Janice Dean slams Cuomo nursing home policy after losing in-laws to COVID-19: 'Not just numbers on a curve' | Fox News

Janice Dean slams Cuomo nursing home policy after losing in-laws to COVID-19: 'Not just numbers on a curve' | Fox News

Fox News' Janice Dean slams Cuomo nursing-home policy after losing in-laws to COVID-19: 'These are real people'
Fox News senior meteorologist Janice Dean said Thursday that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's failed nursing home policy should be "one of the biggest" stories of the year after both of her husband’s parents lost their lives to the coronavirus.

"I have not seen the coverage of this," an emotional Dean said on "Tucker Carlson Tonight. "Twenty percent of our lost loved ones are from nursing homes ... because Governor Cuomo and several other governors forced COVID-recovering patients into nursing homes."

Cuomo has been roundly criticized over New York's initial policy that required nursing homes to accept COVID-19 hospital patients who had been discharged from hospitals. On May 10, New York reversed the policy amid criticism and the mounting death toll. Officially, 5,876 residents of New York state nursing homes or assisted living facilities have died of COVID-19 as of Thursday.

Dean, who rarely comments on political issues, felt compelled to speak out after watching a CNN interview in which anchor Chris Cuomo -- the governor's younger brother -- failed to address the growing controversy while interviewing the governor, and instead performed prop comedy with giant cotton swabs. Click here for more.

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