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NickB79

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25. The senior living facility industry employs almost a million Americans entering and leaving daily

Sun Jun 28, 2020, 12:53 PM

Jun 2020

https://seniorhousingnews.com/2018/05/14/breaking-todays-senior-living-workforce-numbers/

Today’s senior living workforce is relatively young—28% of workers are younger than 30, and 37% are between the ages of 30 and 49, the report says.

That's how they're exposed. It's literally impossible to enact a real quarantine.

And that's just those at high risk due to age, not other factors.

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He will be "correcting" that statement before the day is out....Wanna bet? ashredux Jun 2020 #1

Either that or he's FORMER Human Services Secretary Alex Azar groundloop Jun 2020 #23

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And older people are forced to hide out at hime because of younger people. Lonestarblue Jun 2020 #7

Older people can't hide forever NickB79 Jun 2020 #15

Young People Do Risk Death! louzke9 Jun 2020 #19

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I live in New York as well... SergeStorms Jun 2020 #36

Gov Wolfe has announced Bars can no longer serve Alchohol. Tommymac Jun 2020 #37

Since when? HockeyMom Jun 2020 #38

My Bad...It is only Allegheny County. Tommymac Jun 2020 #39

So does it make sense to quarantine everyone with risk factors? greymattermom Jun 2020 #6

Makes better sense than quaranting everybody without risk factors. n/t Igel Jun 2020 #14

No, everybody should be quarantined. People who don't have risk factors can totodeinhere Jun 2020 #21

Think About That, Again ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #22

The senior living facility industry employs almost a million Americans entering and leaving daily NickB79 Jun 2020 #25

You're Not Thinking This Through ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #26

I have already thought about it. Without everybody on quarantine, community spread will continue totodeinhere Jun 2020 #28

I Don't Think You Have ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #30

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Yes of course you want to visit grandma. But if that visit cannot be safe would you really totodeinhere Jun 2020 #29

Well, he must be right Chainfire Jun 2020 #8

Its a Not So Secret Message.... louzke9 Jun 2020 #9

In May we had this discussion. Igel Jun 2020 #16

Says the guy who still has this job, for some unknown reason ... hatrack Jun 2020 #11

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That is why, as little as I do know about CVovid-19, marie999 Jun 2020 #13

If the window is closing, where is HHS's plan for corralling the outbreak? Azar's comments are iluvtennis Jun 2020 #17

Due to the total abdication of any duty by the Admin., that ship done sailed. Totally inept or Evolve Dammit Jun 2020 #20

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I think that ship has sailed. Marie Marie Jun 2020 #31

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Or a few months late on that one IronLionZion Jun 2020 #34

Why isn't Azar issuing a nationwide mask mandate? WTF SunSeeker Jun 2020 #40