Everyone in the industry tried warning about this.
For every resident they have to move they're risking death. At that age and with the illnesses they have they don't take moving well and it kills them, I've seen it myself, it's a huge shock to their bodies.
They've more risk of dying from being moved than they have from covid.
There's also more risk of neglect and injury if they're sent into hospital. I'm not saying hospital staff abuse people, they don't- but what hospital staff don't have is the time that care staff do. HCAs don't have time to sit for an hour assisting to feed, so they lose weight quickly, and they don't have time to take personal care very slowly, which results in injury in some cases.
They don't have time to sit and talk or do an activity, so mobility and memory are made even worse.
I'd be more worried about all that than covid if I were a family member - although now covid is a risk if they end up in hospital because 100,000 NHS staff aren't vaccinated.
Make it make sense
I don't think its a CT to say that all through this and for a few years now the aim has been to get rid of the "useless eaters"