Just now, watching Bernie Sanders on Jimmy Fallon, I realized something about myself, that I suspect is true for a lot of Americans; there are quite a few of us who could use a father, brother, husband.
We've been scared out of our minds by a pandemic, we've watched in horror the graphic details of the deaths of three black men. And for many of us, Andrew Cuomo became what we never had or at some point lost. He brought security, integrity, a steady voice we could rely on every day! He explained things in a manner we could comprehend and even prepared us for the end of his daily press briefings. Things are better now, time to move on.
I know he has worked tirelessly, even people who have his leadership skills need rest. I know he has a family and hobbies - things he would like to enjoy. It's selfish of us to expect him to fill our needs - voids that too many of us have carted around for years. It will be difficult to go about our day without him. He has been a guiding force through a horrible experience.
To take a line from Jose Diaz-Balart of NBC news, "Thank you (Governor Cuomo), for the privilege of YOUR time." Every state should be so fortunate.
Connie Jackson
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So, Andrew Cuomo was a force during the COVID-19 crisis. Well, if one's definition of a force is killing 11,000-12,000 elderly people in nursing homes by sending infected patients from hospitals to nursing homes, then he sure as heck was a force. He issued an executive order on March 25 requiring nursing homes to accept any patient released from a hospital and barred requiring a COVID test. I don't have a degree in epidemiology but I would assume releasing infected patients into a population of the most at risk demographic is not a good idea.
The American Health Care Association called it, "a recipe for disaster." You think? New York had six times more nursing home deaths than California or Florida which both have larger populations than New York and Florida certainly has many more senior citizens. And of course being a good Democrat he tried to blame the disaster on someone else, naturally the federal government.
Douglas Jones
Ooltewah