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Detroit to restore water service to unpaid homes to allow people to wash their hands to avoid coronavirus

Posted by skybrian
Tags: coronaviruses.covid19, usa.mi.detroit, water, hygiene, poverty, handwashing, utilities, government.local, short read
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/detroit-to-restore-water-service-to-unpaid-homes-to-allow-people-to-wash-their-hands-to-avoid-coronavirus

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    joplin
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    While I'm glad to see they're being sensible about this, the history of water shutoffs in Detroit has been a pretty brutal and unfair situation since the beginning. They need to fix this situation...

    While I'm glad to see they're being sensible about this, the history of water shutoffs in Detroit has been a pretty brutal and unfair situation since the beginning. They need to fix this situation instead of applying bandaids like this.

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    1. skybrian
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      Yeah, it's striking how egalitarianism is getting something of a boost in a pandemic. Suddenly it matters more how other people live.

      Yeah, it's striking how egalitarianism is getting something of a boost in a pandemic. Suddenly it matters more how other people live.

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