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Eddie Molloy
Opinion Virus crisis has shone spotlight on pitiful standards in some of our nursing homes
As the Covid-19 crisis unfolded, we acquired a new vocabulary to explain what was going on, with terms like 'flattening the curve', 'cocooning' and 'test, self-isolate, trace'. We also learned about 'pre-existing conditions' or 'underlying conditions', like diabetes or coronary heart disease, which make people especially vulnerable to the virus.