Democratic New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy's office was warned that ordering nursing homes to readmit residents recovering from COVID-19 would lead to unnecessary deaths, a new report reveals.
But Murphy went ahead with implementing the order anyway.
New Jersey Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli informed hundreds long term care providers on a March 31 conference call that they would soon be expected to readmit COVID-positive nursing home residents, according to the report by New Jersey Advance Media.
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After the announcement, Perichilli was warned by an unnamed administrator that people would "die" should the infected residents be readmitted, according to the report.
"Patients will die," the administrator said. "You understand that by asking us to take COVID patients, by demanding we take COVID patients, that patients will die in nursing homes that wouldn't have otherwise died had we screened them out."
Perichilli went on to tell the administrators the guidelines for separating returning residents and their caretakers, but the group of officials took issue with the commissioner.
"You have asked us to separate safely and create our own wing and take in COVID-19's from the hospital," said one of the administrators.
"The problem, of course, is there is no separating safely," they continued. "It’s almost certain that even though you have staff only on that unit, something will migrate."
Around 8,000 lives could have been spared, but Murphy decided to indirectly sign their death warrants. Why? Michigan is the same way, with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer reportedly treating COVID-positive nursing home patients like "bags of laundry." A reporter is suing the state to get the figures on the COVID death toll in these facilities after the state health department refused to turn over the records. What is it with Democrats and their apparent blood lust against the elderly in the COVID era? They seem to love pushing policies that only end with thousands of body bags for those 65 years of age or older. In Michigan, New York, and New Jersey — all three governors face COVID nursing home death scandals because it appears they knew the science behind their actions but simply didn’t care.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2021/03/17/patients-will-die-nj-governor-was-warned-his-nursing-home-order-would-kill-people-he-ignored-it-n2586385