Interesting. There certainly has been a difference in how blue and red states have reacted to the virus. The two main difference have to do with economic shut downs to sending infected COVID patients to live with the most vulnerable Americans, the elderly in nursing homes. I hope there eventually is an investigation into what happened with nursing homes, as that action undoubtably led to many deaths. New York has been the most famous state involved in doing this, but others such as New Jersey, and California did similar for a time.
AP count: Over 4,500 virus patients sent to NY nursing homes
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/ap-count-4300-virus-patients-ny-nursing-homes-70825470
NEW YORK -- More than 4,500 recovering
coronavirus patients were sent to New York’s already vulnerable nursing homes under a controversial state directive that was ultimately scrapped amid criticisms it was accelerating the nation’s deadliest outbreaks, according to a count by The Associated Press.
AP compiled its own tally to find out how many COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals to nursing homes under the March 25 directive after New York’s Health Department declined to release its internal survey conducted two weeks ago. It says it is still verifying data that was incomplete.
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Whatever the full number, nursing home administrators, residents’ advocates and relatives say it has added up to a big and indefensible problem for facilities that even Gov. Andrew Cuomo — the main proponent of the policy — called “the optimum feeding ground for this virus.”
“It was the single dumbest decision anyone could make if they wanted to kill people,” Daniel Arbeeny said of the directive, which prompted him to pull his 88-year-old father out of a Brooklyn nursing home where more than 50 people have died. His father later died of COVID-19 at home.
“This isn’t rocket science,” Arbeeny said. “We knew the most vulnerable -- the elderly and compromised -- are in nursing homes and rehab centers.”....