MORE FROM THE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEE BUT NOT FOR ME VIRUS CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON EXAMINER, WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON EXAMINER--You’ve heard already that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office established a secretive program last year wherein state health officials were ordered at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic to prioritize care for Cuomo's family and friends. Now, the Washington Post now has more details on the little-known scheme, including that it was an off-the-books situation. READ MORE AT THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER HERE.

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WASHINGTON POST--New accounts detail how New York health officials were told to prioritize coronavirus testing of people connected to Andrew Cuomo 

New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s relatives and other well-connected New Yorkers were among those given preferential treatment at state coronavirus testing centers. State troopers were on standby to rush their samples to a lab to be expedited. And those with priority status got results within hours or a day, compared with the wait of up to a week that other New Yorkers faced at the time.

Seven individuals with firsthand knowledge of testing practices said that some people with access to power were able to largely bypass the overburdened resources available to the general public when the pandemic first gripped New York last year. MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON POST HERE.

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