No, I didn’t say that.
There were other option of places of sending them to nursing homes. I was specifically referring to patients she sent to nursing homes who weren’t in a nursing home prior to infection.
They didn't exist.
"...a tragedy that has prompted harsh criticism of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and her
policy that allowed recovering seniors back into facilities where they may have exposed peers."
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-g...gans-covid-deaths-are-nursing-homes-who-blame
This is the Executive Order in question:
4. A long-term care facility must adhere to the following protocol with respect to a COVID-19-affected resident who is medically stable:
a) If the long-term care facility has a dedicated unit and provides appropriate PPE to the direct-care employees who staff the dedicated unit, the facility must transfer the COVID-19-affected resident to its dedicated unit.
b) If the long-term care facility does not have a dedicated unit or does not provide appropriate PPE to the direct-care employees who staff the dedicated unit, it must transfer the COVID-19-affected resident to a regional hub, if one is available to accept the resident. If no regional hub is available to accept the transfer of the COVID-19-affected resident, the long-term care facility must attempt to send the resident to a hospital within the state that has available bed capacity. If no hospital will admit the COVID-19-affected resident, the long-term care facility must transfer the resident to an alternate care facility.
5. Once a long-term care facility resident who has been hospitalized due to onset of one or more of the principal symptoms of COVID-19 becomes medically stable and eligible for discharge in the judgment of the resident’s medical providers, a hospital must discharge the resident in accordance with the following protocol:
a) If the long-term care facility where the resident resided prior to the onset of one or more of the principal symptoms of COVID-19 (“facility of residence”) has a dedicated unit and provides appropriate PPE to the direct-care employees who staff the dedicated unit, the hospital must discharge the resident to their facility of residence for placement in the dedicated unit, provided there is available bed capacity.
b) If a discharge in accordance with section 5(a) of this part is not available, the hospital must discharge the resident to a regional hub, provided there is available bed capacity.
c) If a discharge in accordance with section 5(a) or 5(b) of this part is not available, the hospital must transfer the resident to any alternate care facility with available bed capacity in accordance with the following protocol:
It required long term care facilities "
where the resident resided prior to the onset of one or more of the principal symptoms of COVID-19" to put their resident in their dedicated COVID unit in their facility when discharged from the hospital.
It didn't put non-nursing home residents in nursing homes. It didn't put patients needing hospitalization in nursing homes.
It only put nursing home residents who were discharged from the hospital back into their nursing home, and only if they have a "dedicated unit and provides appropriate PPE to the direct-care employees who staff the dedicated unit".