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This data has been known for at least several weeks.

The state to hide the true numbers is showing LTCFs with one to five deaths with an * on their daily publication to further obfuscate the real mismanagement by these facilities.

Furthermore, it was not a routine practice across the states. Florida is a prime example of being pro-active in the protection of the elderly. Florida has almost twice the number of patients in LTCFs as Pennsylvania, yet their percentage of deaths of those residents was 1/8 that of Pennsylvania. In fact, by digging down into the statistics, about one in five residents have or had the disease.

The risks of admitting and readmitting patients to these facilities was obviously recognized by Dr. Levine as the doctor had her mother removed from such a facility early on in the pandemic. To try to whitewash this malfeasance by saying it was a routine practice and was part of the CDC guidelines is an affront to all the patients of LTCF who are and have suffered because of the mismanagement by these facilities and the state government.