On the heels of a report that Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo put his brother -- CNN host Chris Cuomo -- and other family members at the front of the coronavirus testing line last year comes the revelation that at least some nursing homes were shunted to the back of the line.
In addition to a mushrooming sexual harassment scandal that has enveloped Cuomo, the governor is under attack for the COVID-related deaths of more than 15,000 New Yorkers in nursing homes. Cuomo last March required nursing homes to take in patients who tested positive for the coronavirus, which his critics have said led to a spike in deaths. Cuomo's administration is also accused to trying to cover up the carnage it wrought.
A report in the Albany Times-Union said that as nursing homes were forced to take in COVID patients, Cuomo ordered to state Health Department officials to ensure that certain people were tested, including Cuomo's mother, brother and at least one of his sisters. The report was based on what the Times-Union said were "three people with direct knowledge of the matter."
In addition to getting the samples for testing -- a process that often involved high-level officials going to the homes of those on the list of connected people to be tested -- once gathered samples were moved to the front of the line at the state laboratory. They were referred to as "critical samples," the report said.
Meanwhile, according to the Steuben County Manager Jack Wheeler, the Cuomo administration gave him the cold shoulder last April when he wanted to test the frail and elderly at three nursing homes in his county, according to the New York Post.
read more here: https://www.wnd.com/2021/03/official-accuses-criminal-cuomo-denying-covid-tests-desperate-nursing-home-hoarded-family/?
Replies