EDITORIAL ‘Who Cares?’ Asks Cuomo, But COVID-19 Answers Needed We’ve seen it happen here. On Dec. 28, Cooperstown Center – the former Otsego Manor, now in private hands – advised its Family Council that two residents had died – not necessarily OF COVID, but WITH COVID. Officially, one died of a bleeding hernia, the other of sepsis, at Bassett Hospital, NOT at the nursing home. The Cuomo Administration’s Health Department took this kind of parsing a step further: Statewide, if…
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Blockbuster REPORT: Nursing Home Residents Poorly Served Editor’s Note: Here are the recommendations in state Attorney General Letitia James’ report, “Nursing Home Response to COVID-19 Pandemic,” which also discovered nursing-home deaths may be 50 percent higher than the Cuomo Administration let on. For Complete Text Click Here. •Ensure public reporting by each nursing home as to the number of COVID-19 deaths of residents occurring at the facility — and those that occur during or after hospitalization of the residents —…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Friday, May 8 Syndrome, Possibly Related To COVID-19, Striking NY Children 73 Infected; 5-Year-Old In New York City Dies POUGHKEEPSIE – In his daily briefing, Governor Cuomo today announced Kawasaki disease, which may be related to COVID-19, has stricken 73 children in the state, and is responsible for a 5-year-old boy’s death yesterday in New York City. The state Department of Health is investigating several cases where children are experiencing a toxic-shock-like syndrome possibly due to COVID-19, and is…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, WEDNESDAY, 4/15 Governor Sees Phase Out To Crisis For 12-18 Months ALBANY – In today’s briefing, Governor Cuomo said he sees the coronavirus crisis phasing out over the next 12-18 months, with public health as the pacing factor. He didn’t get into the economic impact of such a delay, but said “we have to build a bridge” to a better place. “Well, when is this over? I say, personal opinion, it’s over when we have a vaccine,” he…
QUOTABLE Governor Cuomo, From His Latest Daily Synopsis “When this crisis began, we engaged experts to model the path of this virus. But there was one thing the statisticians didn’t count on: they didn’t know how unified New Yorkers can be. They couldn’t use their computers to measure New Yorkers’ spirit and love for each other. It was hard to quantify the levels New Yorkers would rise to to stay home, social distance and look out for one another. We…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, FRIDAY, 4/10 Cuomo Deliberating On Reopening State ALBANY – Governor Cuomo has begun deliberations into reopening New York State’s economy, although the way ahead is still unclear. “When we talk about reopening, let’s study the data and let’s look at what has happened around the world,” he said at today’s briefing. “Let’s make sure the best health minds in the country are giving us their best advice.…
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GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, FRIDAY, 4/3 Governor Asks Upstate: Send Ventilators To NYC ALBANY – Governor Cuomo is issuing an executive order allowing the state to redistribute ventilators and personal protective equipment, or PPE, from institutions that don’t currently need them and redeploy the equipment to other hospitals with the highest need. “I’m not going to get into a situation where we’re running out of ventilators and people are dying because there are no ventilators but there are hospitals in other parts…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, THURSDAY, 4/2 85,400 People Sign Up To Serve In NYS Crisis ALBANY – Here at the highlights of today’s coronavirus briefing by Governor Cuomo: • 21,000 Out-of-State Individuals Have Volunteered to Work in New York’s Healthcare System During COVID-19 Pandemic; 85,400 Health Professionals Have Signed up to Volunteer as Part of the State’s Surge Healthcare Force to Date…
Cuomo’s Favorability Leaps, Siena Poll Says LOUDONVILLE – New Yorkers overwhelmingly approve of the job Governor Cuomo is doing to address the coronavirus pandemic, 87-11 percent, according to a Siena Poll of registered voters released this week. They also give overwhelmingly high marks to their local health department, Dr. Anthony Fauci, their local government leader, and the CDC.…