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Hilton Garden Hotel In Pittsfield Serving As COVID-19 Center For The Homeless

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Josh Landes
Published April 11, 2020 at 1:32 PM EDT
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Researchers found that employing social media posts as a means of "visual nudging" to encourage safe behaviors resulted in decreased COVID-19 positivity rates of up to 25%.

WAMC has learned that a hotel in Pittsfield, Massahusetts is housing up to 75 homeless individuals recovering from COVID-19.

The Hilton Garden Inn in Pittsfield has been established as an "isolation and recovery" center by the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency. It will provide 24/7 COVID-19 recovery for people experiencing homeless who do not require hospitalization, unlike many homeless shelters which do not offer on-site daytime support. It is the first such request of a Massachusetts federally qualified health center, and is said to possibly be the first of its kind nationally.
 
The hotel is closed to other guests while it provides this function.

 
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Josh Landes
Josh Landes has been WAMC's Berkshire Bureau Chief since February 2018 after working at stations including WBGO Newark and WFMU East Orange. A passionate advocate for Berkshire County, Landes was raised in Pittsfield and attended Hampshire College in Amherst, receiving his bachelor's in Ethnomusicology and Radio Production. You can reach him at jlandes@wamc.org with questions, tips, and/or feedback.
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