Why did the homeless and marginalized population in Toronto manage so well during the COVID pandemic? Government & public health had no interest in them, yet they managed; McCullough zooms in!
by Paul Alexander
n=736 homeless; majority managed through the illness with no reported difficulty over the time period, most with the Omicron variants; no reported severe cases, hospitalizations, or deaths
Here is the key question and McCullough is correct:
if the highest risk derive no reduction in hospitalization or death, then even lower risk individuals are not worth the effort for public health interventions such as vaccines.
SOURCE:
‘Richard and coworkers reported on 736 homeless individuals in Toronto, Ontario during 2021 and 2022. The majority managed through the illness with no reported difficulty over the time period, most with the Omicron variants. There were no reported severe cases, hospitalizations, or deaths.’
