Coverage dated July 4, 2022

COVID nursing home deaths claim is campaign trail mainstay

Headline from WFMZ Allentown

Pennsylvania’s Republican nominee for governor, Doug Mastriano, often makes the baseless allegation that Gov. Tom Wolf’s policy of readmitting COVID-19 patients from hospitals to nursing homes caused thousands of deaths.

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  1. WFMZ Allentown

    COVID nursing home deaths claim is campaign trail mainstay (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    Pennsylvania’s Republican nominee for governor, Doug Mastriano, often makes the baseless allegation that Gov. Tom Wolf’s policy of readmitting COVID-19 patients from hospitals to nursing homes caused thousands of deaths.

  2. FOX 29 Philadelphia

    COVID nursing home deaths claim is Pennsylvania governor campaign trail mainstay (opens FOX 29 Philadelphia)

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    Pennsylvania’s Republican nominee for governor, Doug Mastriano, often makes the baseless allegation that Gov. Tom Wolf’s policy of readmitting COVID-19 patients from hospitals to nursing homes caused thousands of deaths.

  3. Triblive

    Covid nursing home deaths claim is mainstay on Pennsylvania governor campaign trail (opens Triblive)

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    HARRISBURG — Doug Mastriano, Pennsylvania’s Republican nominee for governor, has made a campaign staple out of the allegation that Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s policy of readmitting covid-19 patients from hospitals to nursing homes caused thousands of deaths — a baseless claim for which no investigato…

  4. The Sentinel (Carlisle)

    Election 2022: Baseless claims about COVID nursing home deaths is Pa. campaign trail mainstay for Mastriano (opens The Sentinel (Carlisle))

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    Layers of inspections by researchers have pointed to entirely something different — nursing home employees ushering in the virus every day — while investigators found administrators flouting staffing requirements or

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