Coronavirus makes homeless people vulnerable like never before
To be able to self-quarantine is a privilege, kind of like stocking up on groceries and singing a nursery rhyme while washing your hands. When you live on the streets, potable water is too precious to use on your hands.
Michael Stein, a professor of health law, policy and management at Boston University, says we should have known something like this was coming. He’s the co-author of “Pained: Uncomfortable Conversations about the Public’s Health,” a timely book about disease prevention that will be published next month. Stein pointed out that in China, where the coronavirus originated, much of the transmission was between family members in shared households. Homeless shelters are households....
