Wednesday, January 19, 2022

19 January 2022: Connecticut's Lamont Ups Hypocrisy Level with Latest Nursing Home Order

Lamont signs order requiring COVID vax or negative test to visit CT nursing homes

If you wanted additional proof of complete hypocrisy on the part of Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, you'll find it in this story. Lamont has signed an order requiring visitors to Connecticut nursing homes to either prove they have been vaccinated against COVID or have tested negative for coronavirus infection. Here's an excerpt from this report describing Lamont's order, which will take effect on 22 January 2022:

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed an executive order Wednesday mandating that all nursing homes require visitors be vaccinated against COVID-19, or provide a negative test.

The order mandates that nursing home visitors provide proof of full vaccination, which includes a booster if approved under FDA guidance.

Otherwise, visitors must bring paper or electronic proof of a negative COVID test from a rapid test within 48 hours or a PCR test within 72 hours....

The order said nursing homes have to deny entrance to those who test positive for COVID-19 or refuse to take rapid test. It also said it cannot deny entry to visitors who would take a rapid test, but cannot because the home can’t provide one.

The reason Lamont's order is so hypocritical is because the Lamont administration has been asking nursing homes to admit hospital patients who test positive for having COVID infections so they can free up hospital bed space since 6 January 2022.

How exactly the Lamont administration will try to justify its efforts to directly inject of COVID-positive patients into nursing homes while now blocking the family members of nursing home residents from visiting unless they're vaccinated or test negative in order to protect nursing home residents from becoming infected with COVID remains to be seen. Especially since the current vaccinations neither prevent the vaccinated from becoming infected with the latest COVID variants nor spreading it when they do become infected.

Just so we're clear, Governor Ned Lamont is well aware that can happen and has been since at least 23 December 2021.

Here is previous coverage from the timeline:

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