How coronavirus and isolation turned America’s nursing homes into ‘killing fields’.
From: Fault Lines
When COVID Hit: America’s Nursing Home Nightmare
We report on how an elder care system already in crisis imploded under the weight of the coronavirus pandemic.
4 Nov 2020
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