From WSJopinion: Lax government oversight in the nursing-home industry has likely worsened Covid-19’s terrible toll on vulnerable seniors, writes Andrew Stein
Wonder Land: The coronavirus lockdown model is about to collapse beneath its own weight, undermined by politics, confusion about the virus itself, and the basics of human nature. Images: AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyThe coronavirus pandemic has hit nursing homes especially hard.
In the New York City borough of Queens, at least 760 seniors have died in nursing homes. In New Jersey 17 bodies were discovered in a nursing home’s morgue. In Rochester, N.Y., a nursing-home owner failed to report to authorities the names of at least seven people who died, as required by federal regulations. In Washington state, where the virus first landed, 43 patients died in one nursing home alone.
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