I think you are noticing that "the March 25 policy led to deaths so who gave the order and then tried to lie about nursing home resident COVID deaths?" is still the question driving the car.
We seem to agree that (from a "spreading virus" PoV), positive-testing people were already in nursing homes and not because of the 3/25 policy.
We disagree, perhaps, that a virus-entry point can be established and that workers brought "it" in.
At the end of the day, officials are left to explain why and how this "virus" was "silently spreading" and creating zero excess of any kind until after the feds gave it permission to do so.
The onus is also on them to prove 27K "extra" people died in NYC in 11 weeks.
They can't really prove anything -- you can only -disprove- (at best).
(only in math can one prove, starting from axioms).
In this series of posts, I'm mainly focusing on what was known and when. And what decisions were made and when.
I am being very explicit at the end of this post as to my main motives here. I loathe Cuomo (and I have many reasons beyond just the COVID behavior, but the COVID decisions are enough for me to go on.) I'm trying to keep him out of NY and national politics. I want him to go away.
But I have additional aims, including warning others: DON'T DO THIS. "THIS" encompassing multiple behaviors.
In this post, I showed that Cuomo and crew knew that the March 25 directive had non-zero effects, even if it wasn't the driving force of most nursing home deaths.
They knew this, and explicitly tried to cover it up.
At minimum, they need to provide names and dates and places of death for every person who died. This was a massive death event and must be substantiated with the vitallrecords the numerals on each day purport exist. That much is available for burials on Hart Island. Let's see the rest. :)
I agree about the covering up, but would also argue that very few (if any) states have reported data on NH resident deaths irrespective of place or cause. There is no federal data source either.
For instance, I do not have a way of knowing how many Illinois NH residents total died in spring 2020, and no one is compelling the states to report that. So, in a way, I agree with Cuomo about the changes to reporting standards that were instituted re: NH "covid deaths".
He is a criminal, but there is a whole lot more being covered up here.
Great work with your article and focus. I agree he needs to go away!!
Notice too that there is no timeseries data for admissions/readmissions. These reports - with their aggregate numbers - and the AP's seemingly high "9,000 discharges into nursing homes" - mean very little and are hiding the nature/mechanics of the spring event.
Thanks, Mary.
I think you are noticing that "the March 25 policy led to deaths so who gave the order and then tried to lie about nursing home resident COVID deaths?" is still the question driving the car.
We seem to agree that (from a "spreading virus" PoV), positive-testing people were already in nursing homes and not because of the 3/25 policy.
We disagree, perhaps, that a virus-entry point can be established and that workers brought "it" in.
At the end of the day, officials are left to explain why and how this "virus" was "silently spreading" and creating zero excess of any kind until after the feds gave it permission to do so.
The onus is also on them to prove 27K "extra" people died in NYC in 11 weeks.
Numbers aren't records - or proof
They can't really prove anything -- you can only -disprove- (at best).
(only in math can one prove, starting from axioms).
In this series of posts, I'm mainly focusing on what was known and when. And what decisions were made and when.
I am being very explicit at the end of this post as to my main motives here. I loathe Cuomo (and I have many reasons beyond just the COVID behavior, but the COVID decisions are enough for me to go on.) I'm trying to keep him out of NY and national politics. I want him to go away.
But I have additional aims, including warning others: DON'T DO THIS. "THIS" encompassing multiple behaviors.
In this post, I showed that Cuomo and crew knew that the March 25 directive had non-zero effects, even if it wasn't the driving force of most nursing home deaths.
They knew this, and explicitly tried to cover it up.
So don't do that.
At minimum, they need to provide names and dates and places of death for every person who died. This was a massive death event and must be substantiated with the vitallrecords the numerals on each day purport exist. That much is available for burials on Hart Island. Let's see the rest. :)
I agree about the covering up, but would also argue that very few (if any) states have reported data on NH resident deaths irrespective of place or cause. There is no federal data source either.
For instance, I do not have a way of knowing how many Illinois NH residents total died in spring 2020, and no one is compelling the states to report that. So, in a way, I agree with Cuomo about the changes to reporting standards that were instituted re: NH "covid deaths".
He is a criminal, but there is a whole lot more being covered up here.
Great work with your article and focus. I agree he needs to go away!!
Notice too that there is no timeseries data for admissions/readmissions. These reports - with their aggregate numbers - and the AP's seemingly high "9,000 discharges into nursing homes" - mean very little and are hiding the nature/mechanics of the spring event.
Thanks for the comprehensive article!