New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at his daily briefing that he thought Americans would be living with the consequences of the coronavrius pandemic for a long time.

Said Cuomo: “I don’t think we get back to normal. I think we get to a new normal.”

Unable to find a port willing to accept them, a cruise ship with more than 1,400 passengers “has been stuck in a holding pattern for nearly two weeks as it desperately goes from country to country,” NBC News reports.

“So far they have been rejected by Chile, Peru and Argentina, which all sealed their ports amid the coronavirus outbreak. They are now charting a hope-filled course for the United States, namely Fort Lauderdale, Florida.”

“Four people have died on the ship, at least two from the coronavirus, nine others have tested positive and 179 others are experiencing flu-like symptoms.”

But Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) told Fox News his state does not have the resources to take them: “We cannot afford to have people who are not even Floridians dumped into South Florida using up those valuable resources.”

When asked when did President Trump know that 100,000 Americans dying from the coronavirus was the best case scenario, Vice President Mike Pence told CNN: “We have been working to given the president best projections. Italy may be most comparable area to the United States.”

“President Trump’s repeated downplaying of the coronavirus threat has increasingly come back to haunt him as the outbreak has truly taken hold. But in the most hard-hit area in the country, another top politician’s previous comments minimizing the threat are forcing a reckoning,” the New York Times reports.

“Throughout the crisis that has now hit New York City harder than any other area of the country, Mayor Bill de Blasio offered comments that, like Trump, downplayed the threat and suggested the city was ready for what lay ahead. The mayor also repeatedly told people that transmission of the disease was very unlikely in casual encounters and in public places.”

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams was asked by NBC News about governors, like Florida’s Ron DeSantis (R), who have not yet issued statewide “stay at home” orders.

Said Adams: “My advice to America would be that these guidelines are a national stay-at-home order.”

A Boston Globe editorial said that President Trump has “blood on his hands” due to his actions during the coronavirus pandemic.

“While the spread of the novel coronavirus has been aggressive around the world, much of the profound impact it will have here in the United States was preventable. As the American public braces itself for the worst of this crisis, it’s worth remembering that the reach of the virus here is not attributable to an act of God or a foreign invasion, but a colossal failure of leadership…”

“Many pivotal decision points in this crisis are past us, but more are still to come. For our own sake, every American should be hoping for a miraculous turnaround — and that the too-little, too-late strategy of the White House task force will henceforth at least prevent contagion and economic ruin of the grandest scale. But come November, there must be a reckoning for the lives lost, and for the vast, avoidable suffering about to ensue under the president’s watch.”