The COVID-19 pandemic

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24 of today's 38 new deaths in Ontario are people in LTC facilities.  Heartbreaking.

Two were in long term care homes in Waterloo Region. This post on Reddit gives some explanation as to why it's a challenge. Staffing shortages, low pay, residents are clustered into small spaces, dementia/alzheimer residents who roam around. It's interesting that it's primarily private, for-profit facilities that are facing the worst blows from the virus. The one in our city operated by the Region of Waterloo seems to be doing a pretty good job at containing this...likely due to higher paid staff, the culture of regional employees and perhaps having better access to Public Health/Infection Control support.