Governor Cuomo can’t get enough of the wave / tsunami / hurricane references.  The phrase also encodes the number 102.  Remember, World War I ended in 1918, the same year the Spanish Flu began, 102-years ago.

*Australia = 102 (Where Tom Hanks got coronavirus by the numbers)

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/03/health/us-coronavirus-friday/index.html