https://www.breitbart.com/health/2020/04/26/andrew-cuomo-blames-nursing-homes-as-questions-mount-over-coronavirus-directive/
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that nursing homes that could not comply with a March 25 directive requiring them to accept coronavirus patients should have obeyed “regulations” and transferred patients if they could not care for them.
The directive, issued March 25, stated (original emphasis): “No resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the NH [nursing home] solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19. NHs are prohibited from requiring a hospitalized resident who is determined medically stable to be tested for COVID-19 prior to admission or readmission.”
On Thursday, Cuomo said he would investigate nursing homes that failed to follow laws and regulations on “separation and isolation policies, staffing policies and inadequate personal protective equipment.”
But nursing homes say that they could not possibly cope on short notice with the state’s sudden demand to care for patients infected with a highly contagious disease.
A reporter asked Cuomo at his press briefing Saturday whether the state department of health should have done more, leading up to the pandemic, to prepare nursing homes and ensure that they had adequate equipment and staff.
Cuomo responded to the question by saying that “no one is to blame,” but added:
The regulations still apply, even though you’re in the middle of a global pandemic. The regulations still apply. And for the nursing homes, one of the central regulations is, if you cannot provide appropriate care for that patient, you must transfer that patient, period. That’s the — that’s the rule. And if you can’t find the place to transfer the patient, then the department of health will find a place to transfer the patient. Another nursing home. another facility.
Critics, however, say that nursing homes were under pressure to accept the patients.
Journalists did not ask Cuomo on Saturday about whether he accepted that the directive may have placed residents at risk, or if he would withdraw the directive.
Cuomo has faced increasing scrutiny over his directive in recent days as mainstream media outlets have woken up to the issue. The New York Times reported Friday that New York, New Jersey, and California have similar policies — and that critics called such policies a “sentence of death” for residents.
NBC News reported Sunday that noting that Connecticut and Massachusetts had a different policy, which set aside specific nursing facilities for coronavirus-only patients.
Conservative radio host and litigator Mark Levin was among the first to question New York’s policy, on March 26. The Wall Street Journal reported the directive the same day, though the rest of the media largely ignored the issue until last week
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[–] Hereiamtoday ago
Time to redirect the attention of other who failed, look there not here.
[–] rickki6 [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
exactly ! he is a real POS. my mom is in a nursing home now since Jan, 5 min from my house. They had a virus, prob corona but they didn't do any testing for it so I can't say for sure plus who knows if the test would have been false positive, but no idea why home didn't test for corona. My mom was sick for 2 weeks, fever, disoriented , very angry when we spoke on the phone, confused, tired, depressed, didn't eat. I couldn't even have a convo w her on the phone, she couldn't handle it. She has early stage dementia but its early so she is ok with knowing me, etc. Great long term memory, just forgets a lot quicker now. For the past 10 days she has been back to her old self, just misses seeing me. Sucks but I drive by a few nights a week and talk to her thru her window since her bed in the room is window bed. lOl. The home also calls me video conference so that helps. I asked the Dr why no one did any corona testing . No answer.
[–] ZombiClown 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Wow,sorry about mom.do you have power of attorney? If so force the Dr to prescribe HCQ under Right to try,I know it's tough ,fighting, always fighting with them.Make a list ,zinc,vitamin d,c,b12 so on and tell him the minimum he could do is provide the FDA requirement for these items.He will say that's for the nutritionist,you'll say, "Dr ,you know the patient cannot physically eat the volume of fruits and vegetables needed to absorb the minimum amount,and you outrank the nutritionist,so I'm telling you to prescribe these nutrients as medically necessary and if you do not agree ,I'm telling you she has the right to try them as your regimen has failed to provide results. " GodBless
[–] tweety51 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I am very sorry to hear of your mom's deteriorating condition. My dad died of Alzheimers and at the end he didn't know anyone. It's sad. I think your story attests to the fact that our immune systems are gloriously set up to help us overcome illness. I personally think we had Covid 19 before it officially was announced. You don't have a symptom where you can't taste food very often yet that was exactly one of my symptoms. I think this is why so many people have antibodies to this flu. Fortunately we all recovered but without testing who knows what we had? I just try to avoid doctors at all costs. This has been a nightmare for sure.
I read everything I could on Alzheimers and there are some people who are successfully reversing it. BUT it is very difficult to influence or treat anyone but yourself so I understand the difficulty. But I just had to know exactly what I could be up against later in life.