Content: publishing "SPLHOMES10"

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@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@ authors = ["Aneri Pattani", "Rebecca Moss"]
 blurb = "Similar measures to those envisioned were later put in place, but only after widespread outbreaks were already underway."
 byline = "Aneri Pattani of Spotlight PA and Rebecca Moss of Spotlight PA"
 description = "Similar measures to those envisioned were later put in place, but only after widespread outbreaks were already underway."
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 image-credit = "JESSICA GRIFFIN / Philadelphia Inquirer"
 image-description = "Pennsylvania emergency response officials had a plan to protect nursing homes before the coronavirus swept across the state, but it was never fully implemented. Now, many say the state still isn't doing enough, and what it is doing might be too little, too late."
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 published = 2020-05-09T06:32:00-04:00
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@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ In the meantime, some facilities have become death traps.
 
 As of Friday, state officials reported infections at 522 facilities and 2,458 deaths, which is 68% of all COVID-19 fatalities statewide. Roughly 900 new deaths in these facilities have been reported in just the past week. Despite the alarming numbers, the administration has stuck by its modest goals for increased statewide testing and has not committed to wider testing at nursing homes.
 
-By contrast, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/maryland-coronavirus-universal-testing-nursing-home-residents-staff">Maryland</a>, <a href="https://governor.wv.gov/News/press-releases/2020/Pages/COVID-19-UPDATE-West-Virginia-becomes-first-state-in-nation-to-begin-testing-all-nursing-home-residents-and-staff.aspx">West Virginia</a>, <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/05/04/wisconsin-coronavirus-updates-testing-nursing-homes-cases-rise/3081986001/">Wisconsin</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211023212029/https://www.enterprisenews.com/news/20200427/governor-announces-130-million-in-funding-mandatory-testing-for-massachusetts-nursing-homes">Massachusetts</a>, and <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2020/04/29/tennessee-nursing-homes-everyone-should-be-tested-for-coronavirus/3050282001/">Tennessee</a> have committed to testing all long-term care residents and staff. In Maryland and Massachusetts, health officials also have formed “strike teams” to help overwhelmed facilities navigate outbreaks and mitigate the spread.
+By contrast, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/maryland-coronavirus-universal-testing-nursing-home-residents-staff">Maryland</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/20200422035244/https://governor.wv.gov/News/press-releases/2020/Pages/COVID-19-UPDATE-West-Virginia-becomes-first-state-in-nation-to-begin-testing-all-nursing-home-residents-and-staff.aspx">West Virginia</a>, <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/05/04/wisconsin-coronavirus-updates-testing-nursing-homes-cases-rise/3081986001/">Wisconsin</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211023212029/https://www.enterprisenews.com/news/20200427/governor-announces-130-million-in-funding-mandatory-testing-for-massachusetts-nursing-homes">Massachusetts</a>, and <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2020/04/29/tennessee-nursing-homes-everyone-should-be-tested-for-coronavirus/3050282001/">Tennessee</a> have committed to testing all long-term care residents and staff. In Maryland and Massachusetts, health officials also have formed “strike teams” to help overwhelmed facilities navigate outbreaks and mitigate the spread.
 
 Levine said at a legislative hearing Thursday that state officials were discussing strategies to expand testing. But Sen. Lisa Baker (R., Luzerne) countered, “The time for robust discussing is over and the time for action is now.”