Why the coronavirus has taken so many lives in US nursing homes

Three systemic failures that explain the coronavirus’s terrible toll in US nursing #carehomes

By Dylan Scott on June 3, 2020 3:30 pm

The novel coronavirus has taken an unimaginable toll in America’s nursing homes and long-term care facilities. At least 25,000 residents and 400 staff members have died in the pandemic, according to new federal estimates.