“It’s impacted everyone differently,” Latchford said. “The shelter clients and staff of course are very fearful,”
A January 2021 study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggested those fears were justified.
It found that at the height of the first wave from March 14 to June 16 last year, people with a recent history of homelessness were more than 20 times more likely to be hospitalized from COVID-19 and five times more likely to die within 21 days of testing positive.
Oceanside Homelessness Task Force - District 69, Parksville, BC 