COVID-19 and Nursing Homes: The No. 1 Place Not To Be

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By Dr. Mercola

Those living in nursing homes or other long-term care facilities are the people most susceptible to infectious diseases. So, it is no surprise that nursing home residents make up a huge part of the U.S.’s COVID-19 deaths. At the end of April 2020, COVID-19 deaths in nursing home reached nearly 12,000.1 According to The Washington Post, almost 1 out of 10 U.S. nursing homes has COVID-19 cases.2

There are clear reasons for the high number of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes and other long-term care settings like assisted-living facilities, group homes and rehabilitation and psychiatric centers. The residents often …read more

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