Why ‘Cuomo’s death order’ didn’t really cause NY’s nursing home carnage. A reality check
Updated Mar 04, 2021;
Posted Mar 04, 2021
Dr. Howard Zucker, left, commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, listens to Gov. Andrew Cuomo discuss the state s preparedness for the spread of coronavirus during a news conference, Monday, March 2, 2020 in New York.Mark Lennihan | AP Photo
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Syracuse, N.Y. – To hear Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s critics tell it, March 25 is a date that will live in infamy.
On that date, Cuomo’s health commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, sent a memo directing nursing homes to help free up hospital beds by taking Covid-19 patients into their facilities.
Syracuse’s biggest nursing home starts vaccinating residents against Covid-19
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
Posted Dec 23, 2020
Betty Lillie, 95, a resident of Loretto nursing home in Syracuse, receives a Covid-19 vaccination from nurse Vicky Lyman.
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In addition, 315 employees, about 50% of Loretto’s staff, were vaccinated.
PharmScript, a long term care pharmacy company, managed the vaccination process.
Julie L. Sheedy, a Loretto official, said Loretto believe the vaccine “… will help stop the spread, especially with our most vulnerable population.”
Loretto has a second vaccination clinic scheduled for Jan. 13.
Nursing home residents, who have been hit hardest by the pandemic, are a top priority in the Covid-19 vaccination rollout that began at their facilities this week.