March 3, 2021
Few doubt that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s policy of sending COVID-19 patients into nursing homes led to a huge spike in deaths of the elderly. The puzzle is that those tragic results were both predictable and preventable. There were warnings right from the outset. Several writerssuggest Cuomo’s directive seemed to intentionally de-value those lives.
Hence, a much bigger question looms over the scandal than what it means for Cuomo’s career: What happens when an entrenched ruling class devalues human life in general, and the lives of the elderly in particular? In general, Cuomo and other self-styled progressives routinely press for policies that devalue the lives of the weak and infirm.