Now is the time focus on those who are truly on the frontlines of the coronavirus or Covid-19 pandemic. Drive-through testing will help some people, but the majority of the homeless don’t drive, and for our disabled homeless, walk-up sites will be inaccessible. With homeless shelters closing at record numbers and those providing services stretched thin, how will they reach everyone who needs to be tested? There are psychological stressors placed on everyone during a pandemic like this one, but the homeless community will be disproportionately impacted. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

Source: The Guardian March 23, 2020 10:30 UTC