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The state's attorney general suggests drastic underreporting by the state health department throughout the pandemic
The true number of COVID-19 deaths from New York nursing homes during the state's initial surge could be 56 percent more than what the state health department is reporting, according to a report released Thursday by the state's attorney general.
Comparing data collected from 62 of the state's 619 nursing homes and data reported by the New York State Department of Health (DOH) during the same time periods, Attorney General Letitia James found that the facilities recorded 1,914 COVID-19 deaths among residents, while the DOH reported only 1,229 deaths at those same homes.
The state's official COVID-19 death count in nursing home is roughly 8,700 right now. A 56 percent increase on that count would bring the total deaths to well over 13,000.
The discrepancies between the two data sets stem mainly from the state's decision to omit in-hospital deaths, which occur after a resident is transferred from a nursing home to a hospital, from its official count. That decision has been criticized throughout the pandemic.
"Many residents died from COVID-19 in hospitals after being transferred from their nursing homes,” the report says. By including in-hospital deaths in the count, “a significantly higher number of resident COVID-19 deaths can be identified than is reflected in the deaths publicized by DOH.”
But discrepancies also lie among the on-site deaths reported directly by nursing homes to the attorney general investigators and those publicized by the DOH, the report shows. While the 62 nursing homes surveyed reported 1,266 facility deaths, the DOH publicized only 1,229 for the same homes.
"The bottom line is many more nursing home residents died from COVID-19 than State Department of Health data indicate,” says AARP New York State Director Beth Finkel. “We need more transparency in both the counting of COVID-related nursing home resident deaths, no matter where they occurred, and more accountability by nursing homes to ensure they are following the rules.” --->READ MORE HERE
The State of the Consumer 2025: When disruption becomes permanent report from McKinsey & Co points out that at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, consumers adopted new behaviours extremely quickly, and some of those behaviours have endured.
The ConsumerWise Sentiment Survey questioned more than 25,000 consumers in 18 markets that together account for around 75% of global GDP. The responses reveal what consumers today value and how that influences shopping behaviours.
There are five key takeaways from the survey...
1. People are spending more time alone and online
The behaviours that consumers adopted for coping with life under Covid-19 lockdown — namely, a reliance on digital connectivity and at-home activities — are now permanent parts of their daily lives. Globally, consumers still spend their time and money differently than they did five years ago. They’re more intent on immediate gratification and convenience and have a higher focus on self than before.
US consumers in 2025 report that they have over three hours more of free time a week, on average, than those in 2019 reported. But they allocate nearly 90% of that time to solo activities. The biggest increases are in time spent enjoying hobbies or relaxing independently, shopping, performing fitness activities, and being on social media.
Consumers are also using e-commerce and food delivery services at high rates. Over 90% of Chinese and US consumers in the survey say that they shopped at an online-only retailer in the previous month; the same is true for over 80% of surveyed consumers in Germany and the United Kingdom.
This growing demand for convenience has cemented a bring-it-to-me mindset that is reshaping retail.
“We anticipate that consumer tolerance for friction and inconvenience will continue to decrease while their expectations for service and speed will increase — both within existing categories and beyond them. Consumers will continue to raise the bar: Speed will become table stakes for delivery and e-commerce. Additionally, consumers will add low cost, reliability, and the ability to make returns to their expectations,” reads the report.
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