Nursing home residents are more likely to die of Covid if the staff is unvaccinated, research in the New England Journal of Medicine finds.
The finding held even when nursing home residents themselves were vaccinated against Covid, said Brian McGarry, one of the study’s authors.
“Even though the residents are protected with their vaccination, they’re still relying on an additional layer of protection from the staff,” McGarry, an assistant professor in the division of geriatrics and aging in the Department of Medicine at the University of Rochester, said.The study's results frustrated those who care for older people. By far,"Where is the national outrage?" said Dr.
Wasserman said it's clear that people living in nursing homes and long-term care facilities continue to be infected and, in turn, fall severely ill, by staffers who care for them day after day. "We know that nursing home staff are a key vector for transmitting the virus," Wasserman said. Throughout the pandemic, he said, it's been the nursing home staff providing the majority of the care for their long-term residents. Outside family members have largely been turned away because of Covid-19 protocols.
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