NYT: Cuomo “All But Declared War” On Health Experts In COVID-19 Crisis

[PeteS in CA]

NYT: Cuomo “All But Declared War” On Health Experts In COVID-19 Crisis

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2021/02/01/nyt-cuomo-declared-war-health-experts-covid-19-crisis/

Some experts, anyway — in large part determined, the New York Times suggests, by how politically useful they were to Andrew Cuomo. After a series of high-profile departures in state health agencies and an angry retort by Cuomo at a press conference on Friday, the NYT reports that Cuomo has “all but declared war” on the agencies fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Following a series of autocratic decisions to override the plans set up for months in vaccinations, resulting in a terrible start to the rollout of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, Cuomo suddenly has stopped being a media celebrity and more of a target:

My emphasis. In early September (if not earlier) the Feds let the states know the vaccine(s) were coming, possibly in November. While NY may be slightly better than the national average, it was lowering that average until a week or two ago. So Cuomo's meddling looks to underlie NY's poor distribution performance along with his more deadly F-ups. Unsurprisingly.

[PeteS in CA]

9 of Cuomo's top health officials leave amid COVID-19 vaccine rollout disagreements

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cuomo-health-officials-covid-vaccine-rollout-resign-retire

Nine of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top health officials have left their posts or retired in the past several months as Cuomo takes heat for his coronavirus vaccine rollout plan that was designed with help from hospital executives, The New York Times reported on Monday.

That includes Elizabeth Dufort, medical director of the division of epidemiology, Jill Taylor, director of Wadsworth laboratory where scientists detect virus variants, the director of the state bureau of communicable disease control and the official in charge of health data, according to state records analyzed by The New York Times.

Instead of getting to help design coronavirus policies, state health officials often learned of new policies through Cuomo's news conferences, according to The New York Times.

Meanwhile, Cuomo downplayed the importance of experts and crafted his own coronavirus vaccine rollout instead of using a plan top state health officials were working on that grew out of "years of preparations at the local level," according to The New York Times.

A leader recognizes his/her knowledge limitations and works with staff with the necessary expertise. Cuomo isn't a leader. While this article highlights NY's pathetic vaccine distribution ramp-up, I wonder how far back Cuomo's high-handed over-ruling and ignoring of NY's public health officials goes ... perhaps to March or earlier?

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His sole concern is keeping the facts out of the Press.

[Right_in_Virginia]

MediaResearchCenter
@theMRC

FLASHBACK: Remember when the media couldn't stop praising Andrew Cuomo for his "leadership" and "providing hope" on COVID-19?

Video:

https://twitter.com/theMRC/status/1356653859851014146

12:21 PM · Feb 2, 2021·Twitter Media Studio

[PeteS in CA]

MediaResearchCenter
@theMRC

FLASHBACK: Remember when the media couldn't stop praising Andrew Cuomo for his "leadership" and "providing hope" on COVID-19?

Video:

https://twitter.com/theMRC/status/1356653859851014146

12:21 PM · Feb 2, 2021·Twitter Media Studio

With Trump out of the WH, Cuomo's partisan value is diminished and the MSM will dribble out at least some of what has been known since last spring, plus some ongoing @#$%.

[jmyrlefuller]

With Trump out of the WH, Cuomo's partisan value is diminished and the MSM will dribble out at least some of what has been known since last spring, plus some ongoing @#$%.

Maybe he should've taken that Cabinet offer.