Oregon health officials are currently concerned about a Hepatitis A outbreak working its way through the homeless population in the state. The exploding homeless population in more liberal and socialist areas are seeing a major rise in outbreaks of Hepatitis A, as California is already experiencing.
The state of Oregon’s health workers have been shifting their focus and working to redirect hepatitis A prevention strategies toward homeless populations following a shift in how outbreaks of the disease occur, according to a report by the Bend Bulletin. Homeless populations are now the most vulnerable to contracting the Hepatitis A viral infection.
The national rate of hepatitis A infections spiked in 2016 and 2017 with outbreaks affecting mainly adults over the age of 40, particularly those who were homeless. “The homeless population just seems like the perfect setup for this transmission,” said Dr. Paul Cieslak, medical director for communicable diseases and immunizations at the Oregon Health Authority’s Public Health Division. “You’ve got people living without the benefit of running water and often without toilet or sewage.”
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The longer we ignore our homeless, the greater the risk to all the rest of us. Even those lacking compassion should admit it is in our best interest to tackle this problem before it spreads.
Those of you who may respond "who cares?" should consider the possibility that without a job or the social safety net, all of us are potential victims of this malady. The majority of Americans are one paycheck away from homelessness.
What makes more sense to you - dropping bombs on goat herders in Afghanistan, or cleaning up our cities by providing water, facilities, and jobs for our own citizens?
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