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Homeless shelters
Homeless shelters are temporary places of residence for individuals without homes or places to reside. Such shelters often provide additional services to the community as support groups for drug abusers.
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A 42-year old asked:
Are homeless shelters sanitary, or do they spread disease?
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A 49-year old asked:
Should people that cook and serve food in homeless shelters wear hairnets?
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A member asked:
Can i get a disease from an unethical dentist placing someone elses rotten teeth in my mouth without my consent while i under? I recently stayed at a place that claimed that they help homeless people with shelter. There was a sign up that said that the p
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A 34-year old asked:
The news outlet keeps on saying we need to shelter-in-place to not overwhelm the healthcare system. In what ways could the healthcare system become overwhelmed? Could this be a problem in a first world country like the U.S?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I have to stay in a shelter with lots of people. If someone has Zika, are we all going to catch it?
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A member asked:
Could Coronavirus potentially penetrate a bomb shelter?
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A 48-year old asked:
What actually causes someone to die if they are caught withtout shelter and get hypothermia?
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A 47-year old asked:
How long can a person live without water or shelter in the desert in september?
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A 52-year old male asked:
In order to protect the elderly living in my house, should I continue to go to work during this shelter in place time?
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A 48-year old female asked:
Some cousins live in tornado alley. What can they do to reassure their kids they will be ok while taking shelter during tornado warning?
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A 39-year old male asked:
If I don't have a nuclear fallout shelter, what should I do?
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A 33-year old asked:
Where should I go for shelter if driving and tornado warning?
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A 24-year old asked:
I'm building a bomb shelter in my house, what medicine should I have and how much can I expect to spend?
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A 49-year old male asked:
If my community just declared shelter-in-place, how prevalent in the community is the novel coronavirus? Would most people have it and just not know?
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A member asked:
My ex-wife works in health care. We are on voluntary shelter in place, and her visitation is Friday. Should she get our children given the risks of covid exposure?
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A member asked:
Is it safe to go for walk with my dog outside during the shelter in place mandate?
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A 25-year old asked:
So sad. Just learned my child has depression. I have always tried to shelter and protect my kids. What now?
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A 37-year old asked:
So sad. Just learned my child has craniofacial injuries. I have always tried to shelter and protect my kids. What now?
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A 44-year old asked:
Where is funding for the domestic violence shelters in the financial war against women?
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A member asked:
I am staying indoors because of the shelter in place. However, I think the air inside my house is not that great. Does it make me at risk of getting COVID since I am breathing in all this bad air?
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A male asked:
Adopting a stray. Got some scratches. Cat is at the animal shelter now getting vaccines. Vet said probably no issues, but...shld I wrry abt rabies?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Potentially bitten by stray cat 42 months (3.5 years ago). Do I need a rabies shot? I dont remember the cat biting me, and we kept the cat for a few days. It was fine from what I remember. We gave it to a shelter who has no records of it though?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Mandatory shelter-in-place til 4/16 in response to COVID. Only absolutely essential trips allowed. Would it be safe to go to dentist next week or can I wait until 4/16? Wisdom tooth chipped, but no pain or swelling & dont want to risk COVID exposure.
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A 26-year old female asked:
Cat from animal shelter brought home ringworm & gave it to my rabbit. Would pyrithione zinc shampoo help prevent me from getting it on my head?
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A female asked:
My daughter has a severe cough. I don't have insurance at the moment but I am re all worried. She threw up green stuff yesterday morning. I can't afford to get antibiotics causeb I am In a DV shelter. She has no fever. Just severe coughing and congestion?
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A 30-year old asked:
Can someone actually enjoy being homeless?
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A 41-year old asked:
Are homelessness and mental illness tied together?
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A 39-year old asked:
Should I convert someone who wanted to become homeless rather than have a job?
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A 42-year old asked:
Does homelessness cause mental illness or is mental illness heightened by homelessness?
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A 26-year old female asked:
My husband touch a homeless guy drunk guy on thenhand to check if he was alive, coz he had no signs of life, i wonder could my hasband get any illnesnow?
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