Investigation Reveals How Cuomo and De Blasio Made the Coronavirus Pandemic Worse

[PeteS in CA]

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2020/06/12/investigation-reveals-how-cuomo-and-de-blasio-made-the-coronavirus-pandemic-worse-n519571

Investigation Reveals How Cuomo and De Blasio Made the Coronavirus Pandemic Worse

A Wall Street Journal investigation published Thursday details how their response “was marred by missed warning signs and policies that many health-care workers say put residents at greater risk and led to unnecessary deaths.”

In the first few days of March, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio assured New Yorkers things were under control. On March 2, Mr. de Blasio tweeted that people should go see a movie.

Only after the disease had gripped the city’s low-income neighborhoods in early March did Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio mobilize public and private hospitals to create more beds and intensive-care units. The hasty expansion that ensued, led by New York government leaders and hospital administrators, produced mistakes that helped worsen the crisis, health-care workers say.
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... the Wall Street Journal spoke with “nearly 90 front-line doctors, nurses, health-care workers, hospital administrators, and government officials, and reviewed emails, legal documents, and memos, to analyze what went wrong.”

They identified seven missteps: improper patient transfers; insufficient isolation protocols; inadequate staff planning; mixed messages between state, city government, and hospital officials; overreliance on government sources for key equipment; procurement-planning gaps; and Incomplete staff-protection policies.

It's a rather bitter irony that Goobernor Cumo and Mayor deBlah-Blah citicize Trump's response - which was timely and appropriate for what was known when actions were taken - when Goobernor Cumo and Mayor deBlah-Blah acted so incompetently.