By Phil Kerpen for Committee to Unleash Prosperity 06/15/20 I recently testified before the House Select Coronavirus Subcommittee on the meltdown in nursing homes, which excluding New York (which deliberately underreports) now account for over 55 percent of deaths with COVID.  The House Democrats’ goal was to blame these high death rates on President Trump – but the blame should belong squarely to the handful of governors who presided over these disasters. More than 60 percent of both nursing home deaths and total COVID-19 deaths occurred in just seven blue states with about 20 percent of the U.S. population: New York, New Jersey, … Continue reading COVID-19: The Nursing Home Disease

by Phil Kerpen – from The Federalist Just when COVID death rates are declining and recovery appears around the corner in most states, the latest fear is that children are getting sick and are at risk of dying. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is one of those prominently pushing this inaccurate idea. He has emerged as the COVID-19 antihero due to his catastrophic policy of forcing nursing homes to accept infectious patients, which led to a surge in deaths. He has adopted a new tactic to stoke fear and justify his bad decisions: ratcheting up anxiety about the danger to … Continue reading Stop Fear-Mongering: Kids Are Safer From Covid-19 Than Everyone Else