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38 people died from COVID at a Louisiana nursing home, Why?

When COVID-19 made its first appearance in a Louisiana nursing home in March, it took little time for the number of nursing homes with an outbreak to multiply. In just two weeks, the state went from one nursing home with two or more cases to 40. Inside those homes, where the state’s most vulnerable live in close quarters, the battle with the invisible enemy ramped up faster in some nursing homes than others. By May, Forest Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation in Covington had topped the list reporting the greatest number of COVID-19 deaths in the state “Washington was hit so hard,” said Mary Grayson as she reflected on the timeline of how she and her sister waited and watched for signs of an outbreak at Forest Manor. Their father, Thomas Zanco, was a resident. Grayson and her sister, Christina Pepiton, say they got their first hint Forest Manor had a problem by looking at the facility’s Facebook page. “Some of the residents, their family members had posted that they had died. I was like what? Forest Manor should have told me something,” Pepiton said. The official word from Administrator Clay Pere that they were battling an unknown number of COVID-19 cases wouldn’t come until April 28 in an email. Until then, they say Pere had only written to them in late March that one resident had tested positive, but they were in the hospital, not Forest Manor. Pere did not return repeated emails and phone calls seeking comment. MORE: https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/in...