Our favorite number cruncher – Twitter’s Woke Zombie – shared the latest available data on Tuesday afternoon.
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The state’s nursing homes (which have experienced 7,100 deaths since the pandemic began) have now seen 1,061 cases over a 48 hour period (583 staff members and 478 residents since Sunday, December 20th:
LTC cases continue to accelerate. 1061 cases in 2 days. 583 staff and 478 residents since Sunday. Nursing home vaccines still delayed. Knowing what we know about Nursing home mortality, its likely 25% of them will die from covid. Meanwhile, the vaccine sits idle. pic.twitter.com/i0XkaM9vo2
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The disturbing treadline comes admist a new report that the Murphy Administration actively sought to PENALIZE long-term care staff for masking up in the early, critical days of the pandemic back in March.
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