Posted on 04/03/2020 9:54:48 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
NEW YORK - With coronavirus deaths climbing rapidly in New York, the governor announced Friday he will use his authority to take ventilators and protective gear from private hospitals and companies that aren’t using them, complaining that states are competing against each other for vital equipment in eBay-like bidding wars.
“If they want to sue me for borrowing their excess ventilators to save lives, let them sue me,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
The executive order he said he would sign represents one of the most aggressive efforts yet in the U.S. to deal with the kind of critical shortages around the world that authorities say have caused health care workers to fall sick and forced doctors in Europe to make life-or-death decisions about which patients get a breathing machine.
The move by Cuomo came as the outbreak snapped the United States’ record-breaking hiring streak of nearly 10 years. The U.S. government said employers slashed over 700.000 jobs in March, bringing a swift end to the nation’s 50-year-low unemployment rate.
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Shame that the prepared are forced to give to the unprepared.
Commandeering.........................
Just wait till they realize they can do this with firearms....................
Maybe give them the Meds before it gets this far? Or would that be against Fauci’s rules.
RIDICULOUS NON SEQUITUR!!
Wait a minute. I thought he had a stockpile that he was waiting until “the apex” to use.
This combined with threats of state takeovers reveals Cueball’s true agenda.
How many patients on the USNS Comfort in NYC Harbor something like 10?. Was 10 ventilators all the Comfort had?
So they’ve used all those NY was hoarding for apex CV19 ... or for when the important people get sick ... yet?
He has ventilators in storage. Even Trump called him out on this. I highly recommend this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAnSkQojE_4
It is one of those rambling “relatively unscripted” ones I hate normally, but this one is worth it. Seriously. The analysis is amazing.
Have important people needed those yet?
Didn’t he just say they had 30,000 ventilators in a warehouse? Now they are claiming they are out?
Which one is it?
He has a warehouse full of ventilators. Distribute the ones he’s sitting on in his state warehouse.
There is absolutely no need to do this move. Trump set up thousands of beds and there are plenty of ventilators for the demand.
These private hospitals had best get receipts for the commandeered ventilators including their serial numbers. They should also take pictures of their condition at the time of seizure.
So this shitbag Governor Cuomo is holding 4000 ventilators in a warehouse that he refuses to distribute and now he is ripping them away from private hospitals because they’re not using them? He is an idiot at best and a saboteur terrorist at worst.
Did he already use up the thousands of Ventilators he was Hoarding waiting for the Apex?
That was quick.
Why is the governor doing that? When he admitted that he had hundreds of ventilators stored in a warehouse.
Really a stupid thing to do.Taking private property without due process is a no no.
How many patients on the USNS Comfort in NYC Harbor something like 10?. Was 10 ventilators all the Comfort had?
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The USNS Comfort’s mission is to treat non-Covid patients to alleviate that pressure on hospitals so the hospitals could focus on the Kung Flu.
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