I was responding "lost_in_the_endless_aisle"s new conspiracy theory by pointing out states that Cuomo does not control.
Gotcha. Think he was referring to NY's decision to send back patients to nursing homes, which obviously was disastrous and cost untold numbers of deaths in NYC. They corrected the issue but the severe damage was already done. I don't think he's necessarily being political by pointing this out, this is absolutely a massive mistake by Cuomo. We should be able to point out errors regardless of political affiliation.
Very true. I would expect this to be debated in a matured fashion in any democracy.
Just like NY State Democrats are apparently planning to to:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/nyregion/nursing-homes-deaths-cuomo.htmlThere are two sides to the story, like you would expect in many cases. e.g. NY health department claims all patients sent back to nursing homes were after they stopped being infectious:
https://health.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/docs/nh_factors_report.pdfIt is possible that:
1. The NY health department are accurate and this entire controversy was a red herring. All the nursing home deaths were indeed driven by infected and asymptomatic health workers.
2. There were mistakes made. Quite possible given not a whole lot was known by the virus at that time, AND people were acting in an emergency.
2.A. Mistakes were made by medical professionals and Cuomo just followed their suggestions.
2.B. Cuomo exercised improper influence on the decision when he had no training/background and hence no business deciding this on his own.
3. There were bad faith political decisions knowingly endangering people's lives.
There is no way to definitively know which category it falls into. If I see/hear Cuomo obstructing/blocking any such inquiry by the legislature - then I'd strongly suspect it is case #3. For now, it seems to me to either be #1, #2A or #2B.
Please let me know if you know anything better that clearly indicates the possibility of the possibility #3.
Compare this to the sunbelt states, where there is no confusion that people's lives are being sacrificed for political ideology. i.e. it IS #3 all the way. When Faux news and their minions (like our friend I responded to) scream "cuomovirus" about a confusing situation, and then give a pass to DeSantis and others, the they are being partisan hacks.
Quacks like a duck and walks like a duck and all that....