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Disaster Relief For The Elderly And Disabled Is Already Hard. Now Add A Pandemic

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Joseph Shapiro

July 22, 2020

An evacuee lies on a cot at an evacuation shelter for people with disabilities in Stuart, Fla., in preparation for Hurricane Dorian on Sept. 1, 2019. Now, with the pandemic raging, officials across the South are trying to adjust their evacuation and shelter plans. (AP)

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