As COVID-19 daily mortality figures peak and begin to decline in many parts of America, more attention is being turned to the post-acute care that a high percentage of COVID-19 survivors will need. While data on COVID-19 patients requiring post-acute care are limited, Medicare data suggest that about 30 percent of the patients recovering from […]
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In the aftermath of COVID-19, the threat of contagious infections is being taken very seriously, not only in healthcare environments but in virtually every space where individuals gather closely together. Leaders in industries relying on public access have already started to reimagine how they will be able to welcome people back safely when the pandemic
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An epidemic ends once the spread of the infection stops and most of the population has either developed immunity or has been vaccinated. It may also end when the number of those recovered passes a certain threshold. At that point, the population achieves something called “herd immunity.” Imagine a person that has never been exposed
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