AARP is gathering federal data as part of its COVID-19 nursing home dashboards, which are summarized in four-week periods. AARP said its latest tracking data showed only 60% of long-term care facility workers in America have received their COVID shots. CMS reports that 62% of nursing home staff are vaccinated. However, vaccination rates ranges from a high
Animal Medicine FDA tells Americans to stop taking an animal dewormer for Covid by explaining that “you are not a horse”. The agency issued warnings after misinformation about ivermectin, a medicine used to deworm livestock, spread on right-wing social media. Incredible. Ivermectin can be deadly. The drug is not approved to treat or prevent COVID-19.
The Washington Post published an op-ed from Louise Dubin, a cellist and writer based in New Jersey. Most of the residents at my father’s nursing home are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. But many of the staff members there — as at many other facilities across the United States — refuse vaccines. The results last month
Unnecessary Risk Nursing home residents are at substantial risk of death from COVID. The industry and the caregivers have a duty to protect residents. However, nursing home staff continue to refuse to get the vaccine. Even though workers at nursing homes and assisted-living facilities were among the first people offered vaccinations, many still refuse to
The United States reported more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths yesterday, equating to around 42 fatalities an hour. all the deaths were unvaccinated people. This is now a pandemic of the unvaccinated. However, that includes vulnerable children who cannot get vaccinated yet. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated the delta variant accounts for more
Once again, South Carolina leads with stupidity. Republican politician Ralph Norman filed a lawsuit against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the mask mandate in the House of Representatives. The frivolous lawsuit came after the House Ethics Committee upheld the fines against the lawmakers for not wearing masks during a May vote. The mask mandate was