28 May 2020: Who is COVID-19 Killing?

The Most Important COVID-19 Statistic: 43% Of U.S. Deaths Are From 0.6% Of The Population

The "0.6%" of the population referred to in this headline is the percentage of Americans who live in nursing homes and other assisted-living facilities. This article features some of the better analysis we've seen on the topic and contrasts the approaches taken by the governors of Florida and New York in following the CDC's guidelines as respective examples of what to do and what not to do in protecting residents of nursing homes from viral infections.

The authors note that the "43%" figure in the headline would be considerably higher if New York's public officials were more honest about where patients who were counted as dying in hospitals from COVID-19 were exposed to the virus.