Why 1 in 3 COVID-19 Deaths Is In A Long-Term Care Home

Georgia Today
09/10/2020 24 min
Why 1 in 3 COVID-19 Deaths Is In A Long-Term Care Home

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The coronavirus pandemic has been especially deadly in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. On Georgia Today, Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigative reporter Carrie Teegardin discusses why facilities caring for the elderly have been so vulnerable to the virus, and how the pandemic has laid bare the state’s inadequate oversight. Then, Washington Post contributor Sidnee King tells us how the virus decimated the staff and residents of one facility in the heart of historic Atlanta.

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