For months, New York sent more than 4,300 recovering elderly COVID patients back to nursing homes because of a Coumo directive. I don't get how this isn't the biggest news. The core issues aren't the beaches, the parks or the unmasked joggers passing by.https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/ap-count-4300-virus-patients-ny-nursing-homes-70825470 …
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This paper was out on February 17th, showing the dramatic threat the elderly from COVID-19. There were/are still things we do not know about this disease but the first thing we knew was the mortality rates among the elderly was very very high. Protecting them was job number onepic.twitter.com/XJt4prg6Dk
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I'm not defending any other state. Many other states (and countries) have failed to protect the elderly. From a mortality stand, I don't understand how there is so much discussion about parks, beaches, joggers or anything outdoors instead of how to best protect the elderly.
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We're cancelling outdoor summer camps all over despite significant clear benefits (mental health; immunity; socialization; economic activity) with as low a risk profile as I can imagine (driving to camp probably higher risk) and there's still not enough focus on the elderly.
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I'm also not saying let the young get infected. There really isn't enough focus on what "surviving" COVID means for younger people. But so much energy is focused on activities that we have little to no known cases of transmission and are as low-risk as life gets, and yet... sigh.
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We aren't sure when the infectiousness stops. 14 days is a guideline but there are cases to either side—some longer. But sending anyone who needs extra care/precautions to nursing homes where they were already barely managing things was a bad idea. https://twitter.com/ThisWasMash/status/1263904892952948737 …
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That's the kind of stuff we should be investigating rather than closing beaches and worrying about joggers. But without an investigation, we already know it was a terrible risk to take at the time. How bad were the results? Even from the resource-constraints? Need investigation.
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No, sending people back to overwhelmed nursing homes was a clear negative and the infectiousness, at the time, was unknown. S Korea kept people for weeks till they got clarity. (Turns out it was overkill, but that's how you act when you lack data and the alternative is terrible).
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As someone not well versed with the situation there, I wonder if it was the best option at the time? Perhaps there were others who needed those hospital beds even more, at a time when the healthcare infrastructure is severely overloaded
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