In Massachusetts, the people who lived mostly in shelters suffered a death rate about four times higher than that of the state's general adult population. But the people who stayed outside year-round--the Street Team's special patients, whom Jim [the doctor who is the subject of the book] had once imagined as "hardy survivors"--died at about ten times the normal rate.
Tracy Kidder, Rough Sleepers, Random House, 2023
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