WFXT FOX25: State’s official COVID-19 death toll at nursing homes may not tell full story inside some facilities

WFXT FOX25: State’s official COVID-19 death toll at nursing homes may not tell full story inside some facilities

May 11, 2020
WFXT FOX25: State’s official COVID-19 death toll at nursing homes may not tell full story inside some facilities
by Kerry Kavanaugh

“It’s so tragic and it’s so infuriating all in the same breath,” said Arlene Germain, policy director for Massachusetts Advocates for Nursing Home Reform.

“It was known from the onset, that this population was in the age range, and of the frailty that would be most susceptible. Plus, they live in such close proximity. So it was a recipe for disaster.”