Oregon's homelessness crisis has led to an increase in a highly contagious waste-borne disease associated with a range of deviant behaviors.
(Video: KGW-TV)
Leftist policies have been consistently shown to both facilitate and exacerbate public health crises, and the increased circulation of a bacterial infection in Portland, Oregon, is no different. With life on the streets in the Rose City “a piece of cake,” homeless people are now at increased risk of a fecal-borne Shigella bacterial infection.
In late December, Multnomah County Deputy Health Director Dr. Teresa Everson spoke to KGW-TV and said of the increase in infections, “These cases can occur because bathrooms, toilets for flushing -hands and soap can be difficult to access when you are not housed. And unhoused community members are at higher risk of infectious diseases in general, as they suffer from poorer health than the public in general”.
More recently, she he said Fox News Digital, “Although we are currently seeing an increase in Shigella cases in the Portland metro area, the risk to the general public remains low at this time and there are no measures in place for most people at this time. The best thing we can all do to prevent both respiratory viral illnesses and diarrheal illnesses is to continue to practice good hand hygiene.”
According to county data, at the end of 2023 there were 227 cases of shigellosis and 45 of them were reported in December. By comparison, there were 150 in 2022 and just 98 in 2021 in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties.
Rampant public defecation was cited as a major factor in the spread of disease that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states it can cause diarrhea, fever, stomach ache and “feeling the need to pass (poop) even when the bowels are empty” usually for five to seven days.
Posting a picture of the streets of Portland, one social media user wrote: “Example of why we're having a shigella outbreak in Portland: This person just pulled up in a vehicle with no license plates and used the street as in the bathroom. I wasn't going to photograph it, but the guy I was talking to said people should see it. So here you go.”
Example of why we are having a shigella outbreak in Portland:
This person just stopped in a vehicle without plates and used the street as a toilet.
I wasn't going to photograph it, but the guy I was talking to said people should see it. So here you go. pic.twitter.com/7NdnhNY9BF
— garbage GHOST⚡️ (@cocainemichelle) January 1, 2024
Also, like the concern that health officials stigmatized to curb the spread of Monkeypox, Everson ignored male homosexual relations as a major contributor to the spread of Shigella.
She told KGW-TV, “We'd like people not to feel anxious in general unless they're in one of the specific populations. We haven't seen cases of people in the general public getting an infection that we can't explain. Most of the cases we're seeing are associated with sexual activity, and some with travel. So we don't have any cases that indicate a risk to the general public.”
Just over a year earlier, it had already been reported that a homeless woman had told social service worker Kevin Dahlgren that living on the streets of Portland is “a piece of cake … you get three meals a day and you don't have to do shit … wake up, eat, get high… wake up, eat, get high, repeat.”
Similarly, instead of admitting the sick to hospitals where they could be quarantined to prevent further spread of the disease, Fox News reported that Multnomah County has provided temporary lodging in hotels and motels for those infected and that no one is forced to isolate themselves. .
Local hotel owner Jessie Burke also focused on the stigma as she told KGW-TV, “We just want to reassure everyone that everything is fine. There's no reason to avoid this area. And these things affect all things microeconomics, so be careful when delivering those messages.”
According to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Oregon was found to have the second highest percentage of homeless people in 2023, estimated at more than 20,000.
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