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The Nursing Home Business Model is Deadly
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CN08232020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River Nursing homes have been a huge source of deaths in the United States during the coronavirus pandemic. Local 100 represents a number of private and public homes, as well as other healthcare facilities, so has been with our workers at the razor edge. On a …
Testing Works, but It Takes Organizing and Resources
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CN08222020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River If there’s any consensus about dealing with Covid-19, it involves the critical role of testing right now, and a vaccine down the line. Testing allows all of us and especially public health workers and epidemiologists to identify positive individuals, potential asymptomatic carriers, and, most importantly, …