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In the last week of 2023 and the first two weeks of 2024 alone, 4,810 people 65 and older lost their lives to COVID.

In the last week of 2023 and the first two weeks of 2024 alone, 4,810 people 65 and older lost their lives to COVID.

The pandemic was supposed to lead to change in health care for seniors. But that hasn't happened.

The pandemic was a wake-up call on how we care for older adults

The COVID-19 pandemic would be a wake-up call for America, advocates for the elderly predicted: incontrovertible proof the nation was not doing enough to care for vulnerable older adults.

The covid-19 pandemic should have been a wake-up call for America, advocates for the elderly said. It hasn't been.

Recently, thousands of older Americans have been dying weekly of covid. But most Americans aren’t wearing masks in public, a move that could prevent infections. Many at-risk seniors aren’t getting antiviral therapies, and older adults in nursing homes aren’t getting vaccines. Why?

The covid-19 pandemic would be a wake-up call for America, advocates for the elderly predicted: incontrovertible proof that the nation wasn't doing enough to care for vulnerable older adults.

Recently, thousands of older Americans have been dying weekly of covid. But most Americans aren’t wearing masks in public, a move that could prevent infections. Many at-risk seniors aren’t getting antiviral therapies, and older adults in nursing homes aren’t getting vaccines. Why?

'Covid has pushed us back in whatever progress we were making in addressing the needs of our rapidly aging society. It has further stigmatized aging.'