COVID rates were higher in Denver’s homeless shelters than encampments, according to study

The report was authored by Sarah Rowan, a doctor with Denver Health and the University of Colorado [School of Medicine], and multiple epidemiologists and other public health experts working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In fall of 2020, “looking back at results from summer, we were able to see a consistent pattern that the encampments had lower rates of current and past COVID cases than indoor shelters,” said Rowan.