Epidemiologists said Florida’s quarantine of New Yorkers made sense at the time, just as New York’s for Floridians does now. “There is more virus in that environment,” said Dr. Amanda D. Castel, a professor of epidemiology at George Washington University. Image Credit... Evan FriedmanIn recent weeks, Mr. Friedman, 58, had begun to worry that Florida residents were not taking the virus seriously enough. Many New Yorkers he knew in Florida had gone back north, and he planned to go early next month. But when Mr. Cuomo announced that the new quarantine would take effect at midnight Wednesday, Mr. Friedman rushed to pack his bags.

Source: New York Times June 26, 2020 09:01 UTC