Originally posted by Butler By'Note
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Also, the focus on trying to protect the entire population has likely diverted resources from those facilities. We know from the the traditional flu that elderly people are more vulnerable. We don’t even need the current data to understand elderly people would be a greater risk.
Here’s the death rate in long term care facilities from several states here (per 100,000 population):
New Jersey 23.1
New York 18
Massachusetts 17.5
Connecticut 10.5
Louisiana 10
Pennsylvania 6.6
Colorado 4.4
Illinois 2.2
Florida 1.2
If we believe there could be a resurgence, we should be assessing how we can better protect these vulnerable populations.
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