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People living outside in Seattle have far fewer options for protecting from coronavirus

Mark Lloyd, left, shows Eric Smith how to hygienically manage a toilet he and others in his homeless camp can use. There are limited sanitation options for people in the camps who may be trying to fight off infection from COVID-19. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)

If Eric Smith wants to wash his hands with hot, soapy water, he has two options. The first is to walk about four blocks from his small encampment in North Beacon Hill to the Lazarus Center on Rainier Avenue, but that closes for most people at 6 p.m. The second is to boil water collected from willing neighbors over a camp grill. Going to the...

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Hopelink staffer Thomas Machin, left, helps someone with a prepared to-go box Thursday, March 19, 2020 in Kirkland. The food bank has gone to a takeout box pickup, and has suspended food donations during the coronavirus outbreak. 213398

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Councelor Brandi Leon leads the closing Serenity Prayer at the end of their Recovery Circle in the parking lot behind the Compassionate Addictive Treatment center in downtown Spokane, Wash. March 24, 2020. Usually the group would meet indoors and hold hands during the prayer, but due to the pandemic, they have opted outside to meet distancing guidelines. (Rajah Bose for The Seattle Times)

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Dr. Aliea Herbert takes the heart rate and screens a Plymouth Housing and DESC resident for the coronavirus on Third Avenue in downtown Seattle on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Beginning Tuesday, Swedish Health Services, in partnership with Plymouth Housing and Downtown Emergency Service Center, are screening and testing formerly homeless adults living in single room occupancy housing, shelter or efficiency apartments. 213444

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People gather on the sidewalk in front of the Union Gospel Mission in downtown Seattle, Friday, March 20, 2020. The Mission serves a large portion of Seattle’s homeless population, and officials fear that controlling the spread of the new coronavirus in groups that lack access to basic hygiene and other supplies will be difficult. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW103 WATW103

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