Seven nursing homes hit with COVID outbreaks

[uppityperson]

https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/seven-nursing-homes-hit-with-covid-outbreaks/

Recent cases of COVID-19 have hit residents and staff at seven long-term care facilities in Clallam and Jefferson counties, leading to a total of 10 deaths and 138 cases, Dr. Allison Berry, health officer for both counties, said Saturday.

Seven people have died in one facility in Jefferson County and three among four facilities in Clallam during the outbreaks, which began in late August, Berry said in a string of text messages Friday and Saturday. She would not identify the facilities where they occurred, but did confirm, when asked, that cases had occurred at Sequim Health & Rehabilitation Center.

More than half of the present ongoing cases — 65 of 117 — have arisen at the facility, where 50 residents and 15 employees have contracted the coronavirus, Berry said Friday afternoon.

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“The vast majority of residents are vaccinated. That is not true of staff.”...

[Big Blue Marble]

1. It is time for boosters now,

not weeks from now.

[Baked Potato]

2. Agreed, the infrastructure is in place and ready. nt

[uppityperson]

4. It's time for all staff to be vaccinated too.

[cilla4progress]

3. Crap.

My 93 year old mother-in-law lives there. Still at home - thanks goddess.

However, her fundamentalist daughter (husband's sister) who lives nearby and is her primary caregiver - while vaccinated herself - is married to an anti-vaxxer, our brother-in-law.

Keeping all in my heart!!