Unhoused people are most vulnerable to COVID-19, despite declarations of "politics as usual"
April 20, 2020
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as posted by the channelIn Miami, a coalition of organizations that regularly serves unhoused people during the annual hurricane season has activated to feed and distribute masks and sanitation supplies during the pandemic. Dr. Armen Henderson, who says he was racially profiled outside his home while preparing for a shift to serve unhoused people, describes the disparate response in public healthcare and how he and others are doing acts of civil disobedience to feed unhoused people and fill in the gaps where local aid efforts are not helping. Unhoused people "can’t put tents outside, because police are harassing them. So, not only are police harassing me outside of my house, but they’re also harassing homeless people," Dr. Henderson tells Democracy Now! Meanwhile, it's "politics as usual" for politicians like President Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, whose calls to open up cities and lift stay-at-home orders show they "really don’t care about the poor people, the working-class individuals. You don’t care about their health."
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