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In reply to the discussion: Stop taking the bait on Cuomo, please. [View all]Response to Just_Vote_Dem (Reply #98)
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But the New York AG is being wildly misrepresented. Her report says that Cuomo did not
Squinch
Feb 2021
#19
No. Deaths were NOT underreported. Nursing home patient deaths were reported as hospital deaths.
Squinch
Feb 2021
#24
And again, those deaths WERE reported. They simply were not reported as nursing home deaths.
Squinch
Feb 2021
#33
Well, yes. Now we agree. If you agree with Letitia's conclusion that they should have been
Squinch
Feb 2021
#40
Yes. That is my point. The press is giving the impression that deaths were underreported, when
Squinch
Feb 2021
#44
AND, I daresay that Letitia had no intention of implying that Cuomo was hiding deaths. She
Squinch
Feb 2021
#34
It was a very difficult time...so who cares...he did the best he could...all this carping will
Demsrule86
Feb 2021
#106
I'm a New Yorker. A few years back he cut a program I worked for that I thought was crucial
Squinch
Feb 2021
#28
What is your point? Is there something in there that you think is pertinent to this conversation?
Squinch
Feb 2021
#77
No. This is about the fact that he did not report that 3800 people who died in hospitals had come
Squinch
Feb 2021
#18
Where should have the nursing home residents with COVID been taken when discharged from hospital?
liberal_mama
Feb 2021
#49
Supposedly the aide withheld nursing home death information because of what Trump might do with it.
WhiskeyGrinder
Feb 2021
#9
The Republicans have been claiming Democrats were inflating the COVID numbers. I have
doc03
Feb 2021
#17
Best question so far. While never a fan (he's too middle for me) what about the Florida reporting?
JanMichael
Feb 2021
#60
Also, the report that this is all based on, the one from Letitia the AG, did NOT say he
Squinch
Feb 2021
#31
That's some weird spin. EVERYONE GETS HELD ACCOUNTABLE, even elected Democrats.
jpljr77
Feb 2021
#39
They were deaths that occurred in hospitals so they were reported as hospital deaths.
Squinch
Feb 2021
#65
I'm "claiming" the facts: there were 3800 nursing home residents who caught Covid, were
Squinch
Feb 2021
#67
Did you not look into this to see what was true before you said "he has to go?"
Squinch
Feb 2021
#70
I don't need reassurance. And since you haven't already, you might begin your education by reading
Squinch
Feb 2021
#78
Maybe I'm slow, but I don't get the whole brouhaha. Dead is dead and whether a person
Vinca
Feb 2021
#101
I have to think there is the possibility that it might have something to do with Trump's problems?
kentuck
Feb 2021
#102
There is no "bait": Democrats are leading the investigation and criticism...
brooklynite
Feb 2021
#107