Andrew Cuomo: No need for independent investigation into nursing home coronavirus deaths

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Andrew Cuomo: No need for independent investigation into nursing home coronavirus deaths
by Madison Dibble, Breaking News Reporter |
 | August 10, 2020 01:51 PM

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said there is no need for an independent investigation into his policy on nursing homes that critics say led to thousands of deaths during the coronavirus pandemic.

Cuomo, a Democrat, told reporters during a teleconference on Monday that he doesn't trust such an examination of his now-reversed March 25 directive that prohibited nursing homes from turning away recovering coronavirus patients.

"There is no such thing as a person who is trusted by all Democrats and Republicans. That person doesn't exist. The Department of Health — those are just numbers. They report our numbers. You can see what you want in the numbers, but the numbers are the numbers. You can politically spin numbers, but those numbers are numbers," Cuomo said.

"And, as you know, the Department of Health review was then reviewed by credible industry experts ... so to your point about why don't you get independent experts to review the numbers — we did. Well, people don't think they're independent experts, yea, I know, because nobody is ever going to agree on who an independent expert is," he added.

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Like a any good magician Cuomo knows how to misdirect. Watch his other hand, not the one holding the shiny coin.

[Wingnut]

Like a any good magician Cuomo knows how to misdirect. Watch his other hand, not the one holding the shiny coin.

Ladies and gentlemen, you're about to behold a sight so strange, so horrifying, so utterly monstrous, that I urge you who are easily frightened or upset, who suffer from nervous disorders, weak hearts, or queasy stomachs, who experience nightmares, and any children under the age of 16, to forgo witnessing this Cuomo exhibit. There are only two kinds of freaks ladies and gentlemen. Those created by God, and those made by man. The creature in this pit is a living breathing human being that once was... well, that's another story that happened a long time ago, a long way from here. Look if you must.

[Victoria33]

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Article said: "Cuomo, a Democrat, told reporters during a teleconference on Monday that he doesn't trust such an examination of his now-reversed March 25 directive that prohibited nursing homes from turning away recovering coronavirus patients."

Explaining this using one elderly person:
A New York elderly person was living in a nursing home - "home" - that is where the person lived.  Before it was known the virus could infect so easily, a nursing home patient in the hospital who was getting better, was released to his/her "home" which was the nursing home.  Cuomo did not want nursing homes to reject someone living there, so he required the nursing homes must take back a resident released from the hospital - not refuse to let them back in.  Once it was known the person returned to the nursing home was still able to infect others, the rule was changed. 

There is no reason to say at the beginning of this that Cuomo is a Democrat.  That makes no difference, this is about a virus, not which party to whom you belong.

[libertybele]

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Article said: "Cuomo, a Democrat, told reporters during a teleconference on Monday that he doesn't trust such an examination of his now-reversed March 25 directive that prohibited nursing homes from turning away recovering coronavirus patients."

Explaining this using one elderly person:
A New York elderly person was living in a nursing home - "home" - that is where the person lived.  Before it was known the virus could infect so easily, a nursing home patient in the hospital who were getting better, was released to his/her "home" which was the nursing home.  Cuomo did not want nursing homes to reject someone living there, so he required the nursing homes must take back a resident released from the hospital - not refuse to let them back in.  Once it was known the person returned to the nursing home was still able to infect others, the rule was changed. 

There is no reason to say at the beginning of this that Cuomo is a Democrat.  That makes no difference, this is about a virus, not which party to whom you belong.

You can certainly bet that if this was a Republican he would be brought up on some kind of charges; perhaps endangering the elderly.  Yes, it does make a difference at this point in time whether he's a Democrat or a Republican.  People need to realize what their elected officials are doing and they need to rethink liberalism.  It hasn't worked in the past, it's certainly not working now, nor will it work in the future.