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JCP Issue 28(2) Editorial Just Published!

Published on 5/28/2020

Joining millions across the globe, we write this editorial for the Journal of Community Practice while adhering to stay at home orders. Although frequently invoked during times of public safety concerns (e.g., mass shootings) or natural disasters, current stay at home orders are aimed at slowing the spread, death, and destruction of the COVID-19 pandemic, the disease emanating from the invisible microbial killer SARS-CoV-2. This global pandemic, facilitated by ubiquitous international travel, has quickly but unevenly spread across countries in the Global North during the first four months of 2020 and is intensifying its presence in the Global South. At the time of this writing, there are more than 3.19 million confirmed cases and at least 226,000 deaths across 185 countries worldwide, but these numbers likely underestimate cases due to missteps and disparities in access to COVID-19 testing. Currently, the United States is the global epicenter of the pandemic, reporting approximately one-third of all confirmed cases and more than one in four deaths (Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, 2020). Several of us on the editorial team reside in the Detroit metropolitan area, one of the hotspots for the coronavirus in the United States.

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To cite this article: Anna Maria Santiago & Richard J. Smith (2020) Community practice,social action, and the politics of pandemics, Journal of Community Practice, 28:2, 89-99, DOI:10.1080/10705422.2020.1763744

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