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If Covid-19 isn’t dramatically increasing homeless deaths in SF, then what is?
- forgotmypw17 6y agoI'm on the other coast, but if it's anything like NYC, it's probably largely due to near-complete loss of resources like food, shelter, charging ports, human contact, and public space.
- db48x 6y ago“Every root cause for overdose has been exacerbated by this pandemic.” I keep seeing people make this mistake. The root cause for overdose has been exacerbated by the government's response to this pandemic, not the pandemic itself.
- gnusty_gnurc 6y agoOf course the statement I'm going to say aligns with my politics, but it's unfortunate how often government intervention ends up being net negative compared to complete inaction.
- db48x 6y agoI absolutely agree.
- curryst 6y agoI read an article a few months ago about how the import restrictions (or maybe that there's just fewer international shipments) from Covid were making it harder to smuggle things into the US. I wonder if that is having an impact on the quality of street drugs and causing overdoses. If fentanyl is so much more compact than heroin, I wouldn't be surprised if drug smugglers prioritized fentanyl given the limited quantities that can be smuggled. That would make street doses far more dangerous.