{"id":7797,"date":"2021-12-17T12:27:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T19:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=7797"},"modified":"2021-12-17T12:27:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T19:27:29","slug":"san-diego-is-ending-the-usage-of-hotels-as-covid-shelters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=7797","title":{"rendered":"San Diego is Ending the Usage of Hotels as COVID Shelters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Sasha Reva<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Diego County will be ending a program that housed COVID-19\u00a0 patients. However, the program had a number of problems, from neglect of patients to harassment and mismanagement. The program had two components such as an isolation and high-risk hotels and cost $5.2 million a month, but since our government is running out of the money, the program has ended.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have already given about 100 emergency housing vouchers to people who are homeless. Unfortunately again, the homelessness rate is growing rapidly. \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019m going to find housing in time,\u201d Chris VonKroog said. \u201cI\u2019m going to be literally right back out on the street with my dog.\u201d VonKroog was one of almost 100 people who received emergency vouchers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The program has helped about 13,700 people while the program was working, however, in the past we all know how the staff and the guests were treated. According to an evaluation by San Diego State University, the staff were undertrained which lead to many delays in much-needed medication. At least seven people died and five deaths with overdoses.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/inewsource.org\/2021\/09\/24\/san-diego-county-gave-pay-raise-to-troubled-contractor\/\">The county extended a $140.6 million contract with Equus<\/a> until the end of March, which officially ended the program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs vaccination rates have increased and positive cases decreased, so has the need for this critical service\u201d. The Omicron variant came to spread locally and most of the vaccinated people are getting sick, which shows that the vaccine and the boosters are not effective .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hotel program had more than 1,100 people in September. Many of them were asylum seekers who tested positive for COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI don\u2019t know what I\u2019m going to do.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t have any opportunities or family to go to, so it would be back in my car and that\u2019s a concern because you can\u2019t cook, you can\u2019t shower. I mean, it\u2019s going to be hard.\u201d Since the program was working temporarily, now people have no place to call a home and they are back on the streets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photo Cred: IHG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Sasha Reva San Diego County will be ending a program that housed COVID-19\u00a0 patients. However, the program had a number of problems, from neglect of patients to harassment and mismanagement. 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