The other vulnerable population I am not hearing much about

[tulipsandroses]

Mainstream news has recently started to discuss racial disparities, also seeing coverage about people that are incarcerated. What I have not heard much about - people living in homeless shelters.

Shelters are quite often full to the brim. No way to social distance in a homeless shelter with 40-50 other people. I fear that these people will be neglected.

[snowybirdie]

1. A new hot spot

is Cook County jail in Chicago. Over 350 cases so far, 4,000 inmates.

[spinbaby]

2. Any dense captive population

Homeless shelters, prisons, refugee camps, slums, nursing homes...

[Igel]

3. I wonder about crossing vulnerabilities.

Men are at higher risk at all age categories than women, on average. In some age categories, at sharply greater risk.

African-Americans are at higher than average risk. (Haven't heard about any other demographic identifiers or SES.)

Are AA males at higher risk than AA females? How do AA females compare to average?

[Tanuki]

4. In Nashville, temporary housing for the homeless has been set up in buildings

at the State Fairgrounds.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wkrn.com/community/health/coronavirus/nashville-to-open-shelters-for-homeless-impacted-by-covid-19/amp/

..."The shelters will be divided into three groups: one for those who are well, another for people who have been tested for the virus and need to self-isolate and the last for anyone who has tested positive but doesn’t need to be hospitalized.

The city has already installed nine public hand washing stations across town for those who might not have easy access to sanitization.

Organizers said they hope this helps with the overflow at local shelters.

“The rescue mission has to do spacing between people, they have more people than they have space for. They have to come to another location, they are bringing about half the people from the Rescue Mission here, they are going to set up 200 cots, food, beverage, take care of people here, they are bringing in washers and dryers to do laundry,” explained volunteer Norm Partin."...(more)

[TeamPooka]

5. Gov Newsom and LA Mayor Garcetti mention them every day in their TV briefings and what is being

done for the currently homeless community

[Coventina]

6. This morning on MSNBC it was reported that Gov. Cuomo basically said

he doesn't have time to care about the incarcerated.

[Ms. Toad]

11. Wow.

Granted, Ohio is in a different situation as to the intensity of the crisis. BUT caring for the incarcerated has been on Ohio's agenda from early on.

[Coventina]

12. Yeah, I was really disappointed to hear that.

I hope the lawsuits will come, after this is over, and make an example of that kind of inhumane thinking.

[tulipsandroses]

14. That is disappointing.

I hope he does some reflection on this. That was inappropriate for him to say. Their lives are not less valuable.

[Stinky The Clown]

15. Do you have anything more about that than your statement?

[Coventina]

16. No, I'm just reporting what was said on MSNBC during a segment on incarcerated people

and their risk in getting COVID-19.

The person who said it (I'm sorry, I didn't write down his name and I don't remember it) is a community activist in NYC.

[Stinky The Clown]

17. Okay, thanks

[Hortensis]

7. There's plenty to google about COVID and homeless.

Many, of course, stay away from shelters and others have special aversion to being located and counted. Many are of course fully rational and could do a proper job of taking care of themselves if they weren't severely lacking in resources.

[PufPuf23]

8. Humboldt county, CA has a significant homeless population

and is putting the homeless in motels and feeding them.

IMO this should have occurred with or without CV19.

Here is an example from a rural part of Humboldt county but leasing and putting the homeless in motels is a county-wide strategy.

http://kymkemp.com/2020/04/09/riding-the-wave-a-generous-flow-of-money-supplies-and-volunteers-provides-help-to-over-100-homeless-in-sohum/

[tulipsandroses]

9. It is good to hear that some places are taking action.

Quite a bit of my patients are still in crowded shelters. The only thing I have heard in regards to people in shelters in my county, is that they are not taking new referrals - meaning they are not taking in new people.

[Ms. Toad]

10. Ohio is talking about all three.

Part of today's state press conference was a discusson on the disparate impact on racial minorities and on people in poverty, led by a black OB/GYN from one of our larger metropolitan areas. The disparity has been mentioned in probaby 50% of the conferences.

Ohio has also reviewed the possibility of early release for individuals within prison who are near the end of their terms, are vulnerable, and have committed crimes with a low recidivism rate. A recommendation for the parole board for early release of 26 individuals will be expedited then returned to the governor for action. (The prison population, the risks to that population, and to the the staff that work there are discussed perhaps every 3rd day.)

My spouse is right now participating in our county board of health meeting (she's on the board. Part of today's meeting is discussing the impact on the homeless population and how to address it.

But it probably isn't relevant because we're just a backwards red state.

[Dem2theMax]

13. San Diego has been on top of this.

They have taken over all kinds of places to make sure that the homeless have a safe place to be during this crisis.

[bdamomma]

18. We are not

hearing about those children in cages either? What is going on in those prisons???