Prisons have already failed to contain Covid-19. What happens when the new variants arrive?
Prisoners say they’re “scared as hell” about a continued lack of vaccines, testing, and masks.
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The rapid spread of new variants of the coronavirus, some of which seem to be more contagious than older versions, has experts in the US calling for stricter social distancing and better masking to avoid yet another big surge of new Covid-19 cases and deaths.
Health advocates and epidemiologists are particularly concerned about what will happen once the new variants find their way into prisons, jails, and immigration detention facilities.
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