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Nursing Homes In Texas, Louisiana Evacuate Ahead Of Hurricane Laura.

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AP (8/26, Sedensky) reports that dozens of nursing homes “evacuated their residents as Hurricane Laura bore down Wednesday, but many others with a choice just stayed put, concluding the risk of breaking their coronavirus lockdowns could be more deadly than the storm.” The Texas Health and Human Services Commission “said 64 long-term care facilities housing about 1,500 residents had evacuated as of Wednesday afternoon.” In Louisiana, “more than 800 residents in 11 nursing homes were also evacuated, according to the state health department.”        The Washington Post (8/26, Bernstein) also reports..

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