Connecticut’s absurd COVID order endangers nursing home patients — againBy Bob Stefanowski
February 12, 2022
Administrators of Connecticut’s 209 nursing homes and long-term care facilities were stunned at the start of this year when the state’s Department of Public Health (DPH) told them they must start accepting patients infected with COVID-19 to relieve pressure on overflowing hospitals.
It was like déjà vu all over again for those who worked in nursing homes during the early days of the pandemic, when deaths from COVID in states like Connecticut, New York and New Jersey were highly concentrated in elderly care facilities.
Despite being one of the most vaccinated groups, people over the age of 65 account for three-quarters of the total deaths from COVID. A combination of close quarters and patients with compromised immune systems made the virus spread like wildfire through nursing homes.
The National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that any state considering “relief health care” facilities, such as nursing homes, must ensure that transferred COVID patients won’t compromise those facilities’ ability to prevent the spread of the virus internally.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/02/12/connecticut-nursing-homes-endangered-by-covid-order-again/
