Collected Item: “14 of the Largest Outbreaks are in Prisons and Jails”
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14 of the Largest Outbreaks are in Prisons and Jails
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images
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Covid-19 is particularly dangerous in populations that are enclosed and unable to social distance such as nursing homes and correctional facilities. This Tweet explains that 14 of the largest outbreaks across the US are in the prisons and jails. The writer of the Tweet, James King, asks why the California Governor, Gavin Newsom, is closing bars and beaches while not doing more in the correctional facilities since 6 of the 14 largest outbreaks are in California.
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incarceration, outbreak, pandemic response, plan, closure, prison, jail, California, beach, bar
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https://twitter.com/jamesking0314/status/1293163835990224896
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James King
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2020-08-11