Republican hearing searches for answers on pandemic’s deadly toll in N.J. nursing homes
Updated Mar 05, 2021;
Muriel Smith said her volunteer work at nursing homes and a county jail was suspended for months during the height of the pandemic. It was a necessary move to prevent the spread of the virus and protect her and the vulnerable people she encountered, she was told.
What Smith said she will never understand is how Gov. Phil Murphy and the state Department of Health could adopt a policy that allowed nursing home residents treated for COVID-19 in the hospital to return to long-term care facilities.