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posted by martyb on Friday December 08 2017, @05:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the don't-walk-barefoot dept.

San Diego continues to face a hepatitis A outbreak:

Like other major cities all along the West Coast, San Diego is struggling with a homeless crisis. In a place that bills itself as "America's Finest City," spiraling real estate values have contributed to spiraling homelessness, leaving more than 3,200 people living on the streets or in their cars.

Most alarmingly, the deplorable sanitary conditions help spread a liver-damaging virus that lives in fæces, contributing to the deadliest U.S. hepatitis A epidemic in 20 years. "Some of the most vulnerable are dying in the streets in one of the most desirable and livable regions in America," a San Diego County grand jury wrote in its report in June — reiterating recommendations it gave the city over the past decade to address homelessness.

San Diego has struggled to do that. Two years ago, Mayor Kevin Faulconer closed a downtown tent shelter that operated for 29 years during winter months. He promised a "game changer" — a new, permanent facility with services to funnel people to housing. But it wasn't enough. The result? Legions of Californians without shelter. A spreading contagion. And an extraordinary challenge to the city's sunny identity that threatens its key tourism industry.

Previously: San Diego Declares Emergency Due to Outbreak of Hepatitis A
San Diego Power-Washing Streets to Fight Hepatitis A Outbreak


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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday December 09 2017, @07:20AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Saturday December 09 2017, @07:20AM (#607641) Journal

    Hm good point, maybe we should stop the small group of people from doing something they don't need to do because it destroys everything around them. For example, the homeless from shitting on the sidewalk.

    There are so many solutions:
    - stop them being a small group of people - eg (join them and) make the group large
    - stop them being a group at all
    - stop them being people at all
    - stop them being homeless
    - stop them shitting at all
    - stop the shitting on sidewalk
    Which particular solution you have in mind?

    (grin)

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