i don't disagree with this. in real time, however, what actually happened was cuomo forced facilities to take them whether they could or wanted to or not. there was lots of reporting on this. from healthcare workers, to nursing home directors. they were threatened and forced to take patients. said they would ve violating the (new) law.CU77 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 10, 2020 12:54 pmThis needs to be put in the context of overflowing hospitals and NO GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT about the best practices in that situation, as well as huge shortages of PPE, huge shortages of covid testing ability, and NO NATIONAL SURGE ON PPE AND TESTING, NO NATIONAL PLAN for how to deal with hospital overflows.wgdsr wrote: ↑Fri Jul 10, 2020 10:41 am your and others' defense of cuomo (and several other governors who did the same) is nonsensical on this issue.
the fact that people have died in nursing homes across the country is not the issue.
the fact that some governors made it an actual law (or policy, depending) that nursing homes had to take back covid patients by threat of punishment, wouldn't allow them to test them for covid, didn't utilize facilities available to the states for the purpose of overcrowding but rather stuff them in nursing homes... for MONTHS plural until the media and political spotlight was too bright on them.... is the issue.
This is the UNITED States of America. The states and their governors RELY ON THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT to provide crucial guidance and help in a situation like a pandemic of a new disease. That's been the deal for the past 200 years: NATIONAL problems require the NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO ACT AND ADVISE.
he was juggling many things. but he also had 2 empty huge facilities at his disposal. there were a number of options he could've chose, and chose poorly. his eye was on what might be coming instead of who and how and why. he wouldn't even let suspected patients be tested.
https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/healt ... a0947d74f1
then he DID try to blame it on guidance. still does. he had some guidance and twisted it into a mandate without protocols bc he panicked.
i don't hate cuomo. i think he's a politician. they get their own special category unless they show me otherwise.