New York Governor Andrew Cuomo repeated his assertion that the criticism he has received for nursing home coronavirus deaths is nothing more than politics, yet repeatedly dodged the question of whether or not senior centers in his state are currently safe.
“I’ve taken political heat, OK. There’s facts and then there’s politics,” Cuomo said on “Meet the Press” Sunday. He then blamed nursing home COVID-19 cases on “staff that got infected and brought it in,” rather than patients who infected other patients.
Todd then asked again if the facilities were safe, and Cuomo did not give a direct answer but warned that senior citizens “have to be careful” anywhere.“They are as safe – well, in this state we’re testing every week every nursing home employee,” he said. “So you could argue that they are safer than a senior citizen at home who is receiving care at home. The safest environment? My mother? Stay home, don’t see anyone. If you are at home and you have an aide coming in, that aide is not tested.
Earlier in the interview, Cuomo took credit for New York’s decrease in COVID-19 numbers, while other states are seeing spikes. He accused the federal government of being “in denial about the problem” and telling state officials: “You’re on your own.”He then said that New York came up with its own plan, despite the CDC releasing a detailed plan for states to reopen in phases. Cuomo said the CDC’s guidelines were “vague” and that “I don’t even know what they meant.
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