COVID-19 and Cities

In November of last year, the “Sunnyside Strong” survey showed that — to a high extent — residents in the south-central Houston neighborhoods of Sunnyside and South Park believed their neighbors were helpful and looked out for each other.

But suspending evictions is also the right move for Census 2020. Prior to the public health crisis, our community was gearing up to promote YES! to Census 2020, a locally-made campaign to ensure that everyone in Harris County gets counted. This is one of the most important, once-in-a-decade opportunities to collect important data about our country and our people.

The Coronavirus pandemic is already worse in several American states than anywhere in China outside Hubei Province.

The pandemic is all about geography, and we need to do more to pinpoint hotspots and contagion.

The very thing that makes cities special–their ability to bring people together–is their kryptonite in the Coronavirus pandemic.

The harsh and largely unforeseen reality of Coronavirus has changed everyone’s daily lives, and promises to be a major disruption for months and years to come.

When it comes to the aggressiveness of each state’s response to COVID-19 and mitigating its spread, Texas, which was found to be one of the least vigilant in the nation (49th) when the initial findings of a report from WalletHub were released a week ago, has moved to No. 39.

“When you think about an urban environment, which is densely populated like Houston, you have really specific challenges, as we’ve seen on cruise ships,” says Yousif Shamoo, Rice University’s Vice Provost for Research and a professor of Biosciences.