Covid Nursing Home / Senior Center Scandals
This is a work in progress that has barely begun.
This can be taken on its own or it can be taken along with the other facets of the ccovid-19 boondoggle. For the other subcategories of this covid culture war,
see Covid Boondoggle.
Some of this will overlap with my piece Covid Severity or Lack Thereof.
The media reports below may or may not be honest/accurate. We certainly do not take their word for it. We will not tell you what is true or false. In this age of almost universal deception, you must learn to fact check and evaluate sources for yourself.
March 7, 2020
“Washington Virus Deaths Hit 16; 1/3 of Life Care Staff Sick” by The Associated Press for US News & World Report. This reads, in part,
The number of deaths linked to coronavirus in Washington state has reached 16, but even more might be attributed based on figures released by the nursing home at the center of the outbreak.
The number of deaths linked to coronavirus in Washington state has reached 16, officials said Saturday, but even more might be attributed based on figures released by the nursing home at the center of the outbreak.
The two most recent deaths occurred on Friday, health officials said. One was a woman in her 70s, the other a woman in her 80s. Both were residents of Life Care Center of Kirkland, the nursing home that has been the epicenter of the outbreak and connected to 14 of the deaths.
The nursing home held its first media briefing Saturday, announcing that since Feb. 19, 26 residents have died. It is an acute care facility where about three to seven residents die in a typical month, it said in a written statement.
Most of the patients died at hospitals, where they were tested: 13 of 15 who died at hospitals had the new coronavirus. But 11 died at the nursing home, and Life Care said it had no information about post-mortem tests to see whether any of them had the disease.
A team of 30 medical professionals from the U.S. Public Health Service began arriving at Life Care over the weekend to relieve exhausted — and ill — staff.
In its statement Saturday, Life Care said 70 of its 180 employees have shown COVID-19 symptoms and are no longer working. The facility said that it has 63 residents remaining — down from 120 before the outbreak — and that six of them have symptoms.
“We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the various government agencies for the staffing help that arrived today,” the company said. “We now have several extra nurses, two nurse practitioners and one doctor.”
King County Executive Dow Constantine also expressed appreciation. “We are grateful the cavalry is coming,” he said Friday.
People in senior housing are considered especially susceptible because the disease caused by the new coronavirus is especially dangerous to the elderly and those with underlying health conditions.
Meanwhile staff at two other Seattle-area senior communities dealt with their first reported cases. Two senior communities — the Ida Culver House Ravenna, a retirement home in northeast Seattle, and the Issaquah Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in suburban Issaquah, reported one case each.
The Ida Culver House resident has been hospitalized since Wednesday, said the retirement community's operator, Era Living. The facility has since doubled its disinfection and cleaning practices for common areas, canceled events, asked staff who were in contact with the patient to stay home, and canceled dining room meals — instead delivering food to its approximately 90 residents.
The Issaquah nursing home resident was hospitalized on Tuesday. Three firefighters who responded there have been quarantined but haven't shown any symptoms, Issaquah Mayor Mary Lou Pauly said.
The Department of Health released the updated number of cases Saturday, saying there are now 102 COVID-19 cases across the state — a figure that did not include the first case in Kittitas County in central Washington, which was reported on Saturday.
The bulk of the cases are in King County, where 15 of the deaths have been reported in what remains the nation's worst outbreak.
Besides Kittitas, Jefferson, Pierce, Grant and Clark counties have announced their first cases in recent days. More than two dozen have been reported in Snohomish County.
Precautions and preparations continued on a number of other fronts, with the University of Washington, Seattle University and Seattle Pacific University announcing that classes will be taught online for the rest of the winter quarter. Starbucks closed a downtown Seattle store after a worker tested positive. A number of large events, including Emerald City Comic Con, have been canceled.
King County was setting up trailers at several sites to care for quarantined patients and purchased an 84-room motel in Kent for $4 million for that purpose. Kent sued on Friday to temporarily block the county from placing patients there, saying officials had not addressed the city's public health concerns. A Superior Court judge rejected that request with conditions, saying the county could move 15 people into the motel for now.
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March 8, 2020
“15 of 21 Coronavirus Deaths in US Were at Life Care Senior Center in Washington State – Center Goes from 120 to 63 Residents in Recent Weeks” by Jim Hoft for The Gateway
“15 of 19 Coronavirus Deaths in US Were at Life Care Senior Center in Washington State” by james hoft on Youtube
March 9, 2020, 3:21pm
“UPDATE: President Trump Was Right! 37,000 Flu Deaths Per Year… So Far 26 Coronavirus Deaths in US, 19 of Them at Same Life Care Senior Center by Jim Hoft for The Gateway
March 9, 2020, 4:09pm
Jim Hoft tweeted,
To put the current panic in perspective... There have been 26 coronavirus deaths in US and 19 of those in one senior center... And 20,000 to 50,000 flu deaths this flu season.
@LouDobbs
March 9, 2020, 8:58pm
11:29pm
Adam Milstein tweeted,
Death numbers from CoronaVirus in America are incredibly misleading. Out of US 26 fatal cases, 23 were in King County, Washington (88.5%). Out 162 Washington state people infected, 116 are in King county (72%). Most of them in Life Care Center of Kirkland https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/coronavirus-number-confirmed-cases-more-than-100-virus-moves-more-counties/XIDPHMLVOJAAREQ5YCL75367PU/ …
March 9, 2020, 8:58pm
March 12, 2020
“Corornavirus Pandemic Update: US Deaths Reach 37 and 23 Are From the Same Senior Center – Current US Mortality Rate Minus the Senior Center Is Similar to Flu Numbers” by Jim Hoft for The Gatway Pundit
In this report, Hoft writes,
There have been 37 deaths blamed on the coronavirus in the US.
There have been 1,636 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the US.
At least 23 of those deaths were at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington.
The Life Care Center has gone from 120 residents down to 60 in the past month.The current mortality rate in the US is 2.2%.
If you subtract the Life Center deaths the total goes down to .8%.
March 13, 2020
“CONFIRMED: 222,000 Positively Tested for Flu and 22,000 Flu Deaths in US this Season … AND– 1,864 COVID-19 Cases and 41 Deaths in US This Season” by Jim Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
In this piece, citing the CDC and Worldometer, Jim Hoft writes,
There have been 41 deaths blamed on the coronavirus in the US.
There have been 1,864 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the US.
At least 23 of those deaths were at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington.
The Life Care Center has gone from 120 residents down to 60 in the past month.The current mortality rate in the US is 2.2%.
If you subtract the Life Center deaths the total goes down to .9%.The US economy plunged 8,351 points this month over the coronavirus news and 41 confirmed deaths.
At the same time there have been 222,000 confirmed flu cases from testing in the US this season.
The CDC estimated 37 million total flu cases this season.
And there have been 22,000 flu deaths this flu season.There were 144 children who died from the flu this season.
This chart comes from the CDC.
It shows weekly flu numbers and seasonal flu numbers.So far this flu season there have been over 1 million flu tests given.
There have been 222,552 confirmed flu cases.
There have been 22,000 flu deaths this season.And yet the stock market crashed over 41 coronavirus deaths?
What is going on?
March 14, 2020
“Life Care employees tested for coronavirus; facility to be cleaned” by KIRO 7 News Staff
KIRKLAND, Wash. — At Life Care Center of Kirkland, the number of patients killed by the coronavirus continues to grow. Of the 40 deaths in Washington, 27 are now linked to the nursing home, according to Public Health Seattle and King County, and Overlake Hospital.
March 15, 2020
“29 of 68 Coronavirus Deaths in US Are Associated with One Senior Center in Kirkland, Washington” by Jim Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
This report cites “Update on COVID-19 in King County for March 15, 2020” on the Public Health news and blog by King County’s .gov website and Worldometer.
March 17, 2020
“TRAGIC. 30 of 109 US Coronavirus Deaths Are Associated with the Same Senior Center in Kirkland, Washington” by The Gateway Pundit
“TRAGIC. 30 of 109 US Coronavirus Deaths Are Associated with the Same Senior Center in Kirkland, Washington” by Jim Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
This article cites Worldometer, “Public Health - Seattle & King County COVID-19 update for March 17, 2020” on the Public Health news and blog by King County’s .gov website and Worldometer. It states,
The number of cases of coronavirus jumped significantly in the United States on Tuesday.
As testing becomes more accessible across the country it was expected that the number of cases would increase.
On Tuesday there has been 1,806 new cases of coronavirus reported.
23 new deaths were reported in the US due to the coronavirus.US Coronavirus Totals.
** 6,469 total confirmed cases
** 109 total coronavirus deaths.
** Three new deaths in Washington state.
** 30 of the 109 US deaths were associated with the Senior Life Center in Kirkland.
** The Senior Life Center went from 120 to 60 patients over the past month.** The US mortality rate went from 3% last week to 1.9% on Sunday to 1.6% on Tuesday.
** Minus the Senior Life Center numbers the US mortality rate is at 1.2%.
How tragic.
May 21, 2020
“Here We Go: NY Governor Cuomo Blames CDC and Trump for the Thousands of Nursing Home Deaths in His State” The Gateway Pundit
March 24, 2020
“President Trump Cites Accurate Gateway Pundit Article Cuomo Administration Rejected Purchasing Additional Ventilators in 2015 for Pandemic Preparedness Based on Funding” by The Gateway Pundit
April 23, 2020
“THIS EXPLAINS THE NEW YORK NUMBERS: Governor’s Policies Required Infected Coronavirus Patients Be Sent Back to Nursing Home” by Jim Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
“94% of All NYC Coronavirus Patients Have Underlying Health Problems; 3,505 Nursing Home Residents Die from China Coronavirus in New York State” by Jim Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
April 25, 2020
“Italian Government to Investigate Nursing Homes on Manslaughter Charges after 40% of Coronavirus Deaths Occurred in Senior Homes” by The Gateway Pundit
April 27, 2020
“Employee at Illinois Nursing Home Infects 40 Patients with Coronavirus – At least 24 Dead” by Jim Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
May 1, 2020
“80 Patients and Staff Members Come Down with Coronavirus at Texas Nursing Home – 39 of 39 Saved by Hydroxychloroquine Treatment” by Jim Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
May 5, 2020
“Wow! New York State Dumps Another 1,700 Nursing Home Deaths into Their Coronavirus Death Totals!” by Jim Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
May 11, 2020
“STUNNING: In the US 39% of All US COVID-19 Deaths — or 31,900 — Occurred in Nursing Homes” by The Gateway Pundit
May 13, 2020
“Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Moved His Own Mother Out of Senior Facility to a Hotel While Coronavirus Swept Through Nursing Homes (VIDEO)“ by The Gateway Pundit
May 15, 2020
“KILLER WOLF: GOP Congressman Perry Calls Out Democrat Governor For Killing Elderly Pennsylvanians in Nursing Homes” by Jim Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
May 17, 2020
“Nice Try: Governor Cuomo Says “Nobody Should Be Prosecuted” for Sticking Sick Coronavirus Patients into New York Nursing Homes (VIDEO)” by Jim Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
May 19, 2020
“CNN Gives Gov. Cuomo A Pass On Disastrous NY Nursing Home Policy” by Eric A. Blair for The Gateway Pundit
May 21, 2020
“Here We Go: NY Governor Cuomo Blames CDC and Trump for the Thousands of Nursing Home Deaths in His State” The Gateway Pundit
“SHOCKING: More New Yorkers Died from Governor Cuomo’s Coronavirus Nursing Home Policy than Died on 9/11” by Joe Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
May 22, 2020
“Media Completely Ignore Bombshell Report On Disastrous NY Nursing Home Policy at Gov. Cuomo’s Daily Presser” by The Gateway Pundit
May 26, 2020
“UPDATE: Study Finds Just 1.8% of US Population is in Nursing Homes But Tallied Over 42% of All US COVID-19 Deaths — or Over 40,000 Deaths!” by The Gateway Pundit
May 27, 2020
“News Agencies Finally Report NY Health Department Scrubbed Cuomo’s Nursing Home Order — After TGP Reported on This 2 Weeks Ago” by Eric A. Blair for The Gateway Pundit
May 30, 2020
“New York’s Governor Cuomo, Health Commissioner Zucker and Executive Deputy Commissioner Dreslin Have Coronavirus Blood on Their Hands” by Joe Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
June 16, 2022
“Democrat Governors in MI, NY, NJ, CA and PA Sent Letter Demanding Why They Ignored Protocols and Sent Sick COVID-19 Patients to Nursing Homes” by The Gateway Pundit
July 8, 2020
“Ignored by American Media and the CDC: Children are SEVEN TIMES More Likely to Die from Seasonal Flu than the Coronavirus!” by Jim Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
“There is NO WAY New York State’s Nursing Home COVID-19 Death Totals Are Accurate — Not a Chance in Hell” by The Gateway Pundit
August 8, 2020
“EXCLUSIVE: Killer Cuomo Not Only Murdered Thousands of Elderly In Homes, He Also Targeted Adult Care Facilities and Group Homes for People with Disabilities” by Joe Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
Back in May we reported that New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo, Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, MD and Executive Deputy Commissioner Sally Dreslin’s actions led to thousands of deaths in New York state. . .
As we reported in May, the reason for the Cuomo’s insane directives is related to money. . .
As we reported in May, the reason for the Cuomo’s insane directives is related to money:
In 2018, as Governor Andrew Cuomo faced a challenge to his reelection bid in the New York State Democratic primary, he got a last minute $1m cash infusion from the General New York Hospital Association (GNYHA)—a powerful NY healthcare industry group. On April 2, 2020, he repaid the favor when he quietly signed legislation shielding hospital and nursing home executives from any lawsuits stemming from the coronavirus outbreak. The clauses, inserted into the annual budget bill by Cuomo, gave blanket immunity protections for healthcare industry executive and administrators, the same individuals and institutions that have made a fortune moving sick Covid-19 patients to nursing homes.
The GNYHA gave to the Democrats an unheard of $3 million in the 2018 election cycle. Of this, Cuomo and his state party committee received close to $2.3m from various hospitals and nursing home industry donors. Governor Cuomo returned the favor with his directive forcing COVID-19 patients back into elderly homes. This directive provided a massive increase in revenues to organizations associated with the GNYHA who were paid handsomely for COVID patients. It was a bonanza for these entities.
The impact of this decision on elderly New Yorkers in nursing homes is the elderly in these nursing homes spread the disease and died. They died at the worst rate in the country and the world.
The Gateway Pundit reported numerous times that the mortality rates for the China coronavirus are not much worse than a bad flu season across the US with the exception of New York and New Jersey. The death rates in these areas are way above the rest of the country and the world for that matter. It is clear that Governor Cuomo’s policies in New York led to the unnecessary massive number of deaths in the state.
But today we have to report that it is even worse. Cuomo’s insane and deadly policies not only targeted nursing homes, they also targeted adult care facilities and group homes for people with disabilities.
The March 25 nursing home edict issued by the New York state (NYS) Department of Health (DOH) is NOT the only order NYS enacted, which mandated that Covid-19 infected patients got sent into congregate care facilities from hospitals. NYS ALSO sent COVID-19 infected patients into adult care facilities (ACFs) and into group homes managed under the NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD).
ACFs serve older people who have medical needs, but do not require nursing home care. NYS OPWDD serves individuals who acquired a disability before the age of 22. Examples of covered disabilities include, but are not limited to: autism, mental retardation, brain injury, Down’s syndrome, cerebral palsy. Some of these individuals (who can be any age, including seniors, as long as they acquired their disability before age 22) are among New York’s most vulnerable.
There is also regulatory language which shows that the state was (and likely still is) allowing COVID-19 infected staff to continue to work with these individuals! Families have not been able to resume visitation rights and have not seen their child or adult child since March. This is an unbearable hardship for all concerned.
Here are links the directives in New York:
Enacted March 25, 2020, Nursing Homes: https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/03/doh_covid19-_nhadmissionsreadmissions_-032520.pdf
Enacted April 7, 2020, Adult Care Facilities:
https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/04/doh_covid19_acfreturnofpositiveresidents_040720.pdf(This URL no longer works. Here is the policy: https://web.archive.org/web/20200608212648/https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/04/doh_covid19_acfreturnofpositiveresidents_040720.pdf)
Enacted April 10, 2020, NYS OPWDD Certified Residential Facilities: https://opwdd.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/04/4.11.2020-opwdd_crfreturnfromhospital.pdf (In case the above has been deleted: https://web.archive.org/web/20200531135252/https://opwdd.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/04/4.11.2020-opwdd_crfreturnfromhospital.pdf)
There’s more important information in the article, it is recommended.
August 10, 2020
“New Evidence Reveals Killer Cuomo and His Health Commissioner Zucker Are Covering Up Their Actions That Killed Thousands of Elderly New Yorkers” by Joe Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
August 26, 2020
“HUGE! DOJ Requests COVID-19 Data From Four Democrat Governors who Issued Orders to Send Sick Patients to Nursing Homes” by The Gateway Pundit
October 28, 2020
““And Now He’s Dead!” — SICK: Governor Cuomo Jokes About Young Man Who Died from Coronavirus – Then Repeats It (VIDEO)” by Jim Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
September 25, 2021
“Hochul launching purge of Cuomo cronies from Albany: sources” by FOX
“New York Health Commissioner Howard Zucker Is Stepping Down – He Worked with Cuomo to Force COVID Patients on Nursing Homes” by Joe Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
June 18, 2022
“Cuomo’s Legacy: At Least 4,500 COVID-19 Patients were Sent to Seed New York Nursing Homes Killing at Least 6,000 Residents” by The Gateway Pundit
July 22, 2020
“Janice Dean: COVID-19 killed my in-laws after Cuomo's reckless New York nursing home policy” by Janice Dean for USA Today
July 26, 2020
“It’s Time to Take the Mask Off Cuomo: New York Governor’s Reckless Nursing Home Policies Tied to Thousands of New York COVID Deaths (VIDEO)” by The Gateway Pundit
August 1, 2020
“These Five Democrat Governors Behind Tens of Thousands of Coronavirus Deaths Sent COVID-19 Patients to Nursing Homes” by The Gateway Pundit
January 28, 2021
“Janice Dean Breaks Down on Live TV After NY Officials Admit Covid Nursing Home Deaths Were Undercounted by 50% (VIDEO)” by Jim Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
In response to this, Gov. Cuomo had some harsh words as reported in “New York Governor Cuomo Spokesperson Tells Grieving Janice Dean Who Lost Two In-laws to COVID in New York to Stick to the Weather” by Joe Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
“New Report Indicates New York Nursing Home COVID Death Scandal Far Worse Than Previously Known” by The Gateway Pundit
“Janice Dean Breaks Down on Live TV After NY Officials Admit Covid Nursing Home Deaths Were Undercounted by 50% (VIDEO)” by The Gateway Pundit
February 3, 2021
“Judge Claims New York Governor Cuomo’s Health Department Illegally Withheld COVID Nursing Home Death Toll” by Joe Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
February 11, 2021
“BOMBSHELL: Top NY Official Admits Cuomo Hid Nursing Home Data So Feds Wouldn’t Find Out” by Jim Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
February 14, 2021
“CNN’s Chris Cuomo Ignores COVID Nursing Home Scandal Engulfing Governor Brother Andrew” by The Gateway Pundit
February 17, 2021
“JUST IN: FBI, US Attorney in Brooklyn Investigating Cuomo’s Handling of New York Nursing Homes” by Cristina Laila for The Gateway Pundit
February 19, 2021
“Why Are These Four Democrat Governors Given a Pass After Sending Sickly COVID Spreaders to Nursing Homes Like Gov. Cuomo?” by Jim Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
February 21, 2021
“TGP FactCheck: Politifact Editor-In-Chief Bizarrely Claims Sending Sick COVID Patients to NY Nursing Homes Was Inconsequential” by Jim Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
March 7, 2021
“In June 2020 Big Media Giants Like ABC Were Praising New York’s Governor Cuomo for His COVID Actions – TGP Was Reporting the Truth” by The Gateway Pundit
”Democrat New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Stands by His Decision to Send Sickly Covid Patients Back Into Nursing Homes (VIDEO)” by Cristina Laila for The Gateway Pundit
March 12, 2021
“Cuomo’s Greatest Crime – Creating Policies So His Assistant’s Family and Donors Could Make Millions From COVID Patients in Elderly Homes” by Joe Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
March 13, 2021
“Is WA Gov. Jay Inslee Single-handedly Responsible for America's COVID Outbreak?” by Townhall
March 15, 2021
“Over 10,000 Workers in New York Elderly and Disabled Home Facilities Caught COVID and Over 30 Died Thanks to Cuomo’s Insane Policies in the State” by The Gateway Pundit
July 24, 2021
“Biden DOJ Drops Investigations of All Democrat Governors Whose Actions Killed Tens of Thousands of Seniors in Nursing Homes with COVID” by Jim Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
January 3, 2022
“Manhattan DA Closes Investigation of Andrew Cuomo in Nursing Home Deaths; No Charges Brought” by The gateway Pundit
January 29, 2022
“COVID Deaths in New York Nursing Homes Were Under Reported by Nearly 50% But Both DOJ and New Manhattan DA Drop Investigations into Cuomo” by Joe Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
November 5, 2022
November 6, 2022
“WICKED: Gretchen Whitmer Says She Never Required COVID Patients to be Forced into Nursing Homes — She’s Lying and Here is the DOCUMENT PROOF” by Jim Hoft for The Gateway Pundit
“NEVER FORGET: Whitmer Lies and Says She Didn’t Send COVID Patients to Nursing Homes… What About This Thug?” by The Gateway Pundit