Posted on 06/21/2020 8:57:06 PM PDT by bitt
Nursing home residents account for nearly 1 in 10 of all the coronavirus cases in the United States and more than a quarter of the deaths, according to an Associated Press analysis of government data released Thursday.
As federal data collection becomes more robust, a clearer picture is emerging of the ravages of COVID-19 in nursing homes. About 1.4 million older and medically frail people live in such facilities, a tiny share of the American population that has borne a crushing burden from the pandemic. Most residents have been in lockdown since early March, isolated from families and friends, even in death.
AP’s analysis of data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services found that nearly half of the more than 15,000 nursing homes have reported suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of June 7. About 1 in 5 facilities — or 21 percent — have reported deaths.
Nationwide, nursing homes reported nearly 179,000 suspected or confirmed cases among residents and 29,497 deaths. The latest figures include about 95 percent of nursing homes.
Earlier this week, a special House panel on the coronavirus pandemic launched an investigation into the crisis in nursing homes.
The vulnerabilities are many. Residents live in close quarters, usually two to a room before the pandemic. They shared dining and recreational areas, and physical therapy gyms. Many staff aides work in several facilities, so they can unwittingly carry the virus from one nursing home to another.
Lawmakers are concerned “that lax oversight by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the federal government’s failure to provide testing supplies and personal protective equipment to nursing homes and long-term care facilities may have contributed to the spread of the coronavirus,” said committee Chairman James Clyburn, D-S.C. “Despite CMS’s broad legal authority, the agency has largely
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Thanks, Cuomo.
Well....duh
More than 1 in 4 so is it 2 in 4, 3 in 4 what the hell is MORE than 1 in 4???
In other words it may have been a planned scheme to rid the system of the elderly and those who were confined to living in a care facility.
Oh, my goodness! Is any place really safe? Does Dr. Fauci know about this? /s
1.25 in four,for example.
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L8r
You mean trimming the elderly burden on the New York pension system?
Visiting nursing homes on a regular basis prior to the COVID I witnessed neglect of some of the residents especially those who do not have family close by or they do have family that could care less about them.
Only 1 in 4?
Try 68% in Pennsylvania.
Tommie the Commie (Wolf) and the Tyrannical Trannie aka Dr. (Dickless) “Rachel” Levine found their final solution to the Medicare/Medicaid crisis....
...after the later had its mother safely whisked out of a nursing home into a hotel.
All mamas are equal....
Well if that is the case .25x4=1 so that would make it 2 in 4 AND how in the hell do you get .25 person, just askin!!!
I am just cynical enough about rats 🐀 to believe that it was planned that way. I hate the rat 🐀 party.
Other reposts about old people deaths being even higher (nearer to 50%), BUT many of those are NOT in ‘Nursing Homes’.
I wonder if that ‘nursing homes’ label even include ‘assisted living’ (or not) as well.
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It's a math thing; you wouldn't understand so don't worry your pretty little head about it. Let the menfolk handle it.
68% in our state of NC.
This is just nursing home deaths. Not extended care facilities or assisted living homes. Or by age. Very different stats there.
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