Posted on 02/16/2021 2:24:56 AM PST by Libloather
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo defended himself Monday against accusations that his administration covered up the actual COVID-19 death toll among the state’s nursing home residents, blaming politics and miscommunication for the controversy.
The third-term Democratic governor acknowledged at a press conference that his administration’s opacity regarding the scope of coronavirus deaths among residents of long-term care facilities was a mistake.
Cuomo suggested that the state’s delay in answering questions about the data from lawmakers and the press had led to “a void” that was “filled with skepticism, cynicism and conspiracy theories, which furthered confusion.”
“In retrospect, should we have given more priority to fulfilling information requests? In my opinion, yes, and I think that’s what created the void,” said the governor, who wrote a book last year about managing the COVID-19 pandemic. “But do I understand the pressure everyone was under? Yes.”
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Cuomo’s administration dramatically underreported the number of COVID-19 deaths among residents of New York’s long-term care facilities. A recent court order and a report from the state’s attorney general forced the administration to admit that the death toll was nearly 15,000, up from the previously disclosed 8,500 - the lower number excluded residents who had died after being taken to hospitals. The new toll amounts to about one-seventh of New York’s 2019 nursing home population.
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Radical leftist rags will be doing all they can to defend him. Nothing will come of this. It never does. marxists never are held accountable for their actions.
True, heard Gov. Nipplering dissemble during a radio interview.
Seems the asymtomatic, workers and visitors, had spread the virus to the nursing homes BEFORE he ordered COVID patients presenting serious symptoms into those nursing homes.
Still, no reason to send those dying from COVID into the nursing homes.
Also, Gov. Nipplering’s defense drives a daggar through the “science” of lockdowns and masks.
We wrecked lives of all Citizens, and the economy.
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