Cuomo, de Blasio can't agree on how many New Yorkers have died from coronavirus

Politico ^ | 5/14/20 | Erin Durkin

[Libloather]

NEW YORK - New York City hit a grim milestone this week, recording more than 20,000 coronavirus deaths throughout the five boroughs.

Or did it?

According to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office, the city is still weeks away from that mark, with thousands fewer deaths in its tally - and public health experts say the state's lag is a problem.

The enduring feud and routine miscommunication between Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio is among the few things in New York that has not been slowed by the pandemic. But the fact that the two can't even agree on how many people have died illustrates the dysfunction between the city and state, even as they try to coordinate a cautious reopening of New York's economy.

The difference is not merely cosmetic: The city reported 20,316 confirmed and probable deaths from the coronavirus Wednesday. The state reported only confirmed deaths - 14,380 in the five counties comprising New York City, the center of the outbreak in the U.S.

With the daily death toll among the factors leaders will look at to open the state back up for business, public health experts say the city’s death count comes closer to capturing the true toll of the pandemic.

[Libloather]

They don't know.

[SkyDancer]

Oh just make up a number, any number. CNN and the media will believe it.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Or which of these 2 a-holes is responsible for the most deaths.

[Deaf Smith]

It is about the bounty for a Kung Flu death.

[God luvs America]

here’s is a first hand account i posted earlier today on FR showing how fraudulent the numbers are:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3844908/posts

[seawolf101]

Yup. CNN makes up stuff all the time. It reminds me of an old saying, is it real or did you hear it on CNN?

[Shady]

They are both incompetent boobs, one is a lazy socialist slug and the other is a megalomaniac with the intelligence of a horsefly, and the ethics of a crack whore. This is why NY is a freaking disaster. Prince Andrew’s “progressive utopia” is about as inviting as a super-max.

[KarlInOhio]

How many people in total died in New York since the beginning of 2020? Double that and that's how many died of COVID-19. I know it makes no sense, but that's New York math.

[daniel1212]

I provided this earlier on the thread Over half of all U.S. coronavirus deaths have occurred in just 5 states. The majority of those have occurred in New York State :

Note NY has 27,000 deaths, but 20,000 Confirmed + Probable) are in NYC Confirmed deaths: People who had a positive COVID-19 laboratory test. Probable deaths: People who did not have a positive COVID-19 laboratory test, but their death certificate lists as the cause of death "COVID-19" or an equivalent [Enhanced formatting added]
NYC COVID-19: Data: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page
Cases:	185,206
Hospitalized*:	49,307
Confirmed deaths:	15,233
Probable deaths:	5,083
Updated:	May 13, at 12:30 p.m.

[SkyDancer]

To me the Babylon Bee is my go to source because you know if you re-read it, it makes sense.

[timestax]

[xkaydet65]

Good question. Direct deaths from a deliberate act...Cuomo hands down. 5000 nursing home victims and counting. And the last week nursing home deaths have climbed to 26% of the daily fatalities.

[timestax]

[BuffaloJack]

If you fudge the numbers often enough you will lose track of the real figures.

[lgjhn23]

Both are mass murderers of the elderly and should be held accountable for it. Apparently, not enough have died...they want more.

[Revolutionary]

The big numbers to hurt Trump are boomeranging back on them now.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

44 quintillion?

[RayChuang88]

Look, when even Politico is asking tough questions....