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alp227

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Sun May 24, 2020, 04:27 PM May 2020

Cuomo says New York followed federal guidelines when sending coronavirus patients to nursing homes [View all]

Source: CNN

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office deflected questions about a report from The Associated Press that the state sent more than 4,500 patients recovering from coronavirus to nursing homes by saying they followed guidance from federal agencies.

"I just want to reiterate once again that the policy that the Department of Health put out was in line directly with the March 13 directive put out by (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) that read, and I quote, 'Nursing homes should admit any individuals from hospitals where Covid is present,'" said Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa on Saturday during a briefing. "Not could, should ... that is President (Donald) Trump's CMS and CDC.

"There are over a dozen states that did the exact same thing, many of whom were concerned about hospital capacity. ... Obviously any death is an unfortunate death," DeRosa said, listing the totals from other states amongst New York's. "It's been a national and international tragedy that everybody has had to grapple with and it is something that we're trying to learn from every day and move forward."

Cuomo, a Democrat, said later in the briefing that he was trying to depoliticize the issue by saying, "New York followed the President's agency's guidance, so that de-politicizes it. What New York did was follow what the Republican administration said to do.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/23/politics/cuomo-new-york-nursing-homes-coronavirus-patients/index.html

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Sounds right. Trumps appointees have been running the show for 3 years and six months. pwb May 2020 #1
They were supposed to know about coronavirus in 2017? alp227 May 2020 #4
Most other states did not do the same thing. LisaL May 2020 #2
Other states didn't have the hospital capacity issue NY had Sanity Claws May 2020 #3
Get the timeline right. Igel May 2020 #5
They also had a big ship they could have taken the covid patients to. LisaL May 2020 #8
They were not allowed to. The Federal Government controls the Comfort and Mercy, and they were AtheistCrusader May 2020 #44
Assuming they were screening the people transferred by testing them to make sure cstanleytech May 2020 #6
Nope, they weren't screening. LisaL May 2020 #7
Very foolish then. cstanleytech May 2020 #12
Sure is. LisaL May 2020 #15
He said he was "trying to depoliticize the issue" Steelrolled May 2020 #9
New York was going to get hit hard, but sending covid positive patients into nursing homes LisaL May 2020 #10
That is true. Steelrolled May 2020 #11
Same policy in Michigan MichMan May 2020 #13
In what Universe does it even make sense? LisaL May 2020 #14
Nursing homes were told they were required to accept any positive cases that were sent to them MichMan May 2020 #17
Here is a link to Whitmer's order" Executive Order 2020-50 (COVID-19)" Kaleva May 2020 #19
Oh I know it was done. LisaL May 2020 #20
Whitmer ordered that nursing homes not equipped to handle COVID-19 cases to transfer the resident Kaleva May 2020 #23
Yep, Item # I-2 MichMan May 2020 #21
I guess they had good intentions-to make sue these people LisaL May 2020 #22
Only if the nursing home had a dedicated unit that could handle COVID-19 residents Kaleva May 2020 #24
What do you think a regional hub is? LisaL May 2020 #25
Again, the COVID-19 residents have to be housed in a seperate unit Kaleva May 2020 #26
All righty then. LisaL May 2020 #27
Family of victim want to know why he was taken from his apt and placed in a that home. Kaleva May 2020 #28
Recovery and rehab purposes doesn't exclude rehabbing for covid. LisaL May 2020 #30
The attacker was placed in home because of a 911 call Kaleva May 2020 #31
Son was in a group home. LisaL May 2020 #33
Perpetrator posted a video of the beating on his social media MichMan May 2020 #41
Actually it's pretty bizarre. LisaL May 2020 #29
Other articales say the son was placed in the home becasue of a 911 call. Kaleva May 2020 #32
That story is scrambled a bit. LisaL May 2020 #35
I think the nursing home screwed up palcing the young man in the same room as the elderly man Kaleva May 2020 #34
The best I can figure out, the nursing home is where 20 year old was placed after covid diagnosis. LisaL May 2020 #36
I'm confused about the timeline but it is late! Kaleva May 2020 #37
Well, father says son was living a in group home until quite recently. LisaL May 2020 #38
Here is an article that makes the timeline clear. LisaL May 2020 #46
Thanks! Kaleva May 2020 #47
And some are getting tiredtoo May 2020 #40
Same thing happened in Pennsylvania DeminPennswoods May 2020 #16
Again, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that sending LisaL May 2020 #18
I'm with you. There is no defending this bad choice. EllieBC May 2020 #39
One thing the LTC facilities could do DeminPennswoods May 2020 #45
Michigan can't even provide any data on how many deaths occurred in nursing homes MichMan May 2020 #42
Bullshit. They know. name not needed May 2020 #43
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