COVID-19 takes hold among the homeless in Los Angeles

In the war against COVID-19, our greatest, and only truly effective weapon, is isolation. Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and healthcare professionals the world over, have stressed repeatedly that maintaining social distancing over a protracted period of time is the only way in which we can prevent the loss … Continue reading COVID-19 takes hold among the homeless in Los Angeles

India’s coronavirus lockdown devolves into a catastrophe

Hundreds of thousands of migrant laborers in India have started on long, grueling journeys on foot to get home after being rendered essentially jobless and homeless due to the nationwide lockdown ordered by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a bid to quell the spread of the coronavirus. Just last week, India’s prime minister ordered all 1.3 billion … Continue reading India’s coronavirus lockdown devolves into a catastrophe