At one of the largest nursing home chains in the United States, 45,000-bed Genesis Healthcare, the shortages of protective gowns for workers and the lack of quick testing has forced it to play catch-up to a rampaging infection rate, even while other needed supplies have become more accessible in the past few weeks."This is not a problem that by any stretch is remotely over," Genesis Healthcare CEO George Hager Jr. said last week.
Government response While the Trump administration has promised a greater effort to help nursing homes, states like Maryland and Virginia have put in place special response teams.More than half of Virginia's coronavirus outbreaks have stemmed from long-term care facilities, according to state health department data. About 15% of the state's 300 deaths have been reported from just from one facility, Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in Richmond, per health officials.
susantowerpool All are vaccinated and boosted in nursing homes. So now what
PEOPLE ARE DYING IN THESE MAKE SHIFT PRISONS
YES NURSING HOMES ARE JUST ANOTHER FORM OF PRISON RIGHT NOW, THEY ALL NEED TO BE RELEASED HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES IN ORDER FOR THIS TO GET BETTER, ELDERLY NEED TO BE HOME CONFINED
The job of the states
America is doing what it does best, conceal caucasian death and point to minorities communities like they did with everything else.
This outbreak has shown who the essential personnel are in our society and who are surplus to requirements.
Give it up CNN. It’s over. The world is opening its doors back up. No amount of money you’re getting paid can fool us into believing false narratives anymore. SORRY
FakeNews
Haven't you been caught lying enough.
How many masks has a multi billion FakeNews network given to Nursing homes ?
Too bad that local organizations can't manage supplies so what kind of care can they give to those in need. The supplies are available if the look for it