I would like some answers to some basic questions though.
First, does Cuomo have the authority to override hospital admission or discharge decisions? These seem to be people who were either discharged or not sick enough to be admitted?
Second, where would you suggest they be housed as there are thousands of them?
Third, who would take care of them in whatever massive facility you would put them in? They need skilled nursing care not acute nursing care at that point. Where do you get the people for that?
Fourth, who pays for their care? Medicare won’t.
If you have been through this with an elderly parent you know these choices aren’t that simple even without COVID.