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kpete

(71,983 posts) Tue Feb 23, 2021, 10:21 AM Feb 2021

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

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A little good news: Vaccinations driving down deaths in nursing homes (Original Post) kpete Feb 2021 OP

We were smart to target the over 65 crowd first Johnny2X2X Feb 2021 #1

He also says: keep masking and social distancing... ananda Feb 2021 #2

This is great news! forthemiddle Feb 2021 #3

Johnny2X2X

(19,037 posts)

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

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2021, 10:26 AM

Feb 2021

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

(28,856 posts)

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

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2021, 10:26 AM

Feb 2021

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

forthemiddle

(1,379 posts)

3. This is great news!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2021, 10:29 AM

Feb 2021

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!

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