Advocates plead for stronger federal action as nursing homes see a mounting death toll from the novel coronavirus.
Early cases of COVID-19 are believed to be linked to a live-animal market in Wuhan, China.As authorities revealed the latest mass casualty event to strike an American nursing home amid the pandemic, advocates for the elderly decried an inadequate federal response to the crisis.
“The federal and states' response to COVID-19 has been an unquestionable disaster,” said Wes Bledsoe, founder of A Perfect Cause, a citizen's advocacy organization for nursing home residents. “Many of these deaths were needless and completely avoidable.” “Sadly, while we have always had daily health screenings of staff, this hampered our ability to identify those who were infected and asymptomatic, despite our efforts to swiftly separate anyone who presented symptoms.”
Residents are seen at the Avante at Ormond Beach nursing home, one of the 324 long term care facilities in Florida with known COVID-19 cases, on April 25, 2020 in Ormond Beach, Florida.
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