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Michigan lawmaker calls Whitmers COVID-19 nursing home policy most idiotic thing we could come up with
Read full article: Michigan lawmaker calls Whitmers COVID-19 nursing home policy most idiotic thing we could come up withLANSING, Mich. A Michigan lawmaker whose mother has now tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) said Gov. Gretchen Whitmers controversial nursing home policy that puts infected patients in the same facilities as negative patients is the most idiotic thing we could come up with.Lawmakers are demanding changes to the policy, which was adopted early in the pandemic. The Senate Oversight Committee still wants more accountability and transparency from the Whitmer administration when it comes to COVID-19 nursing home deaths. Chief Robert Gordon, of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, said the governor backed off on some nursing home requirements that put positive patients in the same facilities as COVID-19 negative patients. Its negligent to allow it to continue, but its intentional now at this point.Lucido has proposed legislation to prevent COVID-19 positive patients from being housed in the same facilities as COVID-19 negative patients.