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NPR has been talking about this since January or so. Not exactly a right wing propaganda outlet. Howie Carr was talking about it around the same period as NPR.

NPR has been talking about this since January or so. Not exactly a right wing propaganda outlet. Howie Carr was talking about it around the same period as NPR. For folks outside of New England, he is a right wing radio host but he puts a spin on actual news rather than just making up garbage. What credible source was talking about this before January?

chitowneats 5y ago
Right wing media was talking about this last summer. It seems the propaganda was in fact coming from those in the Cuomo administration trying to deflect blame. I don't remember exactly where I heard it first, but I googled and found this US News & World Report story about it from July 14, 2020: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-07-14/blame-game-cuomo-takes-heat-over-ny-nursing-home-study https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-07-14/...
- belltaco 5y ago
  Right wing media has been saying the Covid is just a flu and there was nothing to worry about, and in fact it's the best time to take a flight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAh4uS4f78o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAh4uS4f78o One has to be crazy to believe anything from the right wing media after things like that which are just a tip of the iceberg of lies they regularly spread. They did it to themselves.
  - hpcjoe 5y ago
    Thinking back to who recommended people ignore the presidents concerns[2] at the time and go mingle in public[1]. I know it doesn't jive with the narrative. Neither of these two could be even remotely construed to be "right wing". [1] https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/nancy-pelosi-visits-san-franciscos-chinatown/2240247/ https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/nancy-pelosi-visits-sa... [2] https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/31/801686524/trump-declares-coronavirus-a-public-health-emergency-and-restricts-travel-from-c https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/31/8016865...
  - chitowneats 5y ago
    This attitude of yours is why you were on the wrong side of a very important news story during an election year.
    - belltaco 5y ago
      Sorry I don't have the time to sift through tons of trash to find one truth nugget.
      - chitowneats 5y ago
        You just described all of modern news and social media. If you're not already sifting then you're the mark.
_-david-_ 5y ago
>What credible source was talking about this before January? It is probably easier to ask which major news sources were not talking about this prior to January. You can easily find articles posted prior to January from The Association Press, Fox News, CNN, Daily Wire, NY Post, Daily Mail, Daily Caller, Washington Times, The Federalist, USA Today, etc. Many of those sites had articles back in May.
- mmcgaha 5y ago
  You are confusing two related but different stories. Back then the talk was about the fact that he sent patients back into nursing homes. It was only later that we discovered that he actively fudged the numbers by not counting nursing home patients that died in hospitals.
  - _-david-_ 5y ago
    I am not confusing them. There were absolutely articles last year about this (though maybe not as far back as May for this specifically). Here is an article from the Washington Post back in August 2020 > New York’s coronavirus death toll in nursing homes, already among the highest in the nation, could actually be a significant undercount. Unlike every other state with major outbreaks, New York only counts residents who died on nursing home property and not those who were transported to hospitals and died there. > That statistic could add thousands to the state’s official care home death toll of just over 6,600. But so far the administration of Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has refused to divulge the number, leading to speculation the state is manipulating the figures to make it appear it is doing better than other states and to make a tragic situation less dire. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/new-yorks-true-nursing-home-death-toll-cloaked-in-secrecy/2020/08/11/f658ebfe-db8a-11ea-b4f1-25b762cdbbf4_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/new-yorks-true-nursing...

chitowneats 5y ago

Right wing media was talking about this last summer. It seems the propaganda was in fact coming from those in the Cuomo administration trying to deflect blame. I don't remember exactly where I heard it first, but I googled and found this US News & World Report story about it from July 14, 2020: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-07-14/blame-game-cuomo-takes-heat-over-ny-nursing-home-study https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-07-14/...

belltaco 5y ago
Right wing media has been saying the Covid is just a flu and there was nothing to worry about, and in fact it's the best time to take a flight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAh4uS4f78o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAh4uS4f78o One has to be crazy to believe anything from the right wing media after things like that which are just a tip of the iceberg of lies they regularly spread. They did it to themselves.
- hpcjoe 5y ago
  Thinking back to who recommended people ignore the presidents concerns[2] at the time and go mingle in public[1]. I know it doesn't jive with the narrative. Neither of these two could be even remotely construed to be "right wing". [1] https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/nancy-pelosi-visits-san-franciscos-chinatown/2240247/ https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/nancy-pelosi-visits-sa... [2] https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/31/801686524/trump-declares-coronavirus-a-public-health-emergency-and-restricts-travel-from-c https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/31/8016865...
- chitowneats 5y ago
  This attitude of yours is why you were on the wrong side of a very important news story during an election year.
  - belltaco 5y ago
    Sorry I don't have the time to sift through tons of trash to find one truth nugget.
    - chitowneats 5y ago
      You just described all of modern news and social media. If you're not already sifting then you're the mark.

_-david-_ 5y ago

>What credible source was talking about this before January? It is probably easier to ask which major news sources were not talking about this prior to January. You can easily find articles posted prior to January from The Association Press, Fox News, CNN, Daily Wire, NY Post, Daily Mail, Daily Caller, Washington Times, The Federalist, USA Today, etc. Many of those sites had articles back in May.

mmcgaha 5y ago
You are confusing two related but different stories. Back then the talk was about the fact that he sent patients back into nursing homes. It was only later that we discovered that he actively fudged the numbers by not counting nursing home patients that died in hospitals.
- _-david-_ 5y ago
  I am not confusing them. There were absolutely articles last year about this (though maybe not as far back as May for this specifically). Here is an article from the Washington Post back in August 2020 > New York’s coronavirus death toll in nursing homes, already among the highest in the nation, could actually be a significant undercount. Unlike every other state with major outbreaks, New York only counts residents who died on nursing home property and not those who were transported to hospitals and died there. > That statistic could add thousands to the state’s official care home death toll of just over 6,600. But so far the administration of Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has refused to divulge the number, leading to speculation the state is manipulating the figures to make it appear it is doing better than other states and to make a tragic situation less dire. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/new-yorks-true-nursing-home-death-toll-cloaked-in-secrecy/2020/08/11/f658ebfe-db8a-11ea-b4f1-25b762cdbbf4_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/new-yorks-true-nursing...