. @ScottAdamsSays posed an interesting question this morning: does it make sense to hold @NYGovCuomo accountable for the nursing home disaster? Or was he just following the advice of experts? (Thread)
As the media caught up to @marklevinshow (who had been on the story since March 26) and @nypost, Cuomo gave terrible answers. First he ordered an investigation *of the nursing homes*, then he said they were motivated by greed, then he pretended the USS Comfort wasn& #39;t available.
It does seem, given Cuomo& #39;s ignorance at the outset (take him at his word), that he had delegated responsibility for that policy to experts. At the time, the experts were focused on one problem: keeping ICU beds open and hospitals safe. Nursing homes were viewed as a safety valve
So in NY, NJ, CA, and elsewhere, experts did the same thing: they issued directives requiring nursing homes to take coronavirus patients.

BUT -- in some states, experts took a different approach. In MA and CT, for example, officials designated some nursing homes as COVID-only.
Meanwhile, in New York, the media were focused on setting up Cuomo as a foil to Trump (and possible substitute for @JoeBiden). He faced almost no scrutiny. Newsom, making nice with Trump, enjoyed less media protection, perhaps. So the mainstream/national media may share blame.
TL;DR: @NYGovCuomo& #39;s experts were wrong on nursing homes in ways other experts avoided; that might not be his fault but he took far too long to correct the problem. California fixed it more quickly, probably because the media did a somewhat better job of scrutinizing @GavinNewsom
I should have noted Florida as well. @RonDeSantisFL protected the nursing homes from the start.
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