Cuomo Addresses COVID-Era Decisions as NYC Mayoral Race Brings Renewed Light to Past Criticism; A Seton Hall Student Died Alone in COVID Isolation. Now Her Parents Have Lost Their Legal Battle, and other C-Virus related stories

Cuomo addresses COVID-era decisions as NYC mayoral race brings renewed light to past criticism:

Independent mayoral candidate says USNS Comfort hospital ship was 'never needed' during the pandemic

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s campaign to lead the Big Apple has reopened old wounds from the COVID-19 pandemic, leading him to explain key aspects behind his handling of the virus at the height of the crisis.

"New York City had COVID first and worst, so we were literally the laboratory for the country, if not the world on what was going to happen with COVID, and nobody knew," he told Fox News' Maria Bartiromo on Sunday.

The former Democratic leader, now vying for the city's top position with an independent bid, said that COVID was uncharted terrain at the time, and that decisions — particularly regarding the meager use of the USNS Comfort hospital ship sent into New York Harbor at President Donald Trump's request — were made under immense uncertainty.

"The experts believed it [the virus] was going to continue to increase and mutate, and we would overwhelm the hospitals, so President Trump sent a hospital ship, the Comfort, to New York…" he explained.

"When the ship arrived, initially they were not prepared to take COVID people. We worked through that and then, ironically, the crew of the ship got COVID, and that took a period of time."

"By the time the ship was operational, the curve had turned. The hospitals were not under the same stress, and we had opened up and were set up with an emergency facility of 1,200 beds at the Javits Convention Center. We turned that into a very large emergency shelter for overflow of hospitals, so we never needed the ship. In fact, we never even filled Javits," he added. --->READ MORE HERE

A Seton Hall student died alone in COVID isolation. Now her parents have lost their legal battle:

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the family of a Seton Hall University student who died after being placed in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The lawsuit, brought by the estate of Kristen McCartney and her parents, alleged that Seton Hall breached contractual obligations to ensure the student’s health and safety.

“While the events giving rise to this case are tragic, they do not support the claims in the amended complaint,” U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton wrote.

Attorneys for Seton Hall and for the McCartney family did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

A request for comment from a Seton Hall spokesperson was also not immediately returned.

McCartney, a diplomacy student at Seton Hall, was diagnosed in childhood with rare epilepsy, a type of epilepsy that affects a small number of people. She suffered at least two seizures a year, according to the lawsuit.

She tested positive for COVID-19 in 2021 and was placed alone in a dorm room designated for isolation.

The suit alleges McCartney, 20, died after suffering a grand mal seizure while alone in the dorm room.

Her family claims university officials failed to monitor her as promised under campus pandemic protocols. --->READ MORE HERE

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