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@Sweetie Belle You WOULD link me to the video I’ve already seen but it would you look like an idiot. I know, you don’t have to tell me. I said I saw the speech, and that I also know never once did any democrat play the speech when trying to prove their point. Get out of my face, kid. From now on I’m gonna charge you a babysitting fee for my attention…. 100 bucks a reply. Lemme know where I can send the bill.
@Packers BTW Trump didnt kill 10,000 people.
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How come whenever someone says this democrat did this. Some jack wagon gotta come in here and say ” but trump blah blah blah…” What does TRUMP have to do with Andrew Cuomo and the allegations? NOTHING
New York Times // 3/24/21 : Gov. Cuomo’s Family Is Said to Have Received Special Access to Virus Tests. Top health officials tested Chris Cuomo, the governor’s brother, when testing was not widely available, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration arranged special access to government-run coronavirus testing for members of his family and other influential people as the pandemic descended on New York last year, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
The move to make testing of people closely tied to Mr. Cuomo a priority was carried out by high-ranking state health officials, one of the people said. It mostly happened in March 2020, as the seriousness of the virus was still becoming clear to the broader public and testing was not widely available.
Among those who benefited from the special treatment was the governor’s brother, the CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, and his family, who were tested several times in the pandemic’s early phase, this person said. The governor’s mother, Matilda Cuomo, and at least one of his sisters were also able to take advantage of the state-administered tests, the two people said.
Chris Cuomo announced on March 31 last year that he had tested positive for the virus.
That the governor’s administration effectively let well-connected people cut the line to determine whether they had been infected with a deadly virus that was ravaging the state was reported earlier by The Times Union of Albany, N.Y., and The Washington Post.
The revelation comes as Mr. Cuomo confronts the most significant crisis of his political career, with many of his fellow elected New York Democrats calling for him to resign in the face of multiple sexual harassment allegations and questions about his administration’s handling of the virus-related deaths of nursing home residents.
The State Assembly opened an impeachment investigation this week to examine both issues, while the state attorney general has started a separate inquiry, and federal agents are investigating the nursing home matter.
The revelation of preferential tests could present an additional challenge to the already embattled administration. State law prohibits officials from using their position to obtain “privileges or exemptions” for themselves or others, or to attempt to do so.
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The guy is partly responsible for hundreds if not thousands of Covid deaths due to his policies and we are asking for his resignation for asking inappropriate questions… Oki doki.
Ya trying to figure that one out myself
What makes you think that the sexual misconduct is the only reason being pushed forward on calls for resignation. I think that’s you making that call
They blame Trump
@Jeff Koehne because Trump is at fault 😂
@s7307 XD Sure he is,so is Cuomo.
I really don’t care about these sexual allegations but I do care about New Yorkers dying in nursing homes.
MSN-3/25/21-NYC Mayor De Blasio suggests NY may be skewing COVID data for ‘political’ considerations
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday suggested that scandal-scarred Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration may be skewing New York City’s COVID-19 data for political reasons.
“The state of New York has their own methodology [in calculating coronavirus statistics], and we don’t always agree that it’s the most rigorous methodology,” de Blasio said during a City Hall press briefing.
“Sometimes I am concerned that it might be a more subjective methodology, or there might be political considerations in the data,” said the mayor, adding, “We want the data to tell us the whole truth. We want to be led by the data and science.”
The Big Apple’s coronavirus positivity rate on a seven-day rolling average has consistently differed between city versus state data.
City data shows that New York City’s COVID-19 positivity rate has remained above 6 percent for weeks, but recent state data says that it’s been hovering at around 4 percent.
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@F22 Pilot de blasio for prison
New York Times // 3/24/21 : Gov. Cuomo’s Family Is Said to Have Received Special Access to Virus Tests. Top health officials tested Chris Cuomo, the governor’s brother, when testing was not widely available, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration arranged special access to government-run coronavirus testing for members of his family and other influential people as the pandemic descended on New York last year, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
The move to make testing of people closely tied to Mr. Cuomo a priority was carried out by high-ranking state health officials, one of the people said. It mostly happened in March 2020, as the seriousness of the virus was still becoming clear to the broader public and testing was not widely available.
Among those who benefited from the special treatment was the governor’s brother, the CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, and his family, who were tested several times in the pandemic’s early phase, this person said. The governor’s mother, Matilda Cuomo, and at least one of his sisters were also able to take advantage of the state-administered tests, the two people said.
Chris Cuomo announced on March 31 last year that he had tested positive for the virus.
That the governor’s administration effectively let well-connected people cut the line to determine whether they had been infected with a deadly virus that was ravaging the state was reported earlier by The Times Union of Albany, N.Y., and The Washington Post.
The revelation comes as Mr. Cuomo confronts the most significant crisis of his political career, with many of his fellow elected New York Democrats calling for him to resign in the face of multiple sexual harassment allegations and questions about his administration’s handling of the virus-related deaths of nursing home residents.
The State Assembly opened an impeachment investigation this week to examine both issues, while the state attorney general has started a separate inquiry, and federal agents are investigating the nursing home matter.
The revelation of preferential tests could present an additional challenge to the already embattled administration. State law prohibits officials from using their position to obtain “privileges or exemptions” for themselves or others, or to attempt to do so.
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@MITandMe NotIvythat’s nothing when compared to radicalized far-rightwing violent extremists turned domestic terrorists storming the United States Capitol with bombs, guns and zip ties to terrorize, harm and kill Americans on American soil! Just look at Republican run Florida and Texas, they pander to the privileged and discard the average American families.
New York Times // 3/24/21 : Gov. Cuomo’s Family Is Said to Have Received Special Access to Virus Tests. Top health officials tested Chris Cuomo, the governor’s brother, when testing was not widely available, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration arranged special access to government-run coronavirus testing for members of his family and other influential people as the pandemic descended on New York last year, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
The move to make testing of people closely tied to Mr. Cuomo a priority was carried out by high-ranking state health officials, one of the people said. It mostly happened in March 2020, as the seriousness of the virus was still becoming clear to the broader public and testing was not widely available.
Among those who benefited from the special treatment was the governor’s brother, the CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, and his family, who were tested several times in the pandemic’s early phase, this person said. The governor’s mother, Matilda Cuomo, and at least one of his sisters were also able to take advantage of the state-administered tests, the two people said.
Chris Cuomo announced on March 31 last year that he had tested positive for the virus.
That the governor’s administration effectively let well-connected people cut the line to determine whether they had been infected with a deadly virus that was ravaging the state was reported earlier by The Times Union of Albany, N.Y., and The Washington Post.
The revelation comes as Mr. Cuomo confronts the most significant crisis of his political career, with many of his fellow elected New York Democrats calling for him to resign in the face of multiple sexual harassment allegations and questions about his administration’s handling of the virus-related deaths of nursing home residents.
The State Assembly opened an impeachment investigation this week to examine both issues, while the state attorney general has started a separate inquiry, and federal agents are investigating the nursing home matter.
The revelation of preferential tests could present an additional challenge to the already embattled administration. State law prohibits officials from using their position to obtain “privileges or exemptions” for themselves or others, or to attempt to do so.
When he going be charge with nursing home death this cant be over look
You really LOVE CNN don’t you? You’ve been trolling it for more than 4 YEARS now! CNN lives inside your head. 5 years, all day, every day . . . But, YOU don’t have . . . “issues,” do you? 🤣
@Knight U : But, you are fine with all the worse allegations made by more women against trump? CNN lives inside your head. 5 years, all day, every day . . . But, YOU don’t have . . . “issues,” do you? 🤣
When will Donald trump be charged over the covid deaths from last year
@Ash Roskell You have me confused. I rarely watch CNN. But when I do watch news I get from unbiased sources like CNN, PBS & others. Nice try but maybe start with Facts – probably a stretch for you?
@Ash Roskell You have the wrong person. I haven’t even been on YT that long. Nice try tho.
This is what happens when Trump don’t make the news anymore the Democrats starts to eat their own.
@Stina Reed Right is right left is wrong.
@lovey dovey well would you help me understand, why are the Democrats trying to cover up nursing home deaths in New York ?
It’s lovely isn’t it…. All of these evil people like Cuomo will have their dirty deeds exposed eventually.
@lovey dovey both parties are empty suits. His time is up, he most likely did something to piss off his puppet master 🤷🏽
They criticized Trump for his immoral behavior all this time. They have to stick to their ideals or they will be labeled hypocrites, unlike the GOP and Trump who wear hypocrisy as a badge of honor.
Just another distraction of what’s going on that’s what they’re good at
@Jamtommy Right…. sure it is.. remind me.. how many deaths is Trump responsible for?
@Ash Roskell If you look at the way you type… you might find the issues are with you.
@OneBigBugga
Bu… bu… But Trump Reeee !!!
Dirtbag Cuomo has destroyed himself. The “But Trump” defense isn’t gonna help him.
Maybe because this is recent…that was then. Why would they report on something they already reported on? You need a reminder? Just watch the old report. D u m b a s s
Vanity Fair: ‘A major black eye for the network’: Washington Post media columnist calls out CNN – on CNN – for the ‘love-a-thon’ between Chris and Andrew Cuomo
* CNN’s media show Reliable Sources discussed Cuomo coverage on Sunday
* Erik Wemple, Washington Post media critic, called out CNN for their approach
* Chris Cuomo frequently interviewed his brother Andrew during the pandemic
* Wemple said that it was a conflict of interest and a poor decision by CNN
* He criticized the ‘wonderful love-a-thon interviews’ Chris did with his brother
* Chris Cuomo has told viewers he can not cover his brother’s current trouble
* Andrew Cuomo has been accused of sexual harassment by seven women
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It’s odd that after years of readily willing to offer his time to be a guest on CNN, he suddenly feels the need to decline to comment on the issues of today.
Wasn’t he suppose t o be the new AG…. This is messed up …. I am only joking maybe he should clean up his act and turn to the Republican party for support…. Jk jk jk…. No seriously
that seems logical..it’s wise to do until after trail
Andrew Cuomo he is planning genocide on the black community as Minister Farrakhan has revealed to the masses of the people that the Chiefs Joints of Staff has sat down with Colin Colonel Powell to plan genocide against the black community. But this is why the event. The mother plane is there, and the mother plane will destroy England, and that’s why you noticed that when the first sightings of the writing in the hedges, uh, from Stonehengees and the writings in the grass was 50 miles from what is call Stonehedges in England.
Isn’t the reason obvious and justified?
Vanity Fair: ‘A major black eye for the network’: Washington Post media columnist calls out CNN – on CNN – for the ‘love-a-thon’ between Chris and Andrew Cuomo
* CNN’s media show Reliable Sources discussed Cuomo coverage on Sunday
* Erik Wemple, Washington Post media critic, called out CNN for their approach
* Chris Cuomo frequently interviewed his brother Andrew during the pandemic
* Wemple said that it was a conflict of interest and a poor decision by CNN
* He criticized the ‘wonderful love-a-thon interviews’ Chris did with his brother
* Chris Cuomo has told viewers he can not cover his brother’s current trouble
* Andrew Cuomo has been accused of sexual harassment by seven women
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This is all an coverup. He shouldn’t be impeached. He should be jailed for killing people in the nursing homes.
Not seeing how this is a cover up.
All of it is bad.
The attorney General didn’t turn on him until the sexual allegations came up. How is that a plus?
Yahoo News 3/18/21- Breaking News : NY nursing home whistleblower: Cuomo’s order was ‘ridiculous and dangerous ‘
New York nursing home administrator Michael Kraus tells Yahoo News that he warned state officials about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s order requiring facilities to take in COVID-positive patients released from hospitals.
A New York City nursing home director tells Yahoo News that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s order lastyear requiring such facilities to take in COVID-positive patients released from hospitals was “ridiculous” and that he warned state officials “we can’t be doing this.”
Michael Kraus, the administrator of the Silver Lakes Specialized Care Center in Staten Island, said he immediately raised the alarm after first hearing about the March 25, 2020, order in a conference call with other directors, hospital leaders and state officials.
“I said that’s ridiculous. We can’t be doing this. It’s just not right to the residents,” Kraus told Fox News in an exclusive interview with correspondent Aishah Hasnie that aired Thursday on “America Reports.”
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New York Times / 3/20/21: Where Europe Went Wrong in Its Vaccine Rollout, [and Why Trump Administration’s Warp Speed won the day.’]
The calls began in December, as the United States prepared to administer its first batches of Covid-19 vaccine. Even then, it was clear that the European Union was a few weeks behind, and its leaders wanted to know what they could learn from their American counterparts.
The questions were the same, from President Emmanuel Macron of France, President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission, and Alexander De Croo, the prime minister of Belgium.
“How did you do it?” Dr. Moncef Slaoui, the Trump Administration’s vaccine czar, recalled them asking on the calls. “And what do you think we missed?”
Since then, the rollout gap between Europe and the United States has only widened, and some of the countries hardest hit early in the pandemic are facing a deadly third wave of infections. France, large parts of Italy, and other regions are back in lockdown. Roughly 20,000 Europeans die of Covid-19 each week.
Brussels, by comparison, took a conservative, budget-conscious approach that left the open market largely untouched. And it has paid for it.
In short, the answer today is the same as it was in December, said Dr. Slaoui. The bloc shopped for vaccines like a customer. The United States basically went into business with the drugmakers, spending much more heavily to accelerate vaccine development, testing and production.
“They assumed that simply contracting to acquire doses would be enough,” recalled Dr. Slaoui, whom President Donald J. Trump hired to speed the vaccine development. “In fact what was very important was to be a full, active partner in the development and the manufacturing of the vaccine. And to do so very early.”
‘Not Equipped for a Gunfight’
The European Union trailed the United States and Britain from the start.
Washington had already spent billions on clinical trials and manufacturing by the time Europe decided to pool its resources and negotiate as a bloc. In mid-June, the European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch, announced a joint vaccine purchase with a $3.2 billion pot.
In Washington, Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration’s vaccine program, had a $10 billion budget. European officials say it’s unfair to compare the two figures because neither amount is a complete picture of all the money spent on vaccines. But there is no dispute that in Washington, officials had decided that money was no object if vaccines could avert the economic cost of a lockdown. Europe, on the other hand, was on a tight budget, so its negotiators chased cheaper doses.
“Pricing has been important since the beginning,” Sandra Gallina, the E.U.’s main vaccine negotiator, told lawmakers in February. “We are talking about taxpayers’ money.”
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MSN-3/25/21-NYC Mayor De Blasio suggests NY may be skewing COVID data for ‘political’ considerations
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday suggested that scandal-scarred Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration may be skewing New York City’s COVID-19 data for political reasons.
“The state of New York has their own methodology [in calculating coronavirus statistics], and we don’t always agree that it’s the most rigorous methodology,” de Blasio said during a City Hall press briefing.
“Sometimes I am concerned that it might be a more subjective methodology, or there might be political considerations in the data,” said the mayor, adding, “We want the data to tell us the whole truth. We want to be led by the data and science.”
The Big Apple’s coronavirus positivity rate on a seven-day rolling average has consistently differed between city versus state data.
City data shows that New York City’s COVID-19 positivity rate has remained above 6 percent for weeks, but recent state data says that it’s been hovering at around 4 percent.
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New York Times // 3/24/21 : Gov. Cuomo’s Family Is Said to Have Received Special Access to Virus Tests. Top health officials tested Chris Cuomo, the governor’s brother, when testing was not widely available, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration arranged special access to government-run coronavirus testing for members of his family and other influential people as the pandemic descended on New York last year, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
The move to make testing of people closely tied to Mr. Cuomo a priority was carried out by high-ranking state health officials, one of the people said. It mostly happened in March 2020, as the seriousness of the virus was still becoming clear to the broader public and testing was not widely available.
Among those who benefited from the special treatment was the governor’s brother, the CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, and his family, who were tested several times in the pandemic’s early phase, this person said. The governor’s mother, Matilda Cuomo, and at least one of his sisters were also able to take advantage of the state-administered tests, the two people said.
Chris Cuomo announced on March 31 last year that he had tested positive for the virus.
That the governor’s administration effectively let well-connected people cut the line to determine whether they had been infected with a deadly virus that was ravaging the state was reported earlier by The Times Union of Albany, N.Y., and The Washington Post.
The revelation comes as Mr. Cuomo confronts the most significant crisis of his political career, with many of his fellow elected New York Democrats calling for him to resign in the face of multiple sexual harassment allegations and questions about his administration’s handling of the virus-related deaths of nursing home residents.
The State Assembly opened an impeachment investigation this week to examine both issues, while the state attorney general has started a separate inquiry, and federal agents are investigating the nursing home matter.
The revelation of preferential tests could present an additional challenge to the already embattled administration. State law prohibits officials from using their position to obtain “privileges or exemptions” for themselves or others, or to attempt to do so.
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Ooooooo so he only appears on CNN if his brother interviews him uh?
Even CNN threw him under the bus 😂 he’s done for
@OneBigBugga Just please stop telling people what to do/think based on the color of their skin or religion, let people do their own research and make up their own decision.
If it was the other way around you would be screaming racism. You don’t think a man of color can think for himself, he doesn’t need your BS left wing propaganda.
@Dangerous Fables I totally agree about putin. Just using him as example like u said he crooked. Sadly anyone over here knew what over throwing ghaddafi would do.
They also did the right thing by not letting his brother talk about the issue on air. It’s a conflict of interest in anyway and he should just avoid it.
MSN-3/25/21-NYC Mayor De Blasio suggests NY may be skewing COVID data for ‘political’ considerations
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday suggested that scandal-scarred Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration may be skewing New York City’s COVID-19 data for political reasons.
“The state of New York has their own methodology [in calculating coronavirus statistics], and we don’t always agree that it’s the most rigorous methodology,” de Blasio said during a City Hall press briefing.
“Sometimes I am concerned that it might be a more subjective methodology, or there might be political considerations in the data,” said the mayor, adding, “We want the data to tell us the whole truth. We want to be led by the data and science.”
The Big Apple’s coronavirus positivity rate on a seven-day rolling average has consistently differed between city versus state data.
City data shows that New York City’s COVID-19 positivity rate has remained above 6 percent for weeks, but recent state data says that it’s been hovering at around 4 percent.
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New York Times // 3/24/21 : Gov. Cuomo’s Family Is Said to Have Received Special Access to Virus Tests. Top health officials tested Chris Cuomo, the governor’s brother, when testing was not widely available, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration arranged special access to government-run coronavirus testing for members of his family and other influential people as the pandemic descended on New York last year, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
The move to make testing of people closely tied to Mr. Cuomo a priority was carried out by high-ranking state health officials, one of the people said. It mostly happened in March 2020, as the seriousness of the virus was still becoming clear to the broader public and testing was not widely available.
Among those who benefited from the special treatment was the governor’s brother, the CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, and his family, who were tested several times in the pandemic’s early phase, this person said. The governor’s mother, Matilda Cuomo, and at least one of his sisters were also able to take advantage of the state-administered tests, the two people said.
Chris Cuomo announced on March 31 last year that he had tested positive for the virus.
That the governor’s administration effectively let well-connected people cut the line to determine whether they had been infected with a deadly virus that was ravaging the state was reported earlier by The Times Union of Albany, N.Y., and The Washington Post.
The revelation comes as Mr. Cuomo confronts the most significant crisis of his political career, with many of his fellow elected New York Democrats calling for him to resign in the face of multiple sexual harassment allegations and questions about his administration’s handling of the virus-related deaths of nursing home residents.
The State Assembly opened an impeachment investigation this week to examine both issues, while the state attorney general has started a separate inquiry, and federal agents are investigating the nursing home matter.
The revelation of preferential tests could present an additional challenge to the already embattled administration. State law prohibits officials from using their position to obtain “privileges or exemptions” for themselves or others, or to attempt to do so.
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“Damn, I wish Trump was still President, at least I would’ve still been considered useful” – Cuomo
@Fateless 32 The political machine was after him before he was elected and continued throughout his presidency. Underhanded partisan tactics? Like what, I expect specifics.
@oscarfelix1952 firing everyone, who remotely refused to be bribed? Trump has a very clear history of being a hypocrite, namely refusing to give democrat states support during the pandemic. And taking money from cancer organisations.
@Fateless 32 Bribed? Tell me who said he tried to bribe him? That would make headlines. CA and NY abused their funds long before the pandemic while Republican states managed their funds. Texas and Florida come to mind. CA looks like a trash heap with homelessness while NYC defunded police and virtually made NYC a free for all for criminals and drove taxpayers out of state. Both CA and NY cannot manage their states.
Gov. obsessed the USN Hospital Ship which Trump deployed.
Andrew Cuomo he is planning genocide on the black community as Minister Farrakhan has revealed to the masses of the people that the Chiefs Joints of Staff has sat down with Colin Colonel Powell to plan genocide against the black community. But this is why the event. The mother plane is there, and the mother plane will destroy England, and that’s why you noticed that when the first sightings of the writing in the hedges, uh, from Stonehengees and the writings in the grass was 50 miles from what is call Stonehedges in England.
“Believe every woman” – Cuomo
Omg that aged well
NY Daily News-March 19, 2021 | 12:45pm: “Well, he [Cuomo]clearly jeopardize lives in his nursing home decision,” NYC Mayor de Blasio said.
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo, of risking New Yorkers’ lives to boost his popularity — and called him “a central part” in the state’s history of corruption.
During his weekly interview on WNYC radio, de Blasio agreed when asked if he believed Cuomo would play “fast and loose with people’s lives” to improve his image.
“Well, he clearly jeopardize lives in his nursing home decision,” de Blasio said.
“Decisions were made that were dangerous to people’s health and well-being. Thousands of people were lost and the governor of the state had the audacity to cover up the information.”
The Mayor added: “So, is he capable of making decisions that are that crass and that political and about his personal needs? 110 percent.”
De Blasio also agreed when asked by host Brian Lehrer if he thought Cuomo’s actions came despite “knowing that it could be fatal for some people, because he was getting donations?”⏹🔢3️⃣🔠🔄
New York Times / 3/20/21: Where Europe Went Wrong in Its Vaccine Rollout, [and Why Trump Administration’s Warp Speed won the day.’]
The calls began in December, as the United States prepared to administer its first batches of Covid-19 vaccine. Even then, it was clear that the European Union was a few weeks behind, and its leaders wanted to know what they could learn from their American counterparts.
The questions were the same, from President Emmanuel Macron of France, President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission, and Alexander De Croo, the prime minister of Belgium.
“How did you do it?” Dr. Moncef Slaoui, the Trump Administration’s vaccine czar, recalled them asking on the calls. “And what do you think we missed?”
Since then, the rollout gap between Europe and the United States has only widened, and some of the countries hardest hit early in the pandemic are facing a deadly third wave of infections. France, large parts of Italy, and other regions are back in lockdown. Roughly 20,000 Europeans die of Covid-19 each week.
Brussels, by comparison, took a conservative, budget-conscious approach that left the open market largely untouched. And it has paid for it.
In short, the answer today is the same as it was in December, said Dr. Slaoui. The bloc shopped for vaccines like a customer. The United States basically went into business with the drugmakers, spending much more heavily to accelerate vaccine development, testing and production.
“They assumed that simply contracting to acquire doses would be enough,” recalled Dr. Slaoui, whom President Donald J. Trump hired to speed the vaccine development. “In fact what was very important was to be a full, active partner in the development and the manufacturing of the vaccine. And to do so very early.”
‘Not Equipped for a Gunfight’
The European Union trailed the United States and Britain from the start.
Washington had already spent billions on clinical trials and manufacturing by the time Europe decided to pool its resources and negotiate as a bloc. In mid-June, the European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch, announced a joint vaccine purchase with a $3.2 billion pot.
In Washington, Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration’s vaccine program, had a $10 billion budget. European officials say it’s unfair to compare the two figures because neither amount is a complete picture of all the money spent on vaccines. But there is no dispute that in Washington, officials had decided that money was no object if vaccines could avert the economic cost of a lockdown. Europe, on the other hand, was on a tight budget, so its negotiators chased cheaper doses.
“Pricing has been important since the beginning,” Sandra Gallina, the E.U.’s main vaccine negotiator, told lawmakers in February. “We are talking about taxpayers’ money.”
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NY Daily News/3/24/21: Gov. Andrew Cuomo got his family members (including his Brother Chris Cuomo of CNN ) preferential COVID testing
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker directed that members of the governor’s family and bigwigs with ties to his administration should get priority coronavirus testing last year, a report said Wednesday.
Relatives of Cuomo, including his brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, one of their sisters and their mom, Matilda Cuomo, were tested several times during the early days of the pandemic, the Albany Times-Union reported.
MSN-3/25/21-NYC Mayor De Blasio suggests NY may be skewing COVID data for ‘political’ considerations
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday suggested that scandal-scarred Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration may be skewing New York City’s COVID-19 data for political reasons.
“The state of New York has their own methodology [in calculating coronavirus statistics], and we don’t always agree that it’s the most rigorous methodology,” de Blasio said during a City Hall press briefing.
“Sometimes I am concerned that it might be a more subjective methodology, or there might be political considerations in the data,” said the mayor, adding, “We want the data to tell us the whole truth. We want to be led by the data and science.”
The Big Apple’s coronavirus positivity rate on a seven-day rolling average has consistently differed between city versus state data.
City data shows that New York City’s COVID-19 positivity rate has remained above 6 percent for weeks, but recent state data says that it’s been hovering at around 4 percent.
New York Times // 3/24/21 : Gov. Cuomo’s Family Is Said to Have Received Special Access to Virus Tests. Top health officials tested Chris Cuomo, the governor’s brother, when testing was not widely available, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration arranged special access to government-run coronavirus testing for members of his family and other influential people as the pandemic descended on New York last year, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
The move to make testing of people closely tied to Mr. Cuomo a priority was carried out by high-ranking state health officials, one of the people said. It mostly happened in March 2020, as the seriousness of the virus was still becoming clear to the broader public and testing was not widely available.
Among those who benefited from the special treatment was the governor’s brother, the CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, and his family, who were tested several times in the pandemic’s early phase, this person said. The governor’s mother, Matilda Cuomo, and at least one of his sisters were also able to take advantage of the state-administered tests, the two people said.
Chris Cuomo announced on March 31 last year that he had tested positive for the virus.
That the governor’s administration effectively let well-connected people cut the line to determine whether they had been infected with a deadly virus that was ravaging the state was reported earlier by The Times Union of Albany, N.Y., and The Washington Post.
The revelation comes as Mr. Cuomo confronts the most significant crisis of his political career, with many of his fellow elected New York Democrats calling for him to resign in the face of multiple sexual harassment allegations and questions about his administration’s handling of the virus-related deaths of nursing home residents.
The State Assembly opened an impeachment investigation this week to examine both issues, while the state attorney general has started a separate inquiry, and federal agents are investigating the nursing home matter.
The revelation of preferential tests could present an additional challenge to the already embattled administration. State law prohibits officials from using their position to obtain “privileges or exemptions” for themselves or others, or to attempt to do so.
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To paraphrase Billy C: “I did not have sex with all these women”.
@Two B yes and the little girl was a willing participant. No one forced her into it she was eager as hell. Till he tried to put the brakes on then she blabbed. Dont say she was just a niave kid either she got what she wanted till she lost. Hillary stood by her husband as most smart women do when they recognize the leeches that they are. I agree Bill should not have lied.
@Patty Gould right? Funny how these people lump everything together in a stew of false equivalence and lack the basic ability to distinguish between consensual, unwanted advances, unwarranted advances, harrassment, etc…
Trump dealing with his many allegations soon too
Vanity Fair: ‘A major black eye for the network’: Washington Post media columnist calls out CNN – on CNN – for the ‘love-a-thon’ between Chris and Andrew Cuomo
* CNN’s media show Reliable Sources discussed Cuomo coverage on Sunday
* Erik Wemple, Washington Post media critic, called out CNN for their approach
* Chris Cuomo frequently interviewed his brother Andrew during the pandemic
* Wemple said that it was a conflict of interest and a poor decision by CNN
* He criticized the ‘wonderful love-a-thon interviews’ Chris did with his brother
* Chris Cuomo has told viewers he can not cover his brother’s current trouble
* Andrew Cuomo has been accused of sexual harassment by seven women
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MSN-3/25/21-NYC Mayor De Blasio suggests NY may be skewing COVID data for ‘political’ considerations
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday suggested that scandal-scarred Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration may be skewing New York City’s COVID-19 data for political reasons.
“The state of New York has their own methodology [in calculating coronavirus statistics], and we don’t always agree that it’s the most rigorous methodology,” de Blasio said during a City Hall press briefing.
“Sometimes I am concerned that it might be a more subjective methodology, or there might be political considerations in the data,” said the mayor, adding, “We want the data to tell us the whole truth. We want to be led by the data and science.”
The Big Apple’s coronavirus positivity rate on a seven-day rolling average has consistently differed between city versus state data.
City data shows that New York City’s COVID-19 positivity rate has remained above 6 percent for weeks, but recent state data says that it’s been hovering at around 4 percent.
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It’s funny how Cuomo told others to resign over ONE allegation yet he won’t resign over 7 allegations. What a slap in the face to these poor women.
@CA Rich – speaking of sexism we need to apply the Biden Standard on Sexual Assault to trump which the Progressive Democrats used to replace “Believe all Women” standard . Biden was accused of finger penetrating his 20-something aide on Capital Plaza. Look how well that was handle .
@MITandMe NotIvy F@ck Biden..Newsom 2024
New York Times / 3/20/21: Where Europe Went Wrong in Its Vaccine Rollout, [and Why Trump Administration’s Warp Speed won the day.’]
The calls began in December, as the United States prepared to administer its first batches of Covid-19 vaccine. Even then, it was clear that the European Union was a few weeks behind, and its leaders wanted to know what they could learn from their American counterparts.
The questions were the same, from President Emmanuel Macron of France, President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission, and Alexander De Croo, the prime minister of Belgium.
“How did you do it?” Dr. Moncef Slaoui, the Trump Administration’s vaccine czar, recalled them asking on the calls. “And what do you think we missed?”
Since then, the rollout gap between Europe and the United States has only widened, and some of the countries hardest hit early in the pandemic are facing a deadly third wave of infections. France, large parts of Italy, and other regions are back in lockdown. Roughly 20,000 Europeans die of Covid-19 each week.
Brussels, by comparison, took a conservative, budget-conscious approach that left the open market largely untouched. And it has paid for it.
In short, the answer today is the same as it was in December, said Dr. Slaoui. The bloc shopped for vaccines like a customer. The United States basically went into business with the drugmakers, spending much more heavily to accelerate vaccine development, testing and production.
“They assumed that simply contracting to acquire doses would be enough,” recalled Dr. Slaoui, whom President Donald J. Trump hired to speed the vaccine development. “In fact what was very important was to be a full, active partner in the development and the manufacturing of the vaccine. And to do so very early.”
‘Not Equipped for a Gunfight’
The European Union trailed the United States and Britain from the start.
Washington had already spent billions on clinical trials and manufacturing by the time Europe decided to pool its resources and negotiate as a bloc. In mid-June, the European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch, announced a joint vaccine purchase with a $3.2 billion pot.
In Washington, Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration’s vaccine program, had a $10 billion budget. European officials say it’s unfair to compare the two figures because neither amount is a complete picture of all the money spent on vaccines. But there is no dispute that in Washington, officials had decided that money was no object if vaccines could avert the economic cost of a lockdown. Europe, on the other hand, was on a tight budget, so its negotiators chased cheaper doses.
“Pricing has been important since the beginning,” Sandra Gallina, the E.U.’s main vaccine negotiator, told lawmakers in February. “We are talking about taxpayers’ money.”
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MSN-3/25/21-NYC Mayor De Blasio suggests NY may be skewing COVID data for ‘political’ considerations
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday suggested that scandal-scarred Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration may be skewing New York City’s COVID-19 data for political reasons.
“The state of New York has their own methodology [in calculating coronavirus statistics], and we don’t always agree that it’s the most rigorous methodology,” de Blasio said during a City Hall press briefing.
“Sometimes I am concerned that it might be a more subjective methodology, or there might be political considerations in the data,” said the mayor, adding, “We want the data to tell us the whole truth. We want to be led by the data and science.”
The Big Apple’s coronavirus positivity rate on a seven-day rolling average has consistently differed between city versus state data.
City data shows that New York City’s COVID-19 positivity rate has remained above 6 percent for weeks, but recent state data says that it’s been hovering at around 4 percent.
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New York Times // 3/24/21 : Gov. Cuomo’s Family Is Said to Have Received Special Access to Virus Tests. Top health officials tested Chris Cuomo, the governor’s brother, when testing was not widely available, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration arranged special access to government-run coronavirus testing for members of his family and other influential people as the pandemic descended on New York last year, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
The move to make testing of people closely tied to Mr. Cuomo a priority was carried out by high-ranking state health officials, one of the people said. It mostly happened in March 2020, as the seriousness of the virus was still becoming clear to the broader public and testing was not widely available.
Among those who benefited from the special treatment was the governor’s brother, the CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, and his family, who were tested several times in the pandemic’s early phase, this person said. The governor’s mother, Matilda Cuomo, and at least one of his sisters were also able to take advantage of the state-administered tests, the two people said.
Chris Cuomo announced on March 31 last year that he had tested positive for the virus.
That the governor’s administration effectively let well-connected people cut the line to determine whether they had been infected with a deadly virus that was ravaging the state was reported earlier by The Times Union of Albany, N.Y., and The Washington Post.
The revelation comes as Mr. Cuomo confronts the most significant crisis of his political career, with many of his fellow elected New York Democrats calling for him to resign in the face of multiple sexual harassment allegations and questions about his administration’s handling of the virus-related deaths of nursing home residents.
The State Assembly opened an impeachment investigation this week to examine both issues, while the state attorney general has started a separate inquiry, and federal agents are investigating the nursing home matter.
The revelation of preferential tests could present an additional challenge to the already embattled administration. State law prohibits officials from using their position to obtain “privileges or exemptions” for themselves or others, or to attempt to do so.
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“The media is not your friend.” – Chris Cuomo
@Jim Figgertyhe’s already responsible for allowing Abbott to open up Texas . We will shut down by June the way we are headed . Remember it starts at the top and heads must roll if thE country is not being run the right way . Bring Bush back or I wish Ronald Reagan was the president right now 🤬🇺🇸
NY Daily News-March 19, 2021 | 12:45pm: “Well, he [Cuomo]clearly jeopardize lives in his nursing home decision,” NYC Mayor de Blasio said.
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo, of risking New Yorkers’ lives to boost his popularity — and called him “a central part” in the state’s history of corruption.
During his weekly interview on WNYC radio, de Blasio agreed when asked if he believed Cuomo would play “fast and loose with people’s lives” to improve his image.
“Well, he clearly jeopardize lives in his nursing home decision,” de Blasio said.
“Decisions were made that were dangerous to people’s health and well-being. Thousands of people were lost and the governor of the state had the audacity to cover up the information.”
The Mayor added: “So, is he capable of making decisions that are that crass and that political and about his personal needs? 110 percent.”
De Blasio also agreed when asked by host Brian Lehrer if he thought Cuomo’s actions came despite “knowing that it could be fatal for some people, because he was getting donations?”
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New York Times / 3/20/21: Where Europe Went Wrong in Its Vaccine Rollout, [and Why Trump Administration’s Warp Speed won the day.’]
The calls began in December, as the United States prepared to administer its first batches of Covid-19 vaccine. Even then, it was clear that the European Union was a few weeks behind, and its leaders wanted to know what they could learn from their American counterparts.
The questions were the same, from President Emmanuel Macron of France, President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission, and Alexander De Croo, the prime minister of Belgium.
“How did you do it?” Dr. Moncef Slaoui, the Trump Administration’s vaccine czar, recalled them asking on the calls. “And what do you think we missed?”
Since then, the rollout gap between Europe and the United States has only widened, and some of the countries hardest hit early in the pandemic are facing a deadly third wave of infections. France, large parts of Italy, and other regions are back in lockdown. Roughly 20,000 Europeans die of Covid-19 each week.
Brussels, by comparison, took a conservative, budget-conscious approach that left the open market largely untouched. And it has paid for it.
In short, the answer today is the same as it was in December, said Dr. Slaoui. The bloc shopped for vaccines like a customer. The United States basically went into business with the drugmakers, spending much more heavily to accelerate vaccine development, testing and production.
“They assumed that simply contracting to acquire doses would be enough,” recalled Dr. Slaoui, whom President Donald J. Trump hired to speed the vaccine development. “In fact what was very important was to be a full, active partner in the development and the manufacturing of the vaccine. And to do so very early.”
‘Not Equipped for a Gunfight’
The European Union trailed the United States and Britain from the start.
Washington had already spent billions on clinical trials and manufacturing by the time Europe decided to pool its resources and negotiate as a bloc. In mid-June, the European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch, announced a joint vaccine purchase with a $3.2 billion pot.
In Washington, Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration’s vaccine program, had a $10 billion budget. European officials say it’s unfair to compare the two figures because neither amount is a complete picture of all the money spent on vaccines. But there is no dispute that in Washington, officials had decided that money was no object if vaccines could avert the economic cost of a lockdown. Europe, on the other hand, was on a tight budget, so its negotiators chased cheaper doses.
“Pricing has been important since the beginning,” Sandra Gallina, the E.U.’s main vaccine negotiator, told lawmakers in February. “We are talking about taxpayers’ money.”
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MSN-3/25/21-NYC Mayor De Blasio suggests NY may be skewing COVID data for ‘political’ considerations
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday suggested that scandal-scarred Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration may be skewing New York City’s COVID-19 data for political reasons.
“The state of New York has their own methodology [in calculating coronavirus statistics], and we don’t always agree that it’s the most rigorous methodology,” de Blasio said during a City Hall press briefing.
“Sometimes I am concerned that it might be a more subjective methodology, or there might be political considerations in the data,” said the mayor, adding, “We want the data to tell us the whole truth. We want to be led by the data and science.”
The Big Apple’s coronavirus positivity rate on a seven-day rolling average has consistently differed between city versus state data.
City data shows that New York City’s COVID-19 positivity rate has remained above 6 percent for weeks, but recent state data says that it’s been hovering at around 4 percent.
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New York Times // 3/24/21 : Gov. Cuomo’s Family Is Said to Have Received Special Access to Virus Tests. Top health officials tested Chris Cuomo, the governor’s brother, when testing was not widely available, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration arranged special access to government-run coronavirus testing for members of his family and other influential people as the pandemic descended on New York last year, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
The move to make testing of people closely tied to Mr. Cuomo a priority was carried out by high-ranking state health officials, one of the people said. It mostly happened in March 2020, as the seriousness of the virus was still becoming clear to the broader public and testing was not widely available.
Among those who benefited from the special treatment was the governor’s brother, the CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, and his family, who were tested several times in the pandemic’s early phase, this person said. The governor’s mother, Matilda Cuomo, and at least one of his sisters were also able to take advantage of the state-administered tests, the two people said.
Chris Cuomo announced on March 31 last year that he had tested positive for the virus.
That the governor’s administration effectively let well-connected people cut the line to determine whether they had been infected with a deadly virus that was ravaging the state was reported earlier by The Times Union of Albany, N.Y., and The Washington Post.
The revelation comes as Mr. Cuomo confronts the most significant crisis of his political career, with many of his fellow elected New York Democrats calling for him to resign in the face of multiple sexual harassment allegations and questions about his administration’s handling of the virus-related deaths of nursing home residents.
The State Assembly opened an impeachment investigation this week to examine both issues, while the state attorney general has started a separate inquiry, and federal agents are investigating the nursing home matter.
The revelation of preferential tests could present an additional challenge to the already embattled administration. State law prohibits officials from using their position to obtain “privileges or exemptions” for themselves or others, or to attempt to do so.
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This man once said, “Believe all women!”
@CA Rich -New York Times // 3/24/21 : Gov. Cuomo’s Family Is Said to Have Received Special Access to Virus Tests. Top health officials tested Chris Cuomo, the governor’s brother, when testing was not widely available, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration arranged special access to government-run coronavirus testing for members of his family and other influential people as the pandemic descended on New York last year, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
The move to make testing of people closely tied to Mr. Cuomo a priority was carried out by high-ranking state health officials, one of the people said. It mostly happened in March 2020, as the seriousness of the virus was still becoming clear to the broader public and testing was not widely available.
Among those who benefited from the special treatment was the governor’s brother, the CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, and his family, who were tested several times in the pandemic’s early phase, this person said. The governor’s mother, Matilda Cuomo, and at least one of his sisters were also able to take advantage of the state-administered tests, the two people said.
Chris Cuomo announced on March 31 last year that he had tested positive for the virus.
That the governor’s administration effectively let well-connected people cut the line to determine whether they had been infected with a deadly virus that was ravaging the state was reported earlier by The Times Union of Albany, N.Y., and The Washington Post.
The revelation comes as Mr. Cuomo confronts the most significant crisis of his political career, with many of his fellow elected New York Democrats calling for him to resign in the face of multiple sexual harassment allegations and questions about his administration’s handling of the virus-related deaths of nursing home residents.
The State Assembly opened an impeachment investigation this week to examine both issues, while the state attorney general has started a separate inquiry, and federal agents are investigating the nursing home matter.
The revelation of preferential tests could present an additional challenge to the already embattled administration. State law prohibits officials from using their position to obtain “privileges or exemptions” for themselves or others, or to attempt to do so.
@MITandMe NotIvy put a mask on b4 u pretend to care about old people dieing
@MITandMe NotIvy The REAL reason they are going after Cuomo…Prosecutors in NY March 2021 is investigating 280 million in loans and government subsidies the trump organization took out on 4 trump buildings in NY evidence of extensive criminal conduct between laon documents n tax returns..As of March 17 2021 Manhattan DA finally has their hands on trumps taxes as investigating heats up this week….Newsom 2024
@MITandMe NotIvy Trumps grandpa was a pimp n drug dealer…n we all know the fruit don’t fall from the thug tree… With former President Donald Trump’s tax returns finally in hand, a team of New York prosecutors led by a newly hired former mob-buster is sending out fresh subpoenas and meeting face-to-face with key witnesses
Leave the “gold standard” governor alone 😂😂😂😂
While this is important, let’s not get distracted from nursing home deaths under his watch as well as at least 5 other governors.
Indeed!
No one is… their both bad…dont get distracted by fox
What about half a million dead under Trump’s leadership
@The Truth that story has been debunked🤣🤣🤣🤣
If you actually look to Fauci, president Trump saved over a million people. Fauci said 1-2 million would die from his virus. That prediction proved false. 😊
This time last year Governor Cumo had his own CNN daytime show with his brother and this year he won’t even show his face on the network .
Lives just a movie
CNN and FOX associates have a high incidence of rapes and assaulte