In the winter and spring, unhoused people in Vancouver struggle with something known anecdotally as “street feet.”

It happens when the rain soaks your socks and shoes and you’re unable to clean and dry your feet regularly, sometimes leaving them damp for months on end.

This leads to a condition that was first identified as “trench foot” and suffered by soldiers during the First World War.

  • IninewCrow
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    7 months ago

    And Canada is referred to as a first world country?

    It’s a first world country to only part of the population … not all of the population.