Posted on 04/02/2020 5:25:03 AM PDT by bryan999
HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) -As of Tuesday afternoon, thirteen veterans at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke have died and all residents and staff are being tested for COVID-19.
According to Brooke Karanovich from the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, the following was confirmed by the Soldiers Home Tuesday:
According to Brooke Karanovich from the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, the following was confirmed by the Soldiers Home Tuesday:
13 veteran resident deaths (6 tested positive for COVID-19, 5 pending test results, 1 negative and 1 is unknown 10 veteran residents have tested positive for COVID-19 25 veteran residents pending test results 7 staff tested positive
During an update on his Facebook page Tuesday morning, Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse said he was disappointed in the lack of urgency or action that was taken at the Soldiers’ home.
A phone hotline and email inbox was launched Tuesday for families and loved ones of residents to answer questions and provide support. Additionally, social workers will be available to take Veteran-specific questions for families.
The Family Hotline number is 413-552-4764, and help is available Monday – Friday 8:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. The email inbox isCommunicationsMailbox-HLY@Mass.gov.
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Incompetence and negligence at BEST.
How can all of us be on lockdown and a home full of elderly Vets not be? Shameful.
Not sure if this is national news yet or not.. should probably be in breaking.
So sickening and sad. How many people were involved in this... ???
Dreadful. RIP.
I put it in breaking.
7 staff also tested positive.
Most probably one of the staff brought it in.
Even if you stop all visitors the staff has to come and go.
And then the question becomes how well do they do mitigation procedures?
First posted on the 31st but not getting a whole lot of attention.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3830155/posts
It’s just the flu. It only kills old people.
Happens every flu season....bro. Right?
May those veterans rest in peace.
This story should be receiving more attention in the news.
I see... I thought I did a search. And it already got pulled out of breaking. Oh well. just trying to give it more exposure.
I hope it gets more attention. This is really bad.
What do you expect from a Harvard Grad? Gay screaming liberal.
Did anyone think of giving the Vets Hydoxychlorozuine and zpac? They would still be alive. What is wrong with our medical system expers?
The Peoples Republic of Massachusetts spends more than $2 billion on illegal aliens and treats its veterans like animals going to slaughter. All veterans would be better off claiming non citizen status in the unofficial sanctuary state of Massachusetts.
Jeff Kuhner is ripping Baker a new one this morning.
Private reply coming....
Howie Carr covered this story on his show yesterday. The Soldiers Home was run by unqualified political hacks who paid off Gov. Charlie Baker [Tall Deval] for their jobs.
Another Mass State Government scandal.
Old soldiers without families or too disabled to fend for themselves.
Nice.
All the “Thanks for your service” you really need to make those rusty years go by in a flash.
And the people who run the Soldier’s Home were likely found to be the most qualified - as it always seems to go in this corrupt cesspool of a state - after a “nationwide” search.
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