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News Source: South Seattle Emerald

White Center Quarantine Site: the inefficiency of delayed outreach

From South Seattle Emerald – a look into what happened at White Center’s quarantine facility when previous community outreach efforts were halfhearted in the majority immigrant and working class neighborhood.
An apartment building adjacent to 206 SW 112th St., where a coronavirus quarantine facility is set to open, photographed on March 9, 2020 in Seattle, Wash. More than 15,000 people signed an online petition against the coronavirus facility, created by White Center resident Chris Blado. County officials plan to open emergency isolation facilities in White Center, Kent, Interbay and North Seattle. CREDIT: Jovelle Tamayo for the South Seattle Emerald

Community comes together to question White Center quarantine site

From South Seattle Emerald – when a populated street in White Center is chosen as the site for a proposed quarantine facility the local community organizes around concerns.

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