DeRosa’s jarring admission came when she was asked about ongoing delays in giving lawmakers nursing home death data. Cuomo even published a memoir about his work on the pandemic before it ended, offering “leadership lessons.”The continuing questions about how many people died in nursing homes residents threatens to overshadow Cuomo’s legacy. “We’re below the national average in number of deaths in nursing homes, but who cares?” Cuomo said in late January, arguing that the percentages were unimportant. They were unsatisfied with Zucker’s failure to disclose the number of resident deaths outside nursing homes and long-term care facilities. But state health officials did not respond to the Legislature’s questions until this week, nearly six months later.

Source: bd News24 February 13, 2021 08:37 UTC