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During the pandemic, governors in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New York did not stop the placement of COVID patients into nursing homes. There were claims that the nursing home staff implemented safety mechanisms to reduce the risk of the elderly getting the coronavirus. Senior citizens are the most vulnerable, with all other things equal, to the effects of the coronavirus than the rest of the population. The Department of Justice notified Pennsylvania and Michigan that they won’t be investigated.<\/p>\n
From the Hill:<\/span><\/p>\n The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday said it will not open an investigation into Pennsylvania’s handling of COVID-19 patients at nursing homes, The Associated Press reports.<\/p>\n The DOJ told Gov. Tom Wolf’s (D) office in a letter that it would not look further into whether the state’s pandemic mandate, which stipulated that nursing homes had to admit residents who had been treated for COVID-19 at a hospital, was a violation of federal law.<\/p>\n In the letter, Steven H. Rosenbaum, chief of the department’s special litigation section, said the department had made the decision to not press further after reviewing additional information regarding the mandate.<\/p>\n Last year, the DOJ told the governors of Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Jersey and New York that the department would be looking into their policies to see if they “may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents,” the AP notes.<\/p>\n Many criticized the orders, claiming they expedited the spread of the disease in retirement homes, which surged in 2020 amid the pandemic. So far, however, it has not been proven that the orders directly resulted in death or outbreak in any facilities, according to the AP.<\/p>\n Michigan also received a notice announcing the DOJ’s decision to not proceed with the investigations, according to the Detroit Free Press.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The above is the entirety, as of this posting, of this article<\/a> from The Hill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"