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More than a year into the novel coronavirus pandemic, we aren't certain how many Ohio nursing home workers died of COVID-19. COVID-19 made working in a nursing home one of the deadliest jobs in America, according to an analysis of federal data by Scientific American magazine. Nursing home staffers had a higher death rate in 2020 than logging workers did in 2019, Scientific American found. The only group that had a higher death rate in 2019 were fishers. “It just leaves me speechless,” said Meghan Finegan, assistant communications director for Service Employees International Union, ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In 2019, Washington passed the first law in the nation requiring employees to fund a state-operated long-term care insurance program. The program, codified at RCW 50B.04 and set to begin on January 1, 2025, will be funded by an uncapped payroll tax starting at 0.58% on all employee compensation beginning January 1, 2022. Although changes to the law are subject to final approval, Governor Inslee is expected to sign the final bill (HB 1323) shortly. If signed into law, the amendments will require employees who wish to opt out of the t...

What is already known about this topic? Residents and staff members of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are recommended to receive COVID-19 vaccine as a priority group. What is added by this report? Twenty-two possible breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections occurred among fully vaccinated persons ≥14 days after their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Two thirds of persons were asymptomatic. A minority of persons with breakthrough infection experienced mild to moderate COVID-19–like symptoms; two COVID-19–related hospitalizations and one death occurred. No facility-associated secondary trans...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Update April 16, 2021: Employees now have until November 1, 2021, to purchase long-term care insurance if they wish to opt out of the Washington State Long-Term Care Program. On April 14, 2021, the House passed an amendment to the original Bill (SHB 1323), extending the deadline from July 24, 2021, to November 1, 2021. (Reflected in original post, below.) Although this is a welcome delay, employees must still act quickly to secure long-term insurance coverage as defined by RCW 48.83.020 to permanently opt out of the Program. The op...

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