Posted on 03/27/2020 1:35:46 PM PDT by Hojczyk
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo acknowledged Friday the state did have a stockpile of unused ventilators, despite his complaints the federal government was not sending enough.
Cuomo responded to a comment from President Donald Trump on Twitter that there were thousands of ventilators in New York not being used.
Yes, theyre in a stockpile because thats where they are supposed to be, because we dont need them yet, Cuomo said. We need them for the apex, the apex isnt here, so were gathering them in a stockpile.
Cuomos comments demonstrate there is not an immediate shortage in ventilators in the city, despite alarming reports.
We dont need them today, because were not at capacity today, thats why theyre not deployed because theyre not needed, Cuomo said.
The governor has repeatedly complained that the federal government is not sending enough ventilators to New York.
On Tuesday, Pence said that the federal government had sent 2,000 ventilators to New York and an additional 2,000 more on Wednesday.
But on Friday, Cuomo explained expert projections showed he would need up to 140,000 beds and 40,000 ventilators.
I dont operate here on opinion, I operate on facts and on data and on numbers and on projections, he said.
In an interview on Fox News on Thursday night, Trump appeared skeptical that New York would need 40,000 ventilators.
I have a feeling that a lot of the numbers that are being said in some areas are just bigger than theyre going to be, he said.
The topic of ventilators appeared to be on the presidents mind for most of Friday, as cable news repeatedly focused on a shortage and suggested that the president do more by invoking the Defense Production Act.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
the apex isn’t coming!!!!
Yes, theyre in a stockpile because thats where they are supposed to be, because we dont need them yet, Cuomo said. We need them for the apex, the apex isnt here, so were gathering them in a stockpile.
Not doublespeak, not triplespeak, that’s Nuclear Explosion Bullshitspeak right there.
Kind of like the people who went to Costco and bought all of the toilet paper. Cuomo is just hoarding ventilators, when hospitals in other states may need them now.
Sounds like a shoe in to replace pedo #me2 joe now.
Looks like Trump is waking up to the fact that Cuomo could be his opponent in the next election.
Ventilators will probably be a big part of the campaign
“And we’ll share them when we are done with them.”
Ever see “surplus” shiite at auction from NYS?
Bwahahahahaahahhahaha
ApeX? That might be Racist.
They dont need them today and the federal isnt sending enough....
That there is an apex propagandist, people, an apex propagandist.
Does Cuomo have people to operate 40,000 ventilators? Just wonder.
Trump has saved every piece of correspondance between himself and Cuomo.
He’s a sleaze, he’s always been a sleaze, and he’ll go out the way he came in...a sleaze.
LOL.
will there be ANY fall out for this guy lying like a sack of shit???
You bet he has!
Trump is making Fredo’s bro chase his own tail.
BS
Cuomo is nuts. The need for ventilators could easily double in 2 days. ER docs are working under the assumption that there are no more ventilators. This assumption affects the way they tackle patient management. The ventilators need to be distributed and put on line as needed, not sit in a warehouse.
I don’t know how bad it will get, neither does anyone else.
The problem is, President Trump is getting crushed in the media and on social media for the pandemic response. I posted Dr. Birx saying the models are wrong, and that got hammered. Dr. Birx had previously said there were enough medical supplies, quite a few who work at local hospitals were quick to point out that was inaccurate.
I tried to do some research to find out what the administration has done right in regard to the pandemic, not much out there, even using duckduckgo.
I read a WP article that laid out a pretty good case saying the administration screwed the pooch on this one.
That is concerning, when considering November.
Since PedoJoe is the presumptive nominee (at least at this time), could the female NY governor, Andrea Cuomo, be PedoJoe’s VP pick?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.