Lessons From Influenza Outbreaks for Potential Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Hospitalizations, Ventilator Use, and Mortality Among Homeless Persons in New York State

Date of Review: June, 2020

Miyawaki A, Hasegawa K, Tsugawa Y. Lessons From Influenza Outbreaks for Potential Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Hospitalizations, Ventilator Use, and Mortality Among Homeless Persons in New York State. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Jun 4:1–3. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-05876-1.

Results from paper show that the homeless population has a higher hospitalization rate during COVID-19 and once hospitalized has a higher rate of using of a ventilator. These findings enforces the importance of providing resources such as sanitation supplies, testing, and shelter to quarantine to the homeless population.–Clare Petrie, NCEAS