Outsiders

Transmission: A pandemic meets a homelessness crisis

2020-03-20 · 05:38 UTC ·Will James ·0 min read

Brief

Transmission: A pandemic meets a homelessness crisis (Outsiders, by Will James, published 2020-03-20) is a KNKX crossover report from Olympia where a standing "state of emergency" on homelessness collided with the emerging COVID-19 outbreak. The episode documents how stay-at-home orders conflicted with life outdoors and relays responders' and advocates' concerns about protecting unsheltered people.

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title: Transmission: A pandemic meets a homelessness crisis
author: Will James
contenttype: podcast
publication: Outsiders
published: 2020-03-20T05:38:40+00:00
sourceurl: https://www.knkx.org/news/2020-03-19/transmission-a-pandemic-meets-a-homelessness-crisis

word_count: 52

When the novel coronavirus outbreak hits Olympia, it arrives in the middle of a "state of emergency" around homelessness. What happens to people surviving outside when the government says to stay at home? This crossover episode with the KNKX podcast Transmission looks at the effects of the pandemic on the homeless population.