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For months, New York sent more than 4,300 recovering elderly COVID patients back to nursing homes because of a Coumo directive. I don't get how this isn't the biggest news. The core issues aren't the beaches, the parks or the unmasked joggers passing by. https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/ap-count-4300-virus-patients-ny-nursing-homes-70825470
This paper was out on February 17th, showing the dramatic threat the elderly from COVID-19. There were/are still things we do not know about this disease but the first thing we knew was the mortality rates among the elderly was very very high. Protecting them was job number one
I'm not defending any other state. Many other states (and countries) have failed to protect the elderly. From a mortality stand, I don't understand how there is so much discussion about parks, beaches, joggers or anything outdoors instead of how to best protect the elderly.
We're cancelling outdoor summer camps all over despite significant clear benefits (mental health; immunity; socialization; economic activity) with as low a risk profile as I can imagine (driving to camp probably higher risk) and there's still not enough focus on the elderly.
I'm also not saying let the young get infected. There really isn't enough focus on what "surviving" COVID means for younger people. But so much energy is focused on activities that we have little to no known cases of transmission and are as low-risk as life gets, and yet... sigh.
