title: Transmission: A pandemic meets a homelessness crisis
author: Will James
contenttype: podcast
publication: Outsiders
published: 2020-03-20T05:38:40+00:00
sourceurl: https://www.knkx.org/news/2020-03-19/transmission-a-pandemic-meets-a-homelessness-crisis
word_count: 52
When the novel coronavirus outbreak hits Olympia, it arrives in the middle of a "state of emergency" around homelessness. What happens to people surviving outside when the government says to stay at home? This crossover episode with the KNKX podcast Transmission looks at the effects of the pandemic on the homeless population.