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By Joe Hoft
\nGateway Pundit<\/p>\n
Yaacov Apelbaum at the Illustrated Primer<\/a> shared that these New York politicians are accountable for thousands of nursing home deaths because of their insane directives related to the China coronavirus.<\/p>\n Apelbaum first pointed out the ludicrous directive from New York\u2019s Department of Health, including:<\/p>\n During this global health emergency, all NHs [nursing homes] must comply with the expedited receipt of residents returning from hospitals to NHs.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n and:<\/p>\n No resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the NH solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19.<\/u> NHs are prohibited from requiring a hospitalized resident who is determined medically stable to be tested for COVID-19 prior to admission or readmission.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n As we reported in May, the reason for the Cuomo\u2019s insane directives is related to money:<\/p>\n In 2018, as Governor Andrew Cuomo faced a challenge to his reelection bid in the New York State Democratic primary, he got a last minute $1m cash infusion from the General New York Hospital Association (GNYHA)\u2014a powerful NY healthcare industry group. On April 2, 2020, he repaid the favor when he quietly signed legislation\u00a0shielding hospital and nursing home executives<\/a>\u00a0from any lawsuits stemming from the coronavirus outbreak. The clauses, inserted into the\u00a0annual budget<\/a>\u00a0bill by Cuomo, gave blanket immunity protections for healthcare industry executive and administrators, the same individuals and institutions that have made a fortune moving sick Covid-19 patients to nursing homes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The GNYHA gave to the Democrats an unheard of $3 million in the 2018 election cycle. Of this,\u00a0Cuomo<\/a>\u00a0and his\u00a0state party committee<\/a>\u00a0received close to $2.3m from various hospitals and nursing home industry donors. Governor Cuomo returned the favor with his directive forcing COVID-19 patients back into elderly homes. This directive provided a massive increase in revenues to organizations associated with the GNYHA who were paid handsomely for COVID patients. It was a bonanza for these entities.<\/p>\n The impact of this decision on elderly New Yorkers in nursing homes is the elderly in these nursing homes spread the disease and died. They died at\u00a0the worst rate<\/a> in the country and the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Gateway Pundit\u00a0reported numerous times<\/a>\u00a0that the mortality rates for the China coronavirus are not much worse than a bad flu season across the US with the exception of New York and New Jersey.\u00a0 The death rates in these areas are way above the rest of the country and the world for that matter. It is clear that Governor Cuomo\u2019s policies in New York led to the unnecessary massive number of deaths in the state.<\/p>\n The March 25 nursing home edict issued by the New York state (NYS) Department of Health (DOH) is NOT the only order NYS enacted, which mandated that Covid-19 infected patients got sent into congregate care facilities from hospitals. NYS ALSO sent COVID-19 infected patients into adult care facilities (ACFs) and into group homes managed under the NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n ACFs serve older people who have medical needs, but do not require nursing home care. NYS OPWDD serves individuals who acquired a disability before the age of 22. Examples of covered disabilities include, but are not limited to: autism, mental retardation, brain injury, Down\u2019s syndrome, cerebral palsy.\u00a0 Some of these individuals (who can be any age, including seniors, as long as they acquired their disability before age 22) are among New York\u2019s most vulnerable.<\/p>\n There is also regulatory language which shows that the state was (and likely still is) allowing COVID-19 infected staff to continue to work with these individuals!\u00a0 Families have not been able to resume visitation rights and have not seen their child or adult child since March.\u00a0 This is an unbearable hardship for all concerned.<\/p>\n Here are links the directives in New York:<\/p>\n Enacted March 25, 2020, Nursing Homes:\u00a0https:\/\/coronavirus.health.ny.gov\/system\/files\/documents\/2020\/03\/doh_covid Enacted April 7, 2020, Adult Care Facilities:\u00a0https:\/\/coronavirus.health.ny.gov\/system\/files\/documents\/2020\/04\/doh_ Enacted April 10, 2020, NYS OPWDD Certified Residential Facilities:\u00a0https:\/\/opwdd.ny.gov\/system\/files\/documents\/2020\/04\/4.11.2020-opwdd_crfreturnfromhospital.pdf<\/a>\u00a0(In case the above has been deleted:\u00a0https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200531135252\/https:\/\/opwdd.ny.gov\/system\/ Janice Dean from FOX News lost both her parents-in-law to COVID-19 in New York.\u00a0 She wrote an oped on the matter\u00a0at USA Today.<\/a>\u00a0 Below is an excellent video that describes the entire deadly scandal:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/static.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-York-Health-COVID-Order-422x600.jpg\")
<\/p>\nBut today we have to report that it is even worse.\u00a0 Cuomo\u2019s insane and deadly policies not only targeted nursing homes, they also targeted adult care facilities and group homes for people with disabilities.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\ncovid19_acfreturnofpositiveresidents_040720.pdf<\/a>\u00a0(This URL no longer works. Here is the policy:\u00a0https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200608212648\/https:\/\/coronavirus.health.ny.gov
\n\/system\/files\/documents\/2020\/04\/doh_covid19_acfreturnofpositiveresidents_040720.pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\nfiles\/documents\/2020\/04\/4.11.2020-opwdd_crfreturnfromhospital.pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n