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Have you noticed that Brennan’s second “closed” post is permitting comments? The one with his paper. sean s. LikeLike

In reply to Chris M Sciabarra. Yeah, exactly right. I agree with everything you say, except that I don’t see the basis for a mea culpa by Cuomo in any of it. Circumstances were one way in March, changed in April, then changed again in May. The po…

In reply to Chris M Sciabarra. Sorry for the delay in approving your comment–didn’t see it until now. LikeLike

In reply to mlyoung57. You made me break my resolution not to comment at length. So if that adversely affects my job search, I will, in the spirit of COVID-19 irrationality, blame you for the opportunity costs of answering at such length. Not only that…

Well, if you listen to the folks at Fox News, Cuomo, Murphy, etc. purposely sent patients, who previously lived in nursing homes and were subsequently hospitalized for and designated as having recovered from COVID-19, back into the nursing homes from w…

In reply to mlyoung57. No, that doesn’t do it. It omits too many relevant facts, and falls too easily for Cuomo’s later misdirection (which effectively throws Murphy under the bus). Go back to March. In March, hospitals in New York and New…