Leo
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Indeed. I don't know how connected those in nursing homes are but one option might have been for families to take their oldies back under their own roofs, where the virus may be less prevalent.
Now, it's hard to arrange things like that if you're not allowed to leave your house and make things happen.
Lowering the deaths by a significant amount is all about targeted management of the vulnerable: the old and the already ill. It's not about locking up the young and healthy.
unfortunately, many of the oldies in nursing homes here are past the point of being transferable to a relative's home, they require too much professional care that the typical family wouldn't always be able to provide. also, wouldn't that also result in the young/strong/healthy family members going out and potentially bringing the virus home with them? I think that's believed to be a source of nursing home infections, young staff coming to work and bringing it in from the outside.