RELATED: The difficulties of distance learning for families facing homelessnessWhile shelters saw some large COVID-19 outbreaks, the virus so far doesn't appear to have brought devastation to the homeless population as many feared.
However, researchers and advocates say much is unknown about how the pandemic is affecting the estimated half-million people without housing in the U.S.In a country that's surpassed 5 million identified cases and 169,000 deaths, researchers don't know why there appear to be so few outbreaks among the homeless.“I am shocked, I guess I can say, because it’s a very vulnerable population.
I don’t know what we're going to see in an aftermath,” said Dr. Deborah Borne, who oversees health policy for COVID-19 homeless.