Posts tagged Pandemic
SERIES: COVID-19’s Long-Term Policy Implications - COVID-19’s Impact on Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care Facilities

We have long known that people 65 and older have the highest risk of dying from the coronavirus, and we have seen outbreaks become rampant in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. This has created anxiety for seniors and their families across the country, but only recently is the full picture of the coronavirus’s toll on U.S. nursing homes becoming clear.

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SERIES: COVID-19’s Long-Term Policy Implications - COVID-19’s Impact on Criminal Justice and the Black Lives Matter Movement

The coronavirus epidemic presented new challenges for law enforcement officers when community transmission sped up in mid-March. Tensions between police and communities of color that they patrol have risen since then and were elevated even before the death of George Floyd and the resulting civil unrest. These recent events, coupled with ongoing efforts to respond to the pandemic, have resulted in demand for policy reforms.

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