OP has the right problem but an inadequate assessment of it. My mother is 100 years old and in a long term care facility. They shut down in March 2020 to outsiders. I have not been able to see her since. Her facility has seen 16 Covid-19 deaths and 48 COVID-19 recoveries. My mother was one of the lucky ones that survived COVID-19, and at the age of 100 mind you. Her roommate died. The lady across the hall died.
- COVID did not enter her facility through .gov ordering COVID-19 patients to be dumped there.
- It did not enter the facility from family members visiting because we couldn't.
- It entered the facility because of what employees were doing or not doing in their off-duty time and then coming to work and contaminating their patients. That's the facts of it.
I run an inpatient mental health facility. Our patients were COVID-19 free March until November after a staff brought it to our house. It's pretty tough for a facility with a few hundred staff members to ensure that away from work they are wearing masks, avoiding large gatherings, physically distancing, having good hand hygiene, etc. You can be contagious before you have symptoms and then you go to work. That's the facts of it.
