In March 2020, Gov. Tom Wolf faced a crucial decision in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidance for long-term care facilities to all 50 States. âGuidanceâ is the important word here as this was not a âdirectiveâ to each governor. The March 13 CDC guidance stated that nursing homes âshouldâ admit any individuals that they would normally admit (with or without COVID). But it did not say that they âmustâ admit these individuals. The governors of 45 of 50 states followed the science and rejected the absurd, science-denying idea of sending sick COVID patients into the most vulnerable population. However, the governors of five states (Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Michigan and California) foolishly and recklessly rejected science-based germ theory and had their respective health secretaries issue guidance to send the sick back into long-term care facilities.