Like I said, there's room for critique of Cuomo and NYS and NYC.6ftstick wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 10:12 amYeh Andy was great. Talked straight.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 10:08 amYup, PB is all "narrative", no critical reading comprehension.RedFromMI wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 9:53 amAmazing that you call this media dishonesty when they actually have data to back up what they are saying (do you actually read these in depth?). Heck - I was in Florida mid-March, and can confirm the beginnings of a shutdown that was occuring - not because DeSantis was ordering it - but because at least some people (a lot in fact) actually knew there was a big problem coming.Peter Brown wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 9:48 am Reading this Tamp Bay Times article, you can taste how disappointed the writer (Democrat, natch) is that even more Floridians haven't died from the virus. He is practically begging for a disaster, but mostly, he's ticked that DeSantis gets to skate.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/20 ... e-told-to/
The credit doesn't go to the governor ('governor' credit is only reserved for Andrew Cuomo, who has done 'epic' work in New York!); you see, Floridians are now smart, not the dumb stereotype that the national press prefers when we are not dealing with a pandemic!
A Tampa Bay Times data analysis and interviews with 15 experts help answer the question: Why not Florida? Everyone stayed home before they were told to
You can't make up this media dishonesty in your wildest dreams; movie studios would reject your script for being too exaggerated!
But that does not jibe with your preferred narrative...
BTW, PB, Cuomo screwed up early on, too.
Not as long, not as badly as Trump, but he screwed up not taking it adequately seriously fast enough.
He's admitted that's the case.
They were hit very early, extremely hard, and have been battling from behind ever since.
The primary credit he gets is not because they've worked so hard to fight the disease, but rather because they quickly decided that telling it straight would help in their fight. Persuading people to help was job #1 as it was the only real way to reduce the rapid spread...and they've banged that drum daily, with facts and empathy. A stark contrast with Trump.
There's actually much to critique about DeSantis, but if you compare his administration's work and his decisions relative to some other southern states, he looks much better. None of them are following the science. But Florida's health dept is much more professional than many of its neighbors, so much of what they've done, and what many of the cities, towns and counties have done, has been helpful.
And put infected individuals back into crowded nursing homes. We have more nursing home senior deaths in NY than most states have total deaths
But he communicates so well.
On this one, I've listened over and over again, and it's very clear that the rules allow ANY nursing home to ask the State to move ANY patient to another facility if they feel they can't properly isolate and care for that individual. And the state has set up COVID-only nursing home facilities.
But, if you're going to take an individual and bill the state for their care, then you darn well need to provide them with the necessary care.
I just don't think "put infected individuals back" is correct as to the issue.
That's really not how the virus got into nursing homes and spread in such a deadly way.