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The outbreak at the Life Care in Kirkland, Washington
•108
residents and 180 staff
•50%
showed signs and symptoms
•16
fatalities
•Based
on data from China the disease kills
nearly 15% of people over 80 years old
and 8% percent of people in their 70s — the very population
that makes up more than half the population of US nursing
homes & long-term/assisted living facilities.
•This
outbreak exposed the great vulnerability of the nation’s
nursing homes and long-term/assisted living facilities, and
the 2.5 million Americans who live in them.
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