Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness: Steps to Protect a Vulnerable Population

Joshua A Barocas^{1

2}, Karen R Jacobson^{3

4}, Davidson H Hamer^{3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center (BMC), Boston, MA, USA. Joshua.Barocas@BMC.org.
² Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. Joshua.Barocas@BMC.org.
³ Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center (BMC), Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

Editorial

Joshua A Barocas et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 May.

. 2021 May;36(5):1416-1417.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06434-5. Epub 2021 Feb 2.

Joshua A Barocas^{1

2}, Karen R Jacobson^{3

4}, Davidson H Hamer^{3

4

5}

¹ Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center (BMC), Boston, MA, USA. Joshua.Barocas@BMC.org.
² Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. Joshua.Barocas@BMC.org.
³ Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center (BMC), Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest.

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