Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Cuomo Accused of Using Misleading Statistics on Nursing Home Deaths

From the story: “Nursing homes happened to be the place where this virus ravages, despite the fact that we had the greatest number of cases and we were in the eye of the storm. You look at us vis-a-vis the country, where we did better than 33 other states, then those are just facts,” Cuomo said. But the Cuomo administration has knowingly omitted an unknown number of deaths from its official figures on coronavirus deaths in nursing homes, the administration acknowledged earlier in May following a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation (Daily Caller). 

Turns out, Michigan Governor Whitmer also forced nursing homes to take infected patients, and refuses to disclose nursing home deaths (Twitter).  

From Rich Lowry: The same people who accuse anyone who has been pushing for re-opening as wanting to “kill our grandparents” should be outraged over these perverse nursing home policies But they get very little attention, as the media obsesses over beaches and people not wearing masks outdoors (Twitter).  

Avik Roy points out “in the 39 states that currently report such figures, an astounding 43% of all COVID-19 deaths have taken place in nursing homes and assisted living facilities” (Forbes).

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