My county in CA totaled 30 new cases yesterday—and almost all from a nursing home! Five deaths total (since March 1).
I wonder what will happen to the nursing home industry after this. Might be time to rethink institutionalization of the elderly. . .but not an easy problem to solve.
My daughter is a nurse and a shift administrator in one of the three local nursing homes here. It has been a nightmare for her. They have been on lockdown for over a month, with no visitors. They clean and disinfect EVERYTHING coming in. All unnecessary employees have been furloughed. All employees coming in are temperature tested before they enter the building. They have to wear masks and gloves the entire shift. They have to deal with belligerent and flipped out family members who haven't visited Aunt Edna since they put her in the home, but suddenly show up and demand to see her. But, the result of all this hardship is no coronavirus.
Also, MANY people from the northeast are escaping and heading down to Texas where they think it is safe. Many of these people are health care workers. However, my daughters' facility has orders not to hire any healthcare workers from states that are hot spots.