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California: Skilled nursing facilities account for 34% of state's Covid deaths

California: Skilled nursing facilities account for 34% of state's Covid deaths

Tatiana Prophet
Covid-19

STAFF REPORTS

Zero Californians below age 17 have died due to Covid 19. Seventy-five percent of all of the state’s Covid deaths involve patients over 65 years old. And 46% of those deaths occurred in skilled nursing facilities. Statewide, resident Covid deaths from these facilities account for 34 percent of all California deaths as of August 9, 2020, according to the California Department of Public Health..

A skilled nursing facility is an inpatient center for rehabilitation and therapy, as opposed to a senior center which provides 24/7 residential care for those who can no longer care for themselves.

Michigan hospital study shows hydroxychloroquine cut death rates by half

Michigan hospital study shows hydroxychloroquine cut death rates by half

Tatiana Prophet
Covid-19

A retrospective, peer-reviewed study by the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit found that hospitalized Covid-19 patients who received the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine early in their stay were half as likely to die as the control group, the nonprofit hospital announced Thursday. The study’s author, Dr. Marcus Zervos, attributed the results to the timing of patients receiving HCQ.

The Ford press release stated:

“In a large-scale retrospective analysis of 2,541 patients hospitalized between March 10 and May 2, 2020, across the system’s six hospitals, the study found 13% of those treated with hydroxychloroquine alone died compared to 26.4% not treated with hydroxychloroquine. None of the patients had documented serious heart abnormalities; however, patients were monitored for a heart condition routinely pointed to as a reason to avoid the drug as a treatment for COVID-19.”