What we’ve done in testing in nursing homes and assisted living is a total disaster.

Brian Lee, director of Families for Better Care, a nursing home advocacy group, said of the lack of testing at long-term care facilities. While residents and staff at these facilities make up almost 45 percent of the coronavirus-related deaths in the U.S., only seven states have required constant testing of residents and staff. (PEW — July 15, 2020)