"When we write this history and look at the tens of thousands of lives in California that will have been spared:

The first thing about California is that we have been very very lucky in all this so far. Hopefully it will stay that way.

I'm thinking new York had two factors that went against them:

1. In New York City very few people own cars and trucks and instead use public transportation like subways, buses, and taxis. This I believe is what did them in.

2. The second factor is everyone living in apartments in tall buildings which means that everyone is riding up and down in elevators together all the time and sharing the air which also spreads the virus.

So, all the things that reduced the Use of fossil fuels went against them in the virus. Everything was upside down for them and they paid dearly in lives lost.

Whereas in California almost everyone owns a car or a truck or a motorcycle or a bicycle or even one of each. So, there weren't as many riding public transportation or at least had vehicles they could switch to when it became known of the problem. Whereas in New York City they were all like sitting ducks there with their public transportation and elevators and smaller apartments combined with bad weather to make it something really really awful like it has been. So, this has been New York City's horror movie which is going to take a long time for everyone to get over in New York and the whole nation.

And places like Louisiana, New Jersey, Michigan and others are now having their own problems. As states fall like dominoes like this likely throughout the summer one by one it is going to be very very hard to watch for all of us throughout the nation and the world.

But, I think the wealth and spirit of Americans will prevail and we will find a way through all this. However, I'm really worried about 3rd world nations without a good health system or functional governments in all of this as I hear really awful stories from around the world one by one.

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"When we write this history and look at the tens of thousands of lives in California that will have been spared, I think there will be lots of factors that went into it," said Dr. Robert Wachter, professor and chair of the Department of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco.

"The most important was that leaders of all types -- whether they were in government or in businesses -- took it seriously, believed that this was a real risk and did the right thing early."

Here is what California did right in response to the contagion:

Equipment secured

After announcing two weeks ago that the state had distributed 24.5 million N95 masks, Newsom on Tuesday night told "The Rachel Maddow Show" on MSNBC that California had struck a deal for more than 200 million protective masks per month.

About three-quarters will be N95s, the rest surgical, he told the show.

Saying "enough is enough" when it comes to states competing for vital equipment, he said, "We're confident we can supply the needs of the state of California and potentially the needs of other Western states."

Contracts inked in recent days -- including with a consortium of nonprofits and a California manufacturer -- "give me confidence in being able to say that," the governor said.

Gov: Illinois needs thousands of ventilators in 2 weeks 08:01

California has also done well not only refurbishing ventilators but procuring new ones -- most notably 1,225 from Tesla billionaire Elon Musk, who had promised only 1,000 of the devices. Bloom Energy also said last month it was repurposing a manufacturing plant to supply ventilators.

The state's so ahead of the game on ventilators that it began sending 500 of its ventilators to hot spots in Illinois, New Jersey and New York on Tuesday. Based on the advice of federal emergency officials, ventilators will also be loaned to Washington D.C., Delaware, Maryland and likely Nevada, Newsom said.

Though California is still fighting its own Covid-19 battle, and things can change, "we're confident that the number of ventilators that we currently have in possession are adequate to the task in the very short term," the governor said, applauding residents for doing their part in slowing the virus' spread.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy tweeted his appreciation Tuesday, saying his state is "beyond grateful" to Newsom, and "we will repay the favor when California needs it."