Andrew Cuomo Scrambles to Change Nursing Home Virus Policies
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D)
Cuomo’s 25 March Directive
New York’s nursing homes weren’t allowed to challenge a controversial directive by Governor Cuomo to admit patients infected with coronavirus, even though it’s been blamed for spreading the deadly disease among residents.
“They don’t have a right to object. That is the rule and that is the regulation and they have to comply with that,” he said during a briefing in Albany.
Democrats Call for Independent Investigation
BY AARON KLEIN
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo finds himself engulfed in scandal as a growing number of Democrats join state Republicans in demanding an independent investigation into his controversial policies and how questionable actions may might have contributed to the catastrophic outbreak of coronavirus in New York nursing homes.
More details have emerged in recent days raising major questions about potentially fatal decisions made under Cuomo’s watch as the death toll in New York’s nursing homes swells to over 5300 and continues to climb.
The center of the storm surrounds a controversial March 25 directive prohibiting nursing homes from testing recovering hospital patients prior to intake. This while Cuomo’s aides reportedly quietly worked to shield nursing homes from lawsuits due to coronavirus following lobbying by industry representatives.
The March 25 executive order in question stated, “[nursing homes] are prohibited from requiring a hospitalized resident who is determined medically stable to be tested for COVID-19 prior to admission or readmission.”
Last week, New York suddenly disclosed more than 1,700 previously unreported deaths at nursing homes and adult care facilities. An Associate Press tally put the number of nursing home virus deaths at over 5300. Elderly care fatalities in New York have reportedly been on the rise by an average of 20 to 25 deaths per day for several weeks.
Read the rest of the article here: Breitbart
Hat tip to Skippy for the document.
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Commie Cuomo is our era’s version of Kodos the Executioner. He murdered 5300 senior citizens. May he be forever haunted by their deaths…
Cuckold Cuomo’s defense will be Trump made him do it…or reasons? No proper direction or instruction from the feds. /s/ If any good at all can come out of this Chinesecommunist Originated Virus Infesting Disease of 2019 (COVID19) it will be that the rest of the American Citizens wake up to the fact that career politicians and an overbearing government is not the way to go. Again, these SOBs will destroy the country and murder the citizens to maintain their grip on power.
as a new yorker,i never understood what people saw in this asshole.may the bastard rot in hell
There is New York City and then there is the rest of us…
Cuomo lied… Granny died.
Fuck him… there’s blood all over his hands.
Absolutely F$&@ing CRAZY !!!!!
This also happened in Pennsylvania
I wonder what gives here
Older folks tend to vote regularly, and vote Republican, so get rid of them, and make it easier to elect Dems?
In addition to having bigger numbers to blame on President Trump..
“They don’t have a right to object. That is the rule and that is the regulation and they have to comply with that,” he said during a briefing in Albany. – article
OH, hogwash. “They” do have rights. He’s playing the role of petty dictator, and not counting the cost down the road.
So sue his stupid ass into the ground, him and his cheating, bad-tempered lying jerk brother, and get rid of them for good. Tarring and feathering people like this went out of style a while back.
Just a shame that it did. Even more shameful is that he thinks he has a right to do such things. That isn’t governance. It is criminal.
Round here in NY people always comment on his choice of name for the new Tappan Zee Bridge… history should determine whether a political figure is worthy of such an honor, not their privileged children. That he chose that name and wants to have it put on all NY license plates is akin to the sculptures all over Soviet controlled states of various political leaders and symbols.
We still call it the Tappan Zee, and I always will. Hope he and his bro burn in hell.
He and Whitmer. Both immediately descend into the “Do what I say, or else” school of governing.
Wolf in Pennsyltucky, too. If only there was a common denominator…
D-nominator?
Just wait and see how badly they screw up a -real- pandemic, with lethality significantly greater than a seasonal flu. Watch the jackboots stamp!
Did you ever imagine they would un-person huge chunks of the population as “non-essential”? Declare protests illegal and define orthodox acceptable worship?
And get away with it?
And the screwups! Wow.
Some of the bastards straight-up killed thousands, possibly tens of thousands, by deliberately infecting those who were most vulnerable.
Yes deliberate. It was well known that old folks were highly vulnerable. Also kind expensive for States to support, which might explain the “why”.
“Force nursing homes to take Covid-19 patients” is either malevolent or insane. There is exactly zero possibility someone can say “I had no idea” truthfully. Those bastards should be prosecuted, for murder. No significant difference than throwing grenades in with them, although not as noisy.
No excuse. None. Grand Jury, trial, etc.
Anyone who defends those actions (other than defense counsel) shares the guilt.
Lars will come in and defend them… it’s all about the “empiric data” and keeping the Free Shit Army happy.
Contrast NY with Florida. Policy in Florida forbids discharge of anyone from a hospital to a nursing home home without a negative test for the Wuhan coronavirus.
Florida has 70% of the nursing home population that NY has. As of 5 May, it had 10% as many deaths among its nursing home population as NY.
https://nypost.com/2020/05/05/new-yorks-coronavirus-nursing-home-deaths-didnt-have-to-be-so-high/
Adult leadership that focuses on effectiveness vice the perception of “fairness” makes a difference.
New York has more? With all the retirees leaving various places and moving to Florida? That sounds odd.
Glad someone got the response right. This needs to be central to political ads during various elections. Bigly.
I really don’t understand why people vote for wanna-be communist dictators.
Isn’t it clear by now that any form of collectivism and “fairness” leads to population control, poverty and death?
Some people see that as an objective, and refuse to see being on the receiving end. As long ad they believe the boot stomps on someone else, they are ok with it.
Oh, they dress it up in fancy language and pseudo-intellectual sophistry. But they are ok with it being done to others.
They’ve never had to live under communism. They’ve likely never talked to anyone who has had to live under communism or escaped it. Without that personal touch it’s a very appealing concept for the lazy. Socialism and communism sound amazing. The only problem is the people. Once you get rid of the humans, the system will work.
“The New Soviet Man”.
This is behind a paywall… another kick in the nuts to Andrew and Bill:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/us/new-york-city-coronavirus-outbreak.html
Andy lied… grammy died!
“We now have enough data to feel pretty confident that New York was the primary gateway for the rest of the country,” said Nathan Grubaugh, an epidemiologist at the Yale School of Public Health.
Early analysis of genetic samples indicates that more infections across the country came from a line of the virus associated with the outbreak in New York City, shown in red, than from a line associated with the outbreak in Washington State, shown in yellow….” – article
That is quite damning, if you must know.
Important to remember they were not the single-source.
But fair game to contrast what the “everywhere else” with NY and NYC, and some other places.
Absent major screwups by several localities, this would have been much less of a mess. Florida is one of our grayest states, yet lacks the mass casualties one might have expected on a state.
I hope the surviving geezers in NY spend much free time driving slow in the left lane. Serves em right! (Grin)
Story and link to a tweet:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/elon-musk-politicians-who-stole-our-liberty-should-be-tarred-feathered-thrown-out-of-town
https://twitter.com/i/status/1260721488241418240
The natives are getting restless….
Fredo has no clue what he’s doing, but propped up as a hero while DeSantis gets skewered? Something here does not compute.
Colorado – busted.
23% reduction in the official WuFlu death count.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/colorado-lowers-coronavirus-death-count