"Covid killed 170,000 in nursing homes. Most residents still haven’t gotten the latest shot.
"The Biden administration says the facilities need to do more. Home executives say vaccine hesitancy requires a new government message.
"Fewer than 4 in 10 nursing home residents have received the latest Covid shot — despite the carnage in the facilities since the disease first swept through in 2020.
"The Biden administration and the care industry agree they share responsibility — but that hasn’t stopped them from blaming each other.
"Xavier Becerra, the secretary of Health and Human Services, has held two meetings with representatives of the facilities since Dec. 21 to remind them that they must offer residents the shots. But nursing homes say the federal government needs to pay them more to administer the jabs — and Becerra needs to do a better job persuading people to get vaccinated."
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This is unacceptable. Since Biden's pronouncement that the pandemic was over, his administration has been largely silent regarding COVID, and the CDC hasn't been much better. And where are the family members? Why are they not making sure their loved ones are boosted? This is COVID year 4, and this shouldn't be happening.
The neglect of vulnerable senior citizens should be a national disgrace.
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