Tim Walz doubled down on allowing COVID patients into nursing homes despite 80% death stat

Under Democratic Gov. Tim Walz's watch during the COVID-19 pandemic, Minnesota experienced a devastating impact among its most vulnerable, as 80% of COVID-related deaths in the state occurred among residents of long-term care facilities, including nursing homes and assisted living centers.

Critics have taken aim at a policy, also practiced in other states during the pandemic, to allow patients with COVID into nursing homes after they were discharged from hospitals.

The policy in place is no longer available on the public-facing Minnesota government website and had to be acquired by the Wayback Machine. More...