Steve mentions this JAMA paper: Population-Level Health Effects of Involuntary Displacement of People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness Who Inject Drugs in US Cities.
That the policies implemented by Mayor Smiley are killer policies is pretty self-evident, but backing up statements by real research is the gold standard. Indeed, it turns out that even the stress resulting with the threat of homelessness is a killer, as yet another JAMA publication shows when straightforwardly generalized https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2815200
Thank You Steve for doing the reporting that needs to be done. The ruling elites have done an excellent job dividing and ruling those (with less means) and all of us should recognize that we have more in common, than differences. The average American is just 7 missed paychecks, or a single medical emergency away from homelessness. Again, that's all that divides us from our brothers and sisters on the streets who have been "othered" by the lame-stream media with fawning covering of some very viscous politicians. Reagan gutted the subsidized housing programs decades ago, Clinton the welfare system and we are living in the very predictable results. We are again in the 1930's depression-style police raids on homeless camps that led to the new-deal and all the good that came from it. Let's not let up the pressure to have a truly better world to live in free from the crass politics of blaming victims of a system set-up to fail the most vulnerable. Tax the uber wealthy for God's sake.
Thanks for your dedicated reporting on this topic. Our city government does not seem willing to support ALL its citizens, so your reporting on this is very important.
Steve mentions this JAMA paper: Population-Level Health Effects of Involuntary Displacement of People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness Who Inject Drugs in US Cities.
That the policies implemented by Mayor Smiley are killer policies is pretty self-evident, but backing up statements by real research is the gold standard. Indeed, it turns out that even the stress resulting with the threat of homelessness is a killer, as yet another JAMA publication shows when straightforwardly generalized https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2815200
Thank You Steve for doing the reporting that needs to be done. The ruling elites have done an excellent job dividing and ruling those (with less means) and all of us should recognize that we have more in common, than differences. The average American is just 7 missed paychecks, or a single medical emergency away from homelessness. Again, that's all that divides us from our brothers and sisters on the streets who have been "othered" by the lame-stream media with fawning covering of some very viscous politicians. Reagan gutted the subsidized housing programs decades ago, Clinton the welfare system and we are living in the very predictable results. We are again in the 1930's depression-style police raids on homeless camps that led to the new-deal and all the good that came from it. Let's not let up the pressure to have a truly better world to live in free from the crass politics of blaming victims of a system set-up to fail the most vulnerable. Tax the uber wealthy for God's sake.
Thanks for your dedicated reporting on this topic. Our city government does not seem willing to support ALL its citizens, so your reporting on this is very important.
Smiley makes my skin crawl.
Yes!!