Street Medicine | Underlying Conditions | Re-Imagining Cities

• Portland Street Medicine provides medical care to people who are homeless. The small team also helps connect people with the social services they need. They've had to be nimble to keep operating during the pandemic, but they say their work has not changed too drastically. We hear from medical director Bill Toepper and acting director of services Drew Grabham.

• People with underlying medical conditions have been taking extra precautions to protect themselves from COVID-19. Some worry that Oregon is reopening too quickly, putting immunocompromised people even more at risk. Kira Bailey, 14, is a leukemia survivor whose active treatment ended in February, and who now has to stay extra careful to protect herself from the virus. Michelle Fullington cares for her 17-year-old daughter, who requires complex 24/7 medical care, and would be at extremely high risk if she contracted COVID-19. We hear why Bailey, her mother Sara Bailey, and Fullington think Oregon could be opening too soon.

• The Urbanism Next Center at the University of Oregon studies how cities are affected by disruption. Director Nico Larco says the consequences of the COVID-19 disruption may range from the continued increase in e-commerce and loss of small businesses, to the shrinking or re-purposing of office space, to the use of streets as restaurants. We're joined by Larco and Amanda Howell with the Urbanism Next Center to talk about all these changes and more.

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