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Sisters and Brothers: Prepare Yourselves!
This Covid-19 Disaster Has Just Begun, Unless…
You probably pictured what’s going to happen when the stay-at-home regs are lifted and we can all head to our favorite head trimmer. Long line. Exhausted stylists. Great tips.
What about when local recyclers reopen? We environmentally-concerned households have been faithfully stacking glass, aluminum cans and cardboard in our garages. Now we’ll gleefully dance to our soon-to-be deluged recycling location and do our feeble part to save Mother Earth.
A few of us are quite worried about another pandemic “accumulation,” that of bodies, still alive, but without a place to go. In many communities, families and youth (I’m going to focus on them because that’s my gig) have found refuge in motels, or have been somehow assisted so they wouldn’t be wandering our empty streets spreading covid-19 germs. For weeks, some have enjoyed sleeping in a real bed, showering when they want/need, eating at least semi-regular meals, and relishing other comforts of home.
The response to families/youth experiencing homelessness varied across the country. My former hometown of…
