[Thread] Nursing Homes
‘103 #Covid19 deaths in October, 39 of them in nursing homes’
.. almost 40% of all recent deaths from #Covid19, & almost 1/2 of all deaths in Ireland since start of pandemic, are in #nursinghomes 1/ irishtimes.com/news/health/co…
‘103 #Covid19 deaths in October, 39 of them in nursing homes’
.. almost 40% of all recent deaths from #Covid19, & almost 1/2 of all deaths in Ireland since start of pandemic, are in #nursinghomes 1/ irishtimes.com/news/health/co…
about 30,000 people live in nursing homes... so just 0.5% of the population have suffered 50% of #Covid19 fatalities
HSE attribute this to ‘high rates of community transmission’, but... 2/ irishtimes.com/news/ireland/i…
HSE attribute this to ‘high rates of community transmission’, but... 2/ irishtimes.com/news/ireland/i…
..elderly people & people with health conditions who live ~outside~ nursing homes ‘in the community’ do not have these infection rates
... & Dublin #nursinghomes have not allowed visitors for more than 6 weeks now 3/
... & Dublin #nursinghomes have not allowed visitors for more than 6 weeks now 3/
moreover, international research says that there is
‘no scientific evidence that visitors to care homes introduced #COVID19 infections, however during the peak of pandemic most countries did not allow visiting’ ltccovid.org/2020/11/01/pre… 4/
‘no scientific evidence that visitors to care homes introduced #COVID19 infections, however during the peak of pandemic most countries did not allow visiting’ ltccovid.org/2020/11/01/pre… 4/
.. but there’s research that points to why #nursinghomes are very high risk, & why #Covid19 infection was so high in spring & autumn
‘Outbreak of #COVID19 in a Nursing Home Associated With Aerosol Transmission as Result of Inadequate #Ventilation’ academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar… 5/
‘Outbreak of #COVID19 in a Nursing Home Associated With Aerosol Transmission as Result of Inadequate #Ventilation’ academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar… 5/
& the sciences of weather, ventilation, low humidity & virology confirm these ‘high risk’ conditions for residents in over-heated, dry air, under-ventilated rooms 6/
https://twitter.com/orla_hegarty/status/1322465921403965440
these specific conditions are easily preventable
..but HIQA/ HSE/ HPSC/ NPHET/ Dept Health don’t seem to have any prevention plan for clean safe indoor air, or any warnings to protect residents & staff
..it’s ‘wait & see’ 7/ hpsc.ie/a-z/respirator… & hiqa.ie/sites/default/…
..but HIQA/ HSE/ HPSC/ NPHET/ Dept Health don’t seem to have any prevention plan for clean safe indoor air, or any warnings to protect residents & staff
..it’s ‘wait & see’ 7/ hpsc.ie/a-z/respirator… & hiqa.ie/sites/default/…
Prevention of these high-risk indoor air conditions in #nursinghomes is easy, low cost & immediate 8/
https://twitter.com/orla_hegarty/status/1321855003913572352
More information about prevention of #Covid19 in #nursinghomes here 9/
https://twitter.com/Orla_Hegarty/status/1319224610689372161
#nursinghome thread is all at this link, please share with nursing home residents, staff & families threadreaderapp.com/thread/1323535…
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