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398- Unsheltered in Place
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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Apr 14, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
99% Invisible producer Katie Mingle had already been working on a series about unhoused people in the Bay Area for over a year when the current pandemic began to unfold. Suddenly, this vulnerable demographic was cast into the spotlight due to the virulent spread of COVID-19. It is clear from the data that this virus is hitting black and poor communities the hardest. COVID-19 has made American society’s racial and wealth inequities even more obvious. The disease is most dangerous to older and immunocompromised people, two groups to which those experiencing homelessness disproportionately belong.
Plus, hotels have long been used as crucial infrastructure during disasters. Now they’re being used to help fight the pandemic.
Unsheltered in Place
Plus, hotels have long been used as crucial infrastructure during disasters. Now they’re being used to help fight the pandemic.
Unsheltered in Place
Released:
Apr 14, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
99% Invisible-05- 99% Forgotten: At the top of Mt. Olympus in San Francisco, on what was once thought to be the geographic center of the city, is a pedestal for a statue that isn’t there. There’s no marker. You can just make out the … Continue reading → by 99% Invisible