‘This was not a mistake,’ Walz said about the nursing home policy
Under Democratic Gov. Tim Walz’s watch during the COVID-19 pandemic, Minnesota experienced a devastating impact among its most vulnerable, as 80% of COVID-related deaths in the state occurred among residents of long-term care facilities, including nursing homes and assisted living centers.
Critics have taken aim at a policy, also practiced in other states during the pandemic, to allow patients with COVID into nursing homes after they were discharged from hospitals.
The policy in place is no longer available on the public-facing Minnesota government website and had to be acquired by the Wayback Machine.
“Patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 who still require transmission-based precautions for COVID-19 can be transferred to congregate living facilities,” the policy, acquired by the Wayback Machine, said.
“It is the recommendation of MDH that patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 can be discharged when clinically indicated and neither discontinuation of transmission-based precautions nor the establishment of two negative COVID-19 tests is required prior to hospital discharge,” it continued.
At one point, around May 2020, over 80% of the state’s COVID-19 deaths were among residents of long-term care facilities.
Despite this data, Walz doubled down on the policy after the fact.
“This was what everyone was doing.”
Scut FarKus
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