Shut down MTA buses & trains to stop the spread of Coronavirus

Shut down MTA buses & trains to stop the spread of Coronavirus

The Issue

As the cases of Coronavirus rise day-to-day, NYC along with most of the country is in a state of emergency and people are asked to stay home to stop the spread. People are still riding buses and trains, while coughing and sneezing and possibly spreading the virus more, hundreds of people ride trains and buses daily still during the state of emergency. Even with the deep clean there is no way to contain the virus being spread person-to-person. Now the MTA employees are testing positive for COVID-19, soon it will spread to all their colleagues, family members and eventually all the passengers and the passengers family members. We will become worse than Italy and China if we don’t shut down the NYC Transit system Now!!  

Think about it this way — 

You wake up with a deep cough, a fever, and full body aches. You go to the doctor and you’re diagnosed with coronavirus.... you remember, 
for the last two weeks, you were unaware that you were infected. For the last two weeks, you’ve continued on with life as normal — coffee shop, spin class, restaurants, bars — refusing to even entertain the idea of “social distancing” because “I don’t feel sick.”

You spend a few days on the couch feeling pretty crummy and then you’re well again.
Because you’re young and healthy and invincible.

Your 82-year-old grandfather who you visited last week, the one who wears oxygen and has a long history of COPD and heart failure? Not so lucky.

#SocialDistancing : It’s NOT about you.
#Staythefuckhome: It's NOT about YOU.
#Flattenthecurve: It's NOT ABOUT YOU.

We shut the schools .. now #shutdownnycta

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The Issue

As the cases of Coronavirus rise day-to-day, NYC along with most of the country is in a state of emergency and people are asked to stay home to stop the spread. People are still riding buses and trains, while coughing and sneezing and possibly spreading the virus more, hundreds of people ride trains and buses daily still during the state of emergency. Even with the deep clean there is no way to contain the virus being spread person-to-person. Now the MTA employees are testing positive for COVID-19, soon it will spread to all their colleagues, family members and eventually all the passengers and the passengers family members. We will become worse than Italy and China if we don’t shut down the NYC Transit system Now!!  

Think about it this way — 

You wake up with a deep cough, a fever, and full body aches. You go to the doctor and you’re diagnosed with coronavirus.... you remember, 
for the last two weeks, you were unaware that you were infected. For the last two weeks, you’ve continued on with life as normal — coffee shop, spin class, restaurants, bars — refusing to even entertain the idea of “social distancing” because “I don’t feel sick.”

You spend a few days on the couch feeling pretty crummy and then you’re well again.
Because you’re young and healthy and invincible.

Your 82-year-old grandfather who you visited last week, the one who wears oxygen and has a long history of COPD and heart failure? Not so lucky.

#SocialDistancing : It’s NOT about you.
#Staythefuckhome: It's NOT about YOU.
#Flattenthecurve: It's NOT ABOUT YOU.

We shut the schools .. now #shutdownnycta

The Decision Makers

Andrew M. Cuomo
Former Governor - New York
Mayor Bill de Blasio
Mayor of New York City
New York City Transit Authority
New York City Transit Authority

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Petition created on March 17, 2020