“When I say ‘experts’ in air-quotes, it sounds like I don’t really trust the experts, because I don’t,” Cuomo said in a press briefing Friday.
Gupta responded to those comments in an appearance on CNN's "The Lead."
“I’m really quite stunned that that’s what he said,” Gupta told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “I’m curious to talk to him and understand [and] clarify that a bit.”
“It is true that New York has had success” in containing the pandemic, Gupta continued, but “they had terrible numbers in the spring of last year but were able to bring those numbers under control. A lot of that was because of the experts and because of carrying through on plans that sometimes are sort of hard to understand at the time but with time actually make more and more sense.”
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Gupta responded to those comments in an appearance on CNN's "The Lead."
“I’m really quite stunned that that’s what he said,” Gupta told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “I’m curious to talk to him and understand [and] clarify that a bit.”
“It is true that New York has had success” in containing the pandemic, Gupta continued, but “they had terrible numbers in the spring of last year but were able to bring those numbers under control. A lot of that was because of the experts and because of carrying through on plans that sometimes are sort of hard to understand at the time but with time actually make more and more sense.”
CNN’s Gupta ‘stunned’ Cuomo said he doesn’t trust health experts
Neurosurgeon and CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta on Monday said that he was “stunned” by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) casting doubt on the input of experts amid the coronavirus pandem…
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