Another example of the racial and economic disparities in the impact of this virus. The white and wealth, often synonymous terms in Manhattan, can afford to abandon their primary residences. Meanwhile, residents of poorer boroughs must remain in the city and face the nation’s worst outbreak.
Revolutionario Tacos handed out 800 tacos to residents of Skid Row, an area of LA densely populated with a lot of low-income housing and single-room occupancy units as well as a large population of homeless people. Susan Park, a co-founder of the business alongside Chef Zadi, also started a mutual-aid fund and has been confronted … Read more
Governor Gavin Newsom recently announced that the state of California will be providing additional food stamp benefits to low-income families who have children that qualify for free or reduced lunch. These families will receive an additional $365 per child to use in the next two months in an effort to make up for the loss … Read more
Dr. Jarvis T. Chen and Dr. Nancy Krieger of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have recently published a paper, “Revealing the unequal burden of COVID-19 by income, race/ethnicity, and household crowding: US county vs. ZIP code analyses,” in which they examine COVID-19 disparities through an analysis of factors such as income, race/ethnicity, … Read more
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4agk99/2-homeless-women-took-over-an-empty-san-francisco-home-and-cops-showed-up In San Francisco, two homeless women occupied an empty house in San Francisco on May 1st, and the police detained the women quite aggressively. The demonstration builds upon other general unrest in the Bay Area as the 8,000 person homeless population sees higher stakes of remaining outside amidst COVID-19. Though San Francisco has declared … Read more
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-prisons-testing-in/in-four-u-s-state-prisons-nearly-3300-inmates-test-positive-for-coronavirus-96-without-symptoms-idUSKCN2270R In Ohio’s Marion Correctional Institution, 2028 out of 2300 inmates that were tested tested positive and 95% were asymptomatic. In general, gathering data from inmates at state prisons in Arkansas, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia, 3277 out of 4693 tests conducted came back positive, and 96% of these 3277 inmates showed zero symptoms. While … Read more
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/California-struggles-to-slow-COVID-19-among-15209659.php On April 18th, Governor Newsom announced plans titled Project Roomkey to use empty hotels to help some of California’s homeless population, over 150,000 people in total, access better housing and health. While his plans aim to house 15,000 and prioritizes those with prior conditions making them susceptible to severe cases of COVID-19, it’s unclear … Read more
This interactive New York Times opinion article breaks down how much time a household would need to save enough money for a month’s worth of expenses during an emergency like the COVID-19 pandemic. For households earning more than $200,000 annually, it could take about two months. Households earning between $70,000 and $99,999 would need seven … Read more
“While almost three in four white voters said they did not know someone who died of the virus, 48 percent of black voters, and 52 percent of Latino voters, said they did.”
https://www.livemint.com/news/india/indian-migrant-worker-with-covid-19-infection-found-dead-in-singapore-11587705794620.html A worker in Singapore with a positive COVID-19 case was found dead in his dorm, after falling down the stairs. The police do not suspect foul play but are still investigating. Migrants in Singapore are stuck in dorms as cases skyrocket, and the cramped conditions often lead to further infection.
