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Letter to the editor: Think about nursing home crisis when you vote

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By Tribune-Review
1 Min Read Sept. 14, 2020 | 5 years Ago
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The nursing home crisis is not going to go away. We have had failures in five blue states. In Pennsylvania, with the help of the health secretary, a mandate sent patients who tested positive for covid-19 to nursing homes. Then the spread of the virus skyrocketed, impacting people with heart and lung conditions and diabetes. This also happened in New York, New Jersey, California and Michigan.

We’re in an election of ideas this November, but more importantly, we need to vote on how we are going to care for our elderly in nursing homes during the coronavirus. Voters should look at the statistics from nursing homes. If the election goes in favor of the blue states, there could be even more deaths in nursing homes across the country because of irresponsible health care mandates. Vote for those in the nursing homes.

Billy Lugar

Plum

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