The Coronavirus is Hitting the Homeless and the Poor Particularly Hard

by Michael Snyder
End of the American Dream

It is really hard to “shelter-in-place” when you don’t have a home at all. Prior to this pandemic, there were more than half a million homeless individuals in this country, and now that the economy is utterly collapsing that number has undoubtedly been pushed even higher. Without the protective bubble of a home to escape to, homeless Americans are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19, and authorities all over the nation are racing to get them off the streets. But stuffing them all in shelters is definitely not the answer, because once the virus gets into a shelter it can start spreading like wildfire. Just check out what has been happening in San Francisco…

At one of the largest homeless shelters in San Francisco, California, 70 people tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said.

Mayor London Breed announced on Friday that 68 homeless people and two staffers of the MSC South shelter contracted the coronavirus and have been placed in quarantine at the facility.

And things are even worse in New York City. At this point 371 shelter residents have tested positive for COVID-19, and at least 23 shelter residents have already died…

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