Department of Justice Requesting Data From Governors of States that Issued COVID-19 Orders that May

[mystery-ak]

Department of Justice

Office of Public Affairs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Department of Justice Requesting Data From Governors of States that Issued COVID-19 Orders that May Have Resulted in Deaths of Elderly Nursing Home Residents
Data will help inform whether the Department of Justice will initiate investigations under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA) regarding New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan’s response to COVID-19 in public nursing homes

Today the Justice Department requested COVID-19 data from the governors of states that issued orders which may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Michigan required nursing homes to admit COVID-19 patients to their vulnerable populations, often without adequate testing.

For example, on March 25, 2020, New York ordered: “No resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to [a nursing home] solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19. [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.”

“Protecting the rights of some of society’s most vulnerable members, including elderly nursing home residents, is one of our country’s most important obligations,” said Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Division Eric Dreiband. “We must ensure they are adequately cared for with dignity and respect and not unnecessarily put at risk.”

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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-requesting-data-governors-states-issued-covid-19-orders-may-have-resulted


Hmmm 

[EdinVA]

What is the end goal?  Toss governors/mayors in jail or just bragging rights?

[mystery-ak]

Praying Medic
@prayingmedic
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Paging Governors Cuomo, Whitmer, Newsom, Murphy, Wolf...

[mystery-ak]

Janice Dean
@JaniceDean
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Oh my goodness. I’m in tears.



Her inlaws died in the nursing home both suffering from covid19

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Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
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Time for another Cuomo Brothers smothering act.

[libertybele]

Certainly sounds good on the surface ... but so far the DOJ has made a few announcements here and there that people will start to be held accountable, yet as usual, no one has been held accountable.  We shall see what happens, if anything.

[skeeter]

Praying Medic
@prayingmedic
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Paging Governors Cuomo, Whitmer, Newsom, Murphy, Wolf...

*insert sound of gubernatorial sphincters tightening*

[mystery-ak]

Certainly sounds good on the surface ... but so far the DOJ has made a few announcements here and there that people will start to be held accountable, yet as usual, no one has been held accountable.  We shall see what happens, if anything.

I know, not getting my hopes up with this news.