Anonymous wrote:I’m bothered by the tone of many of these posts, saying life just isn’t worth living anyway for people in nursing homes, and giving excuses why nursing home workers might be ill, like they weren’t “super fit.”

It’s a good thing we don’t make policy based on the prejudices of the young. Right now you might think life isn’t worthy living once you get wrinkles, but you may change your mind someday.

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Anonymous wrote:MD’s nursing home numbers updated today and the situation is even worse for people there.

Cases:
Residents — 4342 — 15% of total MD cases
Staff — 1926 — 6.7% of total MD cases

Deaths:
Residents — 793 — 59% of total MD deaths
Staff — 11 — 0.8% of total MD deaths

At a 0.5% fatality rate among staff, we continue to see them falling below MD’s overall fatality rate of 4.7%, which is obviously good for that population.

If you assume all nursing home residents are above 60, 66% of deaths in that age group are in nursing homes.

Nursing home staff tend to be in good physical health and fairly young because it's an intensely physical job.

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Anonymous wrote:Once again this proved this epidemic hits the most vulnerable the hardest

For the vast majority of us it's very minor and we should start functioning like we do during the flu season

watchful, stay home if you are sick, but generally go about your business.

I agree. What’s particularly striking to me is how many deaths in that older age bracket are coming from nursing homes.

The fatality rate of those 60+ not in nursing homes is about 9%. Still scarily high, but nothing like the nursing home fatality rate, which is 18%. Older people are still quite vulnerable, but they aren’t as vulnerable if they aren’t in nursing homes.

Anonymous wrote:MD’s nursing home numbers updated today and the situation is even worse for people there.

Cases:
Residents — 4342 — 15% of total MD cases
Staff — 1926 — 6.7% of total MD cases

Deaths:
Residents — 793 — 59% of total MD deaths
Staff — 11 — 0.8% of total MD deaths

At a 0.5% fatality rate among staff, we continue to see them falling below MD’s overall fatality rate of 4.7%, which is obviously good for that population.

If you assume all nursing home residents are above 60, 66% of deaths in that age group are in nursing homes.

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Anonymous wrote:Once again this proved this epidemic hits the most vulnerable the hardest

For the vast majority of us it's very minor and we should start functioning like we do during the flu season

watchful, stay home if you are sick, but generally go about your business.

That's basically what Florida is doing. Devoting most of their COVID-19 resources to nursing homes and monitoring and quarantining them while reopening for everyone else.

People and conspiracy theorists will want to screech but this is what the rest of the country will be doing in a matter of time.

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Anonymous wrote:Once again this proved this epidemic hits the most vulnerable the hardest

For the vast majority of us it's very minor and we should start functioning like we do during the flu season

watchful, stay home if you are sick, but generally go about your business.

I agree. What’s particularly striking to me is how many deaths in that older age bracket are coming from nursing homes.

The fatality rate of those 60+ not in nursing homes is about 9%. Still scarily high, but nothing like the nursing home fatality rate, which is 18%. Older people are still quite vulnerable, but they aren’t as vulnerable if they aren’t in nursing homes.

Anonymous wrote:Once again this proved this epidemic hits the most vulnerable the hardest

For the vast majority of us it's very minor and we should start functioning like we do during the flu season

watchful, stay home if you are sick, but generally go about your business.

Anonymous wrote:Once again this proved this epidemic hits the most vulnerable the hardest

For the vast majority of us it's very minor and we should start functioning like we do during the flu season

watchful, stay home if you are sick, but generally go about your business.

Anonymous wrote:Er, just how old (young) are people on here that they think 70 is old??

My local yoga center is filled with 70s standing on their heads and doing shoulder-stand.

I am late 50s with 3 teenagers. My parents are in their 80s and until a month ago went to the gym everyday.

There is a large number 70+ in my masters swimming group.

70s folks are yesterday's hippies! They fought hard to get that weed legalized for you.

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Anonymous wrote:Er, just how old (young) are people on here that they think 70 is old??

My local yoga center is filled with 70s standing on their heads and doing shoulder-stand.

I am late 50s with 3 teenagers. My parents are in their 80s and until a month ago went to the gym everyday.

There is a large number 70+ in my masters swimming group.

70s folks are yesterday's hippies! They fought hard to get that weed legalized for you.

Avg life expectancy for someone born in 1950s is 70-72 yrs. Avg life expectancy for those those today is late 70s-80- in non covid times. Awesome if you make it past that and are trying to keep healthy and go to the gym, etc., but the country should not have to come to screeching halt to keep people already at the end of their life alive a little bit longer. That is not “for the greater good”