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As Black and Latinx families experience disproportionate food insecurity, experts warn of famine in dozens of countries.
Beyond the questions surrounding the availability, effectiveness and safety of a vaccine, the COVID-19 pandemic has led us to question where our food is coming from and whether we will have enough. According to a United Nations World Food Program (WFP) report, COVID-19 might have left up to 265 million people with acute food shortages in 2020. The combined effect of the pandemic as well as the emerging global recession “could, without large-scale coordinated action, disrupt the functioning of food systems,” which would “result in consequences for health and nutrition of a severity and scale unseen for more than half a century,” states another UN report.
Andy Beshear put a temporary halt to evictions. Never again, GOP senators pledge. John Cheves, Lexington Herald-Leader
Feb. 24 A handful of Republican state senators, including a couple of landlords, are sponsoring a bill to protect the right of Kentucky landlords to evict their tenants in future pandemics or other emergencies.
Simultaneously, a bill advancing through the House would strip Gov. Andy Beshear s administration of its authority to temporarily suspend utility service disconnections to Kentucky homes and waive late fees during emergencies.
Senate Bill 264 would prohibit the governor from issuing an executive order placing a temporary moratorium on evictions during a formal state of emergency, as Beshear did last year during the worst of the economic shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pandemic May Have Left 265 Million People With Acute Food Shortages in 2020
Food is distributed during a mobile food pantry on February 16, 2021, in Immokalee, Florida.
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Beyond the questions surrounding the availability, effectiveness and safety of a vaccine, the COVID-19 pandemic has led us to question where our food is coming from and whether we will have enough. According to a United Nations World Food Program (WFP) report, COVID-19 might have left up to 265 million people with acute food shortages in 2020. The combined effect of the pandemic as well as the emerging global recession “could, without large-scale coordinated action, disrupt the functioning of food systems,” which would “result in consequences for health and nutrition of a severity and scale unseen for more than half a century,” states another UN report.
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