Nursing home staff networks and COVID-19
Linked to more than 40% of all US fatalities as of August 31, 2020, nursing homes and other long-term care facilities have been disproportionately afflicted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic (1⇓–3).*With an elderly resident population, many with underlying chronic medical conditions, congregate living quarters, and routine contact with staff members and outside visitors, nursing homes are particularly vulnerable to outbreaks of respiratory pathogens (4, 5). The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the primary federal regulator of nursing homes, estimates that more than 3...
Source: pnas.org