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California needs to do 3 times more COVID-19 testing, earns an F on scorecard
With COVID-19 spreading widely in California, advocacy group CALPIRG released a scorecard that gives California an “F” for still not doing enough testing. According to a Brown University School of Public Health model, California needs to do over three times more testing than it’s doing now.
Report: Nursing homes nationwide cope with huge staff shortages
More than 3,000 U.S. nursing homes last month had a shortage of nurses, aides or doctors, the nadir for a crippling problem that started last May.
It’s too soon to cancel regional stay-at-home orders
California Gov. Gavin Newsom cancelled the regional stay-at-home orders Monday, returning the state to its previous color-coded tiered system of restrictions based on county COVID-19 data.
Nursing homes still don’t have enough masks, gowns, other PPE
A new analysis by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Frontier Group found that 8 percent of nursing homes nationwide had a critical shortage of surgical-grade N95 masks, as of Dec. 27. And 4 to 6 percent of homes reported shortages in at least one other category of PPE.
Nursing homes still don’t have enough masks, gowns and other PPE
Shortages improved during the fall but worsened in December