re: 1 out of every 800 south Dakotians has perished from China flu

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Is this the same family that wants to bring disease into a nursing home because the elderly person has had enough?

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The frick are you talking about here? Now we know for the fact that the family that wants to visit their loved one is infected and is intentionally going to spread it?

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They would both obviously like to visit, but one would prefer to hold off a while longer and maybe get a couple more years, while for the other family it's "now or never". Knowing how it rips through nursing homes, how can you let one family put the others at risk?

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If masks and temperature checks work, why can't we let them in with precautions? Hmmm.....

And, as you've already said, can't you move your family member out of a place if you don't like the visitation policy, in your hypothetical?

So, it's perfectly fine to let the "now or never" resident die alone without allowing the family to be there?

It's still a 90% survival rate for those over 70, ain't it?

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Is it not equally or more cruel to be so irresponsible to the rest of the residents who might prefer to not be exposed?

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No, they are exposed anyway because the staff goes home and lives in the world. Or else we wouldn't still have cases in the nursing homes.

Preventing visitation is an intentional choice, the other is a bunch of maybes and ifs.