After a year and a half, we still haven't heard of any 'rona outbreaks in homeless encampments.
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Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Residents of a Large Homeless Shelter in Boston
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765378April 27, 2020
...All individuals residing in the shelter (N = 408) underwent symptom assessment and SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing. There were no known refusals. The mean age of the participants was 51.6 years; 71.6% of participants were men, 33.1% were black or African American, and 18.6% were Hispanic or Latino (Table). Among all participants, 1.0% had fever; 8.1% reported cough; 0.7% reported shortness of breath; and 5.9% reported other symptoms, including 1.5% with nasal or sinus symptoms and 1.2% with diarrhea. Overall, 361 individuals (88.5%) reported no symptoms.
A total of 147 participants (
36.0%) had PCR test results positive for SARS-CoV-2. Men constituted 84.4% of individuals with PCR-positive results and 64.4% of individuals with PCR-negative results. Among individuals with PCR test results positive for SARS-CoV-2, cough (7.5%), shortness of breath (1.4%), and fever (0.7%) were all uncommon, and 87.8% were asymptomatic....
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Age-Adjusted Mortality Rate for Sheltered Homeless New Yorkers
https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/age-adjusted-mortality-rate-for-sheltered-homeless-new-yorkers/...February 2021...
...Through the end of February 2021, the cumulative New York City mortality rate due to COVID-19 was 292 deaths per 100,000 people. For sheltered homeless New Yorkers, it was 436 deaths per 100,000 people – 49 percent higher than the New York City rate....