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As Covid continues its deadly rampage, nursing homes and other long-term senior care facilities continue to be the hardest hit, accounting for approximately 36 percent of U.S. deaths from Covid-19, according to the New York Times. The virus is known to be particularly lethal to adults over 60 who have underlying medical conditions, and it spreads most readily among large crowds in indoor spaces. This is practically the definition of a nursing-home population. The staff working with these elderl...

Three residents at the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living have died from Covid-related complications, according to an update on its website. The SFCJL is now the second Jewish senior facility in the Bay Area to experience coronavirus deaths. Eight deaths were reported in October in the memory-care program at Rhoda Goldman Plaza in San Francisco. “While the residents were near end of life prior to contracting COVID,” stated a letter signed by the SFCJL’s CEO Daniel Ruth, “the Board, ...