https://hotair.com/archives/john-s-2/2020/03/30/la-seattle-announce-first-coronavirus-cases-among-homeless/LA And Seattle Announce First Coronavirus Cases Among The HomelessJOHN SEXTON Posted at 7:01 pm on March 30, 2020
Weeks ago it was clear that the coronavirus presented a unique threat to homeless people who often have underlying conditions that make them more vulnerable than the rest of the population. Cities up and down the west coast have rushed to take emergency measures to get as many people as possible inside, but that has its own risks as shelters are often overcrowded and put ill people a few feet apart from other vulnerable people as they sleep. Now we’re starting to see the first confirmed cases of the virus among the homeless population. In Seattle, four people have tested positive leading several shelters to lock down:
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In Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the first case of coronavirus contracted by a homeless person last Friday. A report published by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health last week estimated that as many as 400 homeless people could die from the virus just in LA County. To put that number in perspective, at present there are only 142 coronavirus related deaths in all of California.
Bad but predictable news.
