A Nursing Home’s First Day Out of Lockdown

<p>The Good Shepherd Nursing Home in West Virginia lifted its coronavirus lockdown in February.</p><p>For months, residents had been confined to their rooms, unable to mix. But with everybody now vaccinated, it was finally time to see one another again.</p><p>We share some of the relief and joy about the tip-toe back to normalcy for staff members and residents.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/sarah-mervosh">Sarah Mervosh</a>, a national reporter for The New York Times.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>The Good Shepherd Nursing Home, where vaccinations have finished, offers a glimpse at<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/us/nursing-homes-covid-19.html"> what the other side of the pandemic might look like</a>.</li><li>Nursing homes, once hot spots of the coronavirus, are<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/02/25/us/nursing-home-covid-vaccine.html"> far outpacing the rest of the United States</a> in Covid declines.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily.</a></p><p> Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>