🧼 Hygiene Deserts & Infection Risk

🔍 Summary:

No sinks. No showers. No clean clothes. Then came the infection. Then came the blame. The system called it neglect. She called it unavoidable.

📂 Entry Content:

“They said I smelled unsafe. I said I hadn’t had access to a shower in 12 days.”

She was denied shelter for being “unsanitary.” Her wound was infected from sleeping on concrete. The clinic refused treatment until she cleaned up. The outreach team offered socks, not soap.

Her infection spread. Her dignity eroded. The system documented her as “declining.” She documented the absence of hygiene infrastructure.

🔧 Suggested Modules:

• 🗺️ Infection Map: Visualize outbreaks linked to encampment sweeps and lack of sanitation.
• 💬 Quote Carousel: Rotate real or fictionalized quotes from shelter intake, clinic notes, and lived experience.
• 📋 Mini Poll: “What’s the real health risk?”
  A. No soap
  B. No shelter
  C. No accountability