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Limiting Coronavirus Spread Between Nursing Homes May Require Higher Pay And Better Mask For Workers: LAist

To make ends meet, Martha Tapia works 64 hours a week at two different Orange County nursing homes. She is one of the thousands of certified nursing assistants who perform the intimate and physical work of bathing, dressing and feeding the nation’s fragile elderly.

“We do everything for them. Everything you do for yourself, you have to do for the residents,” Tapia said.

And she’s also one of many in that relatively low-paid field, predominantly women of color, who move between facilities.

In March, when the coronavirus began racing through nursing homes the federal government banned visitors. But infections kept spreading. UCLA professors Keith Chen and Elisa Long decided to examine the people still entering nursing homes — the workers.

“The people who we can infer work in this nursing home, what other nursing homes do they work at?” Chen said.

Source: Limiting Coronavirus Spread Between Nursing Homes May Require Higher Pay And Better Mask For Workers: LAist

Russian health authorities launch inquiry following media reports of COVID-19 patients dying in Rostov-on-Don hospital due to lack of oxygen — Meduza

Russia’s federal healthcare watchdog, Roszdravnadzor, is carrying out an inquiry on behalf of the Health Ministry into the cause of death of 13 COVID-19 patients in a hospital in Rostov-on-Don, who, according to media reports, passed away due to a lack of medical oxygen. The news outlets 161.ru reported that on October 12, the coronavirus clinic in Rostov-on-Don’s City Hospital Number 20 was left without medical oxygen for some time due to supply issues. As a result, several patients who were hooked up to ventilators died. A hospital employee confirmed this information for 161.ru, as did an anonymous high-level source in the city’s healthcare system.

Source: Russian health authorities launch inquiry following media reports of COVID-19 patients dying in Rostov-on-Don hospital due to lack of oxygen — Meduza

In-person learning for all Boston Public Schools students being suspended

About 1,300 high-risk students have been attending class under a hybrid model, and another round of students were set to begin this week.

“As of today, we’re going to continue to pause our phased-in reopening plan. In addition the district will go fully remote for all students, including the high-needs students who have been in school since Oct. 1. Our school plan was designed to be a flexible plan so we can adjust to the changing reality of the pandemic and that’s what we’re doing here today,” Walsh said in a phone interview with WCVB, confirming the internal memo.

Boston Public School students will attend school remotely until the city sees a decrease in positive COVID-19 tests, the district said.

Source: In-person learning for all Boston Public Schools students being suspended

Department of Health Provides Update on COVID-19, 2,372 Two-Day Positives Bring Statewide Total to 183,315

The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., October 19, that there were 1,103 new cases, in addition to 1,269 new cases reported on Sunday, October 18 for a two-day total of 2,372 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 183,315.

The Wolf Administration stresses the role Pennsylvanians play in helping to reduce the spread of COVID-19:

  • Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds or use hand sanitizer if soap and water are not available.
  • Cover any coughs or sneezes with your elbow, not your hands.
  • Clean surfaces frequently.
  • Stay home to avoid spreading COVID-19, especially if you are unwell.
  • If you must go out, you are required to wear a mask when in a business or where it is difficult to maintain proper social distancing.
  • Download the COVID Alert PA app and make your phone part of the fight. The free app can be found in the Google Play StoreOpens In A New Window and the Apple App StoreOpens In A New Window by searching for “covid alert pa.

Source: Department of Health Provides Update on COVID-19, 2,372 Two-Day Positives Bring Statewide Total to 183,315

Life is Fragile

Saania's diary - reflections, learnings, sparkles

I recently heard about some tragic losses a few of my acquaintances faced lately, and I came to realise how precious and delicate our lives are.

There are no convenient truths. No guarantees. No orders or set amounts of time our loved ones will be there for us. No promises that how we feel now will be how we feel tomorrow. No promise that the health and relative wealth we enjoy today will be with us the next morning. There is a haunting touch of fragility in every single one of our lives, and facing up to it can be terrifying.

Whether the loss of a loved one is personal or public, it serves as an intense reminder for each of us to stop, reflect, and take inventory of our priorities in life. I didn’t know the people who died in a plane crash a couple of months ago. Or…

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Open Thread | Do You Have A Voting Plan? — 3CHICSPOLITICO

The vote isn’t November 3rd. The vote is NOW!! DO YOU HAVE A VOTING PLAN? If yes, have you asked five other people what THEIR voting plan is? We can’t just win… We have to BURY HIM😠😠😠   Voting is your opportunity to be in the room where it happens. Don’t throw away your shot: […]

Open Thread | Do You Have A Voting Plan? — 3CHICSPOLITICO