Coronavirus is spreading in Texas nursing homes. But the state won't share the details.

[TexasTowelie]

by Edgar Walters and Carla Astudillo, Texas Tribune


At least 320 residents and staff members at Texas nursing homes have tested positive for the new coronavirus. At least 18 people have died. And at least seven nursing homes, across five metro areas, are grappling with infections of 10 or more people.

But those numbers, collected by The Texas Tribune from various public health departments and local news reports, likely underrepresent the extent of the COVID-19 outbreak in Texas nursing facilities. That’s because Texas, unlike some other states, is failing to disclose comprehensive data on nursing home residents and staffers who have fallen ill — even though state officials acknowledge they are privately tracking that data.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Texas, many of the state’s nursing homes had long records of citations related to poor infection control. And now some of those same nursing homes are seeing major outbreaks.

One Texas City facility has seen more than 80 residents and staff members test positive for the virus, and a doctor there is now using an unproven drug touted by President Donald Trump to treat residents. At least 78 people at a Lubbock facility became infected, while a San Antonio facility has had at least 67 people test positive.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/04/08/coronavirus-spreads-texas-nursing-homes-officials-withhold-details/

[getagrip_already]

1. not to worry - rush tells us they are on their last legs anyway.....

So why bother. It just opens more beds.

[Leghorn21]

4. Naw, that was Bill O'Reilly, grip

Fuck only knows what rush has to say about this

[getagrip_already]

5. d'ohh!!! I always get my evil teevee/rahdeo stars mixed up! n/t

[Hokie]

2. I think I read that some quack is giving patients in a nursing home chloroquine w/o their knowledge?

I think it was in Galveston, TX. If that were my parents or relatives I'd sue that home and docs asses off.

[gibraltar72]

3. They are almost fully depreciated.

Texas is dribbling out the numbers to keep from letting citizens know what a shitty job Abbott has done.