Officials and advocates in Santa Clara County said the current cold snap is costing the lives of some of the most vulnerable people.
"In the cold winter snaps, like this one, people can die in collective numbers. You know, five, 10, 20 people," said Scott Wagers, a homeless advocate and pastor of CHAM Deliverance Ministry.six unhoused resident deaths in just the past two days."Cold doesn’t just cause issues and symptoms and death because of the primary things that we think about, like hypothermia. But it also exacerbates chronic conditions," said Dr.
Late Wednesday afternoon, Wagers and other volunteers handed out shirts, jackets, socks and blankets to help the most vulnerable brave nights where South Bay temperatures drop into the 30s.
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