Consequences.

I am a former health care manager. Between the two of us, only one has gotten rid of excess property tor a major university-affiliated health care program he administered. Getting rid of excess and outdated equipment and other property is an ongoing process in a well-run program. Otherwise, we would still have the equipment to place leeches and administer ether.. Cuomo did not personally determine what equipment was not needed and excess it. But, a health care manager working for the state of New York did their job responsibly. I know horse "stuff," when I see it and you are an expert purveyor of that material.

Oh and Trump personally decided to kill people. You forget Trump had Ford and GM retool when they were shut down to manufacture all the respirators the WORLD needed that Obama didn't make sure we had. Cuomo as Governor is the one ultimately responsible for having the emergency equipment his state needed. Oh and Mr. Way in TUNE Former Health Care Administrator Who Killed Vets At The VA, medical protocols determined that ventilators killed more people than they helped, the virus
thrived in a respirator setting, in fact the latest approved medical protocol is to avoid ventilators completely. CPAPs were found to be more effective. Oh isn't it funny that the AMA just put out a baby tiny press release that hydroxycholoquine is very safe and effective.
So how many DOCTORs got censored at google, facegook and twitter for saying that and SMEARED and DESTROYED by the media? You know horse stuff because you are a direct descendant.

You seem to forget that President Pandemic refused to invoke the Defense Production Act because Cuomo was one of the people calling on him to use it. Check out NPR's March 25 report that Prez Pandemic said the private sector was doing enough. But, like with the ships no one asked for that turned out to be unusable, Prez Pandemic's reversal on using his powers was strictly PR, to save his sinking public image.

I went to the AMA's News Release site. There is a one-sentence warning: "With no approved treatment for Covid 19, the FDA speaks out against the use of hydroxchloroquine or chloroquine due to risk of heart rhythm problems." That sentence is an introduction to an FDA News Release on the subject. You need a better source for your lies.

The VA trains about one-third of the doctors in America at its university-affiliated hospitals. VA medical researchers are at the cutting edge of important discoveries and have won thousands of awards including two Nobel Prizes. The VA has accomplished a lot, in spite of budgets that don't allow it to meet the demand for admission to its programs and access to treatment. Is it perfect? No. But, I always remember the efforts of one person, Pam Murphy. Pam worked for me as the Patient Representative in the Admissions area of the Sepulveda, CA VA Medical Center. Pam solved a hundred small problems a day for Veterans that meant they got to see a doctor faster, admitted for care with less suffering, and did not have to wait in line for prescriptions to be filled. Pam held trembling hands, gave hugs, cried with, and Yes, prayed with her "Vets." They loved her almost as much as she loved them. Pam had spent most of her life as the wife of a rich and famous actor. His tragic death and bankruptcy of his estate left her with nothing. She got an entry level job at the VA. She built up a reputation for going above and beyond for Veterans. I asked her to come work for me where her entire day would be spent helping them. She got her dream job, the Vets got Pam. Her dead husband? He was Audey Murphy, the most Decorated Soldier in WWII. Pam worked tirelessly for Veterans until she was 80-years old and no longer had the energy to do so. She died recently. Whenever someone takes a cheap shot at the VA, I remember they are aiming at Pam and the thousands of dedicated employees just like her that make it work for very special patients. Call me all the names you wish. Leave them out of it.

Remember when Trump sent the hospital ship to New York that never got used? Or the Army Corps of Engineers who set up 10,000 bed outdoor hospitals the never got used?

I remember that people were dying and Trump was saying the problem would "disappear" "like magic," by spring as he refused to send the respirators. It was all the blowback he got from his public refusal to help and the mushrooming of the pandemic that caused this PR move. If you think it was anything more than that, why aren't they in service today? They collectively treated less than 260 people then left LA and New York. Seven crew members became infected with Covid 19 during the less than two-month deployment. This was a failure on any level. That was predicted in an article in Forbes Magazine March 20 issue written by Craig HooperSenior Contributor for Aerospace & Defense. The Ships were not used because they were not part of a well thought out strategy. That is the reason Trump lost an election that he had "in the bag," a year ago. The emergent situation caused by the pandemic required a strong leader. A grifter whose toughest decisions were which shade of off-white to paint a hotel lobby was destined to fail.

Trump sent hospital ship to NYC. Because of Cuomo it received only a handful of patients. Cuomo ordered nursing homes to take in patients who tested positive for covid, causing thousands more cases and deaths.

At a press conference after the early surge, Cuomo stated not one patient in NY was lost to lack of equipment.

Read my reply to Dadeus.

The USA it’s not the only country with coronavirus cases and deaths. Get real! It is not Trump’s fault any more than the deaths in Germany are Trump’s fault.

The US has 4% of the world's population, about 25% of its Covid 19 cases, and about 25% of its deaths. We are the richest nation in the world and spend the most on healthcare per capita and in total. We have some of the best doctors in the world. The only way that a country with as many advantages as we had could have such a dismal outcome is a mismanagement. I read an article about a healthcare planning organization that specializes in gaming out hypothetical pandemics, to help prepare for future events. They said that the only thing in the mix that pointed to such a dire outcome for our pandemic was Trump. If they took him out of the equation, things improved measurably. Whole future textbooks on the failure of his leadership will be written for university classes.

The USA is also one of the unhealthiest nations with high comorbities: obesity, diabetes, heart disease.

Much of the second and third world uses HCQ. Western Europe to USA and Canada and Australia are banned the use of HCQ early on in the treatment of COVID-19. I dare you to compare the fatality rates of these regions

Don’t forget that when Trump protected the USA by restricting travel from China, Democrats promoted partying it up in Chinatown so as not to offend the Chinese. Talk about creating super spreader events

Pelosi did encourage people to shop and eat in Chinatown, early in the pandemic, in order to spur the economy there. But, there were never any "Democrats," promoting "partying it up." In fact, she urged "prevention," at the time. Politifact did a review of all of the stuff Trump posted concerning Pelosi and Chinatown. They published a column in April proving that none of what he said was true. And, we now know that the spread of Covid 19 in America came through Western Europe, not China. Bottom line--She was re-elected, he was not.

The study that concludes the US has those high levels of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease reach another more relevant conclusion. It said, "The U.S. outperforms peer nations in terms of preventive measures." That would lead one to conclude that we should have had among the lowest Covid-19 rates, not the highest. Of course, that rating on prevention was based on pre-Trump behaviors and systems.,