数据显示，美国14州半数新冠死亡病例来自养老院
<p>养老院成为美国新冠肺炎疫情暴发的“震中”地带，无助的老年人已是美国政府抗疫不力的最大受害群体。据统计，在美国14个州，养老院新冠肺炎死亡病例竟已达全州死亡病例总数的一半以上。</p><p> <span word="Erik">Erik</span> <span word="Zertuche">Zertuche</span> <span word="places">places</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="rose">rose</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="casket">casket</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="George">George</span> <span word="Trefren">Trefren</span>, <span word="a">a</span> 90 <span word="year">year</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="Korean">Korean</span> <span word="War">War</span> <span word="veteran">veteran</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="nursing">nursing</span> <span word="home">home</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Denver">Denver</span>, <span word="Colorado">Colorado</span>, <span word="US">US</span>. <span word="April">April</span> 23, 2020. [<span word="Photo">Photo</span>/<span word="Agencies">Agencies</span>]</p><p><span word="Privately">Privately</span> <span word="compiled">compiled</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="shows">shows</span> <span word="Covid">Covid</span>-19 <span word="deaths">deaths</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="nursing">nursing</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="account">account</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="fatalities">fatalities</span> <span word="in">in</span> 14 <span word="states">states</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Kaiser">Kaiser</span> <span word="Family">Family</span> <span word="Foundation">Foundation</span>. <span word="Only">Only</span> 33 <span word="states">states</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="nursing">nursing</span> <span word="home">home</span>-<span word="related">related</span> <span word="deaths">deaths</span>.</p><p>根据凯撒家庭基金会的数据，养老院老人新冠肺炎死亡数如今在美国14个州都占到了全州死亡病例的一半以上。只有33个州报告了养老院新冠肺炎死亡病例。</p><p>“<span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="phone">phone</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="week">week</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="patients">patients</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="nursing">nursing</span> <span word="homes">homes</span>,” <span word="said">said</span> <span word="infectious">infectious</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="specialist">specialist</span> <span word="Dr">Dr</span> <span word="Sunil">Sunil</span> <span word="Parikh">Parikh</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Yale">Yale</span> <span word="School">School</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Public">Public</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Connecticut">Connecticut</span>. “<span word="It">It</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="staggering">staggering</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="day">day</span>.”</p><p>康涅狄格州耶鲁大学公共卫生学院的传染病专家苏尼尔·帕里克博士说：“上周我接到了电话，一天之内就有四五位病人从养老院转到我们医院，每天的数字都很惊人。”</p><p><span word="Despite">Despite</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="warnings">warnings</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="nursing">nursing</span> <span word="homes">homes</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="vulnerable">vulnerable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Covid">Covid</span>-19, <span word="because">because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="settings">settings</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="residents">residents</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="gather">gather</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="data">data</span>.</p>
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