5/25/20 - smart, useful, science stuff about COVID-19
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NURSING HOMES: 1) More than a third of U.S. deaths from the new coronavirus have occurred among nursing home and long-term care facility residents and staffers, according to various reports, including this 5/22/20 story by Paula Span at The New York Times. The Times story describes some solutions such as reviving a federal rule for mandatory, full-time "infection preventionists,” private rooms for all residents, better pay and benefits for staffers so they can afford to stay home when ill, and designated visitors to help with care. “Stopping the virus in long-term care, which is fully possible, is the key to reopening the country,” according to a Cornell University research and gerontologist quoted in the story:
5/25/20 - smart, useful, science stuff about COVID-19
5/25/20 - smart, useful, science stuff about…
5/25/20 - smart, useful, science stuff about COVID-19
NURSING HOMES: 1) More than a third of U.S. deaths from the new coronavirus have occurred among nursing home and long-term care facility residents and staffers, according to various reports, including this 5/22/20 story by Paula Span at The New York Times. The Times story describes some solutions such as reviving a federal rule for mandatory, full-time "infection preventionists,” private rooms for all residents, better pay and benefits for staffers so they can afford to stay home when ill, and designated visitors to help with care. “Stopping the virus in long-term care, which is fully possible, is the key to reopening the country,” according to a Cornell University research and gerontologist quoted in the story: