Residents Nursing home residents and staff were among the first people eligible for coronavirus vaccine shots. However, experts, advocates and family members of residents complain the process is too slow. 40% of all COVID deaths are from nursing home employees and residents. There’s no timeline for when CVS and Walgreens will complete all of the vaccinations at long-term care facilities. “Those individuals continue
Coronavirus vaccinations at the nation’s nursing homes have increased. A sign of progress? I hope so. CDC reports that updated figures show that 25% of vaccine doses were given to residents and caregivers. Overall, only 4.5 million doses were sent through Trump’s Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program. Last week, less than 15% of the distributed
Unavoidable? I am sick and tired of hearing from the nursing home industry that the covid spread and deaths were unavoidable. This is simply not true. It is an excuse that the industry is using to avoid accountability. How do I know? Because many nursing homes were able to avoid all covid cases. The Buffalo
Expanding Access South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced that any South Carolina resident aged 70 or older can receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Pre-existing conditions no longer provides priority. Access is expanding. Hopefully, this will increase utilization rates. South Carolina has a 56 percent utilization rate. State officials want to expand access
Asymptomatic Carriers Researchers found that at least 50% of new coronavirus cases stem from asymptomatic carriers based on study findings. An analysis published in JAMA found that 59% of all disease transmission came from asymptomatic individuals. 35% of those being presymptomatic people and 24% people who never developed symptoms. The research supports a November study that called
Police arrested a pharmacist in Wisconsin on charges that he intentionally sabotaged more than 500 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. This criminal sabotage is unforgiveable. The police said Steven Brandenburg worked the night shift at the Aurora Medical Center. He twice removed a box of vials of the Moderna vaccine from the refrigerator for periods