Congressman Brad Wenstrup of Ohio, who is also a doctor, has accused Governor Andrew Cuomo and his administration of editing health documents and concealing the true nursing home mortality rate. The subcommittee's findings, based on transcribed interviews and a review of approximately 500,000 documents, suggest that Cuomo's administration issued a directive that contradicted CDC guidelines and potentially endangered vulnerable nursing home residents.
The directive in question, bearing Cuomo's name at the top, mandated the admission or readmission of COVID-positive patients into nursing homes and prohibited testing, a move deemed questionable by medical professionals. Wenstrup highlighted the significant decrease in deaths among nursing home residents without new admissions, indicating a potential link between the directive and mortality rates.
