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Cuomo, in his book, tries to permanently rewrite the history of his order that nursing homes must accept Covid-positive patients.
He uses lawyerly doublespeak, makes contradictory statements, and he blames the victims.
It's everyone's fault but his. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/andrew-cuomo-might-be-a-sociopath-a-book-review
He uses lawyerly doublespeak, makes contradictory statements, and he blames the victims.
It's everyone's fault but his. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/andrew-cuomo-might-be-a-sociopath-a-book-review
Cuomo says NYS "never demanded or directed that any nursing home accept a COVID-positive" patient," only that the nursing homes not "discriminate" against COVID-positive patients by not admitting them to nursing homes.
What, exactly, is the difference?
What, exactly, is the difference?
Nursing homes took Cuomo's order literally and accepted COVID-positive patients.
When nursing homes asked the state if they could send some of these patients to the overflow beds at the Javits Center, the state said "no."
https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/cuomo-says-ny-hospitals-were-never-overwhelmed-at-covid-19-peak/
When nursing homes asked the state if they could send some of these patients to the overflow beds at the Javits Center, the state said "no."
https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/cuomo-says-ny-hospitals-were-never-overwhelmed-at-covid-19-peak/
Cuomo says New York hospitals were never overwhelmed, and therefore nursing homes never had to take COVID-positive patients discharged from hospitals.
The state's *own report* says over 6,000 COVID-positive patients went from hospitals to nursing homes. https://health.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/docs/nh_factors_report.pdf
The state's *own report* says over 6,000 COVID-positive patients went from hospitals to nursing homes. https://health.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/docs/nh_factors_report.pdf
This is the same report — commissioned and conducted by a department in Cuomo's own administration — that completely exonerated the administration for the thousands of nursing home deaths in NYC. The report blamed the nursing home outbreaks on workers and family members.
Cuomo again smears anyone calling for transparency about New York's COVID deaths (currently shrouded in secrecy) as a Republican hack, even though ProPublica and AP have valiantly clawed for the truth, and several prominent NY Dems have called for an independent investigation.
Cuomo again says New York's nursing home death rate was proportionate to other states', but the AP thinks New York's death rate might be almost twice as high as it claims. https://www.businessinsider.com/cuomo-nursing-home-deaths-coronavirus-covid-independent-investigation-death-2020-8
The likeliest explanation:
Cuomo was working with the best info he had, the situation got bad quickly, the state quietly rescinded the order, Cuomo became a coronavirus celebrity and it went to his head, and now he's dug in too deep to just take responsibility and move on.
Cuomo was working with the best info he had, the situation got bad quickly, the state quietly rescinded the order, Cuomo became a coronavirus celebrity and it went to his head, and now he's dug in too deep to just take responsibility and move on.
