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13. New York didn't do a coverup. It's privately run nursing homes that did that. Same for other states.

Fri Feb 12, 2021, 11:45 AM

Feb 2021

Now the corporate PR hype is that the governments did it.

That is BOGUS.
States' undercounts are because of private corporate run nursing home undercounts.

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New report reveals massive cover-up in New York nursing home scandal [View all] Jose Garcia Feb 2021 OP

america, the land of the coverup. AllaN01Bear Feb 2021 #1

Just when I thought nothing else could go wrong. ChazII Feb 2021 #2

This is what happens when the pandemic is politicized and Zoonart Feb 2021 #3

Too bad. Give accurate numbers anyway. jimfields33 Feb 2021 #4

I'm not justifying this. Zoonart Feb 2021 #6

This is more on Cuomo being an idiot ansible Feb 2021 #7

No it's not. And no he isn't. From eight months ago when NO other governors briefed ANYbody: ancianita Feb 2021 #19

Trump forced Cuomo to lie? MichMan Feb 2021 #42

Cuomo couldn't and said why. 70% of the nation's nursing homes are run by private enterprise, ancianita Feb 2021 #12

Stupid, stupid, stupid mistake. Trump wanted discounted numbers for Pete's sakes. Who made ... marble falls Feb 2021 #5

Florida did the same thing. I know it for a fact. yardwork Feb 2021 #8

Ohio reported yesterday that they underreported by almost 35 % to the total death count. Aerator Feb 2021 #9

Yep. I bet that went in other states as well. LisaL Feb 2021 #11

They did a very stupid thing in New York early in the pandemic. LisaL Feb 2021 #10

Where were they supposed to put them? Seriously LymphocyteLover Feb 2021 #28

Right. The hospitals released them when they no longer needed hospital care. pnwmom Feb 2021 #33

and the CDC did say it was ok with the proper safetey protocols LymphocyteLover Feb 2021 #34

The problem for NY is that they were the first hard hit, after Washington. pnwmom Feb 2021 #35

that is true... they were flying blind early on and not by choice LymphocyteLover Feb 2021 #38

The temporary hospitals that lay unused? MichMan Feb 2021 #41

Not back into the most vulnerable population MichMan Feb 2021 #43

I don't think it was stupid. It was following the Medicaid law, and the majority of patients pnwmom Feb 2021 #32

New York didn't do a coverup. It's privately run nursing homes that did that. Same for other states. ancianita Feb 2021 #13

Nope. former9thward Feb 2021 #14

Nice mostly false rightwing talking point FreeState Feb 2021 #17

Yep the Republican opposition is riding this hard mdelaguna Feb 2021 #20

Tell that to NY AG James. former9thward Feb 2021 #22

where were these patients supposed to go if they were too healthy to be in the hospital? LymphocyteLover Feb 2021 #29

Thanks for your post. She's not lying. But she made a decision that Cuomo's getting the hit for. ancianita Feb 2021 #18

Why did Cuomo's own chief of staff admit they did not disclose the true numbers intentionally. MichMan Feb 2021 #44

Why depends on the dates, and when they knew their decision didn't work, doesn't it. ancianita Feb 2021 #45

It's the New York Post, it's where facts go to die. Initech Feb 2021 #15

i doubt this is just New York bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #16

For all the latest hype, NY was #34 in total, not per capita, nursing home deaths, yet it has ancianita Feb 2021 #21

exactly-- even per capita they weren't bad either LymphocyteLover Feb 2021 #30

Cuomo should have called out the private nursing homes for suppressing data. Did he? Evolve Dammit Feb 2021 #23

Damn Rethugs Can't Even Report on Death Honestly... clementine613 Feb 2021 #24

Is this way to oust Como to make things easier for Trump? Chakaconcarne Feb 2021 #25

The old adage still rings true Larissa Feb 2021 #26

The old adage - Never trust the New York Post whistler162 Feb 2021 #40

Doesn't this create an odd irony for the Covid deniers? jb5150 Feb 2021 #27

I suspect this story is way overblown and being misrepresented by the NYPost, FoxNews-style LymphocyteLover Feb 2021 #31

Reactionary social media grifters with bus loads of followers will eat this up dustyscamp Feb 2021 #36

That's all right wing trash does JI7 Feb 2021 #39

"they froze out of fear that the true numbers would be used against them by federal prosecutors" Steelrolled Feb 2021 #37