scheiner
