Top headline: NBC News (highlihght added)
Bottom headline: New York Times (highlight added)
A draft summary of the proposed rule obtained by The New York Times outlines how the administration agrees with the industry’s objections to weekly reporting of viral caseloads, calling it burdensome. In its waning days, the Biden administration made Covid reporting rules permanent, adding influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (R.S.V.) to the list of threats that facilities also must track and record. The policy took effect in January 2025.
Advocates for nursing home residents reacted with dismay to the proposed rollback. Elderly, frail residents are especially vulnerable to infections, and they live in close quarters, where viruses can spread rapidly.
“That’s crazy,” said Sam Brooks, director of public policy at the nonprofit National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care. “We know, if anything, that respiratory disease has a disproportionate and deadly impact on nursing home residents." [emphasisa added]
According to Merriam-Webster, the first-known use of 'bonehead', as in a stupid person : NUMBSKULL, occurred in 1903.
- attention span
- community spread
- creepage
- denialist
- memory lane
- segregationist
- skiddoo
Related posts:
No comments:
Post a Comment