A little good news: Vaccinations driving down deaths in nursing homes

[kpete]

[Johnny2X2X]

1. We were smart to target the over 65 crowd first

And Nursing Homes should all be at 100% vaccinated soon, the deaths will fall to nothing there.

I know it's been a long road, and there's still a lot to be cautious about, but we're actually coming out of this soon, the numbers get better and better. Cases are dropping quickly, deaths more slowly and they stalled these last 2 days, but they track with cases in the long run. We're at about 1/4 the peak for cases, means we'll be at about 1/4 the peak for deaths within the next few weeks.

[ananda]

2. He also says: keep masking and social distancing...

bc we don't know how effective vaccines are at
stopping transmission to others.

[forthemiddle]

3. This is great news!

Hopefully the visitation will start up soon too.
People, nearing the end of life, will hopefully never again have to be isolated from their love ones.

I have relatives that work in nursing homes, and they say the isolation, and depression associated with it is unbearable. Many just don’t understand why their family hasn’t been to see them.

Let’s work towards reuniting them all!