Andrew Cuomo Faces House Subpoena Over Covid Deaths in Nursing Homes
New York TimesMAR 2024
Cuomo Testifies Before House COVID Panel
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The Spin
Republican narrative
Cuomo's deadly COVID policies are finally being brought to light. Thanks to House Republicans, Americans know that the former governor's policies contributed to the fatalities of elderly New Yorkers and also generated misleading data. Trump had nothing to do with Cuomo's decision to put sick patients inside nursing homes.
Democratic narrative
This is an election-year political attack by the House, which should be spending its time legislating instead of grandstanding in front of Democratic governors. Trump's failure to acknowledge the arrival of the pandemic and supply the nation with proper medical care was a major reason at least 1.2M Americans died from COVID.
Metaculus Prediction
There's a 50% chance that the magnitude of the maximum weekly rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the US between June 1 and Oct. 5, 2024 will be at least 4.9 per 100K, according to the Metaculus prediction community.