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, they’re in a stockpile because that’s where they are supposed to be, because we don’t need them yet,” Cuomo said. “We need them for the apex, the apex isn’t here, so we’re gathering them in a stockpile.”
Cuomo’s comments demonstrate there is not an immediate shortage in ventilators in the city, despite alarming reports.
“We don’t need them today, because we’re not at capacity today, that’s why they’re not deployed because they’re 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 don’t 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 they’re going to be,” he said.
The topic of ventilators appeared to be on the president’s 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.
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New York State has closed a lot of hospitals...a lot of the hospitals in NYC are run by the city.
https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/about-nyc-health-hospitals/
.NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health care system in the United States. We provide essential inpatient, outpatient, and home-based services to more than one million New Yorkers every year in more than 70 locations across the city’s five boroughs.
Our 11 acute care hospitals provide top-ranked trauma care, dozens of inpatient specialties, and mental health services, making communities healthy through a robust network of hospital-based primary care services for children and adults.
Our hospitals have earned numerous special designations for quality and culturally responsive care including LGBTQ Healthcare Equity Leader, Baby Friendly, Safe Sleep, and top ranks by U.S. News and World Report.
Our five post-acute/long-term care facilities have earned the highest five and four star ratings by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare for their excellent long-term care, skilled nursing care, and rehabilitation services.
“He’s not going to win with unemployment being 12-20% in New York, which I predict will be the rate at election time.”
A situation he can blame on the Trump admin’s corona response, and the media will have his back!
I know Cuomo is flawed, but the leftist media is pimping him hard.
I think the pandemic response will still be important to voters in November, and I’m worried.
So how much TP is in your bathroom?
I think health workers in NY would like to know what equipment is on hand. Just like when sitting in a foxhole you want to know how much ammo is available. Cuomo had no excuse for hiding and hording ventilators. NONE, f him
speak up (over and over) that he would not sign something so full of fat that it will cripple us as a country. I love the guy but I am NOT a fan of this bailout. It feels like the bank bailout all over, except, what, 5 times bigger?
“What about the CDC? Do they share any blame in your scenario? “
My scenario? I’m just talking about what has happened, and yes, the CDC screwed up, beyond anyone’s control. They screwed up with making tests, and that hurt.
But that hasn’t been the only misstep, or slow step.
That would be unfortunate.
The death rate for COVID-19 patients on ventilators is 85%-90%
Ventilators are basically irrelevant.
Antivirals such as Remdesivir or Hyrdoxychoroquine (or any of 50 other medications under investigation) are the better bet. Plasma transfusions from recovered patients may be another good bet. We must find ways to prevent the ARD cascade in vulnerable patients.
The obvious slow-walking of these research activities by Democrat governors and Federal bureaucrats should be a very hot campaign issue.
A vaccine may be available in anywhere from 18 months to never. Not relevant now.
Also, there are reports that each respirator can be modified to accommodate anywhere from 2- 8 patients, simultaneously.
The fact that he is building up a stockpile of respirators, while his citizens are dying, means that he owns these N.Y. deaths.
A video inquiry to Spectrum (Cable news/ Comcast) earlier this morning (9:00AM)said that hospitals were up to current bed space capacity,
while Cuomo was stating that he needed another 40,000 respirators - not mentioning that he had a hoard in the warehouses.
More kabuki from New York !
No wonder that Spectrum / Comcast was pushing this need before any apex, it' called political posturing !
I hope Trump retains all written and verbal transcripts since Cuomo seems to be running for office, rather than protecting N.Y. residents.
all running on the fake models from imperial college that have now been slashed to nothing.
He’s a crook who created an artificial ventilator shortage, has gotten caught...and you are trying to convince people here that Cuomo is really praiseworthy.
Are you sure that you are on the website you intended to be arguing this point on?
Wow. U r delusional.
Take you organ and monkey show down the hall and to the left.
“Cuomo had no excuse for hiding and hording ventilators. NONE, f him”
If, and it’s a big if, the DNC manages to substitute Cuomo for Slow Joe, a point like that would never be made to the masses. We both know that.
THAT is exactly what Creepy Cuomo is saying! Democrats would rather have people DIE than thank Trump for getting him all these ventilators!
exactly. this guy is delusional
Cuomo on the next episode of real life hoarders
The plasma transfusion look promising but can’t harvest the plasma until 14 days after recovery. East coast only started cooking about two weeks ago
Cuomo would be a better candidate then slow joe but hoarding ventilators in a pandemic while begging the feds for more is a very bad thing to do. I think Cuomo killed nay chance he had with middle America. I hope Trump rubs Cuomo’s nose in this very chance he gets.
Just call him Carmen Yulín Cruz.
That’s what Italy said.
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