Now the real numbers have been released (as much as you can trust the Cuomo administration after it lied about the number of nursing home deaths), and they reveal that nearly 13,000 people died in New York nursing homes due to COVID-19. The Empire Center, a non-partisan think tank, reported that number accounts for 14% of New York’s “pre-pandemic nursing home population.”
The numbers are shocking, but the Center included more information about the other 49 states and Washington, D.C., reporting that the national average of nursing home deaths was 12% of the pre-pandemic nursing home population. This means New York was above average in nursing home deaths (other populous states, like California and Florida, were below average). [ Source: Daily Wire ]
Will anyone really report on this? Sadly, many families lost loved ones while politicians played politics!