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Why the coronavirus has taken so many lives in US nursing homes
Three systemic failures that explain the coronavirus’s terrible toll in US nursing #carehomes
By Dylan Scott on June 3, 2020 3:30 pm
The novel coronavirus has taken an unimaginable toll in America’s nursing homes and long-term care facilities. At least 25,000 residents and 400 staff members have died in the pandemic, according to new federal estimates.
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