10 May 2020: Cuomo Orders COVID Testing for Nursing Home Staff as Deadly Directive Is Finally Rescinded

Cuomo orders biweekly coronavirus tests for nursing home workers

This article reveals that Governor Cuomo has finally acted to make COVID-19 testing of nursing home staff a regular practice. Wait, what? Why wasn't this done in any of the 64 days that have elapsed since the governor declared a state of emergency for the coronavirus epidemic in New York and began block family members from visiting nursing home patients?

Andrew Cuomo FINALLY Reverses Order Forcing Nursing Homes To Take COVID Patients, Demands Testing For Care Workers

Meanwhile, 46 days after the Cuomo administration's infamous order was issued, which proved to be the equivalent of throwing lit matches on "dry grass", Governor Cuomo has decided to stop it. Governor Cuomo has officially overruled the state's Department of Health 25 March 2020 directive by executive order, though the Department of Health has not yet issued its own new directive or guidance for nursing homes to follow it, we presume state officials will comply with it.

Gov. Cuomo admits he was wrong to order nursing homes to accept coronavirus patients

If you've followed the links above, the New York Post has largely owned the story on the Cuomo administration's coronavirus nursing home scandal. In this editorial, they recap the coverage that forced Governor Cuomo to end his deadly policy. They've left one question unasked as yet: What compelled Governor Cuomo and his administration to completely contradict their previous statements and adopt it knowing the likely consequences of it in the first place? Our working hypothesis for answering that question is presented above.