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Probably helps explain why covid hit so hard in nursing homes.

• abfan1127 5y ago
  nursing homes are filled with people knocking on death's door. They have degraded cardiac and lung function, aged immune systems, most are on lots of medications. All respiratory (i.e. easily transmissible) diseases hit nursing homes hard.
  • nradov 5y ago
    Correct. Other "common cold" coronaviruses have a high fatality rate in nursing homes. Realistically there's not much we can do to protect nursing home patients from highly infectious respiratory viruses. Cutting them off from human contact in sterile bubbles inflicts terrible psychological harm. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/10/18-0862_article https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/10/18-0862_article
    • spookthesunset 5y ago
      > Cutting them off from human contact in sterile bubbles inflicts terrible psychological harm. Which is exactly what society did for more than a year. Even assisted living places were cut off from outside visitors. It’s cruel and inhumane.
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