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Chicago When It Sizzles

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

CHAPTER

Don't Blame the Victims

City officials tried to blame doctor donahue for the heat wave. Researchers concluded that government didn't deploy enough street level workers. Still, the victim blaming excuse touches on an important truth. A lot of people didn't want to open their doors - whether to city workers or to their neighbors. One survivor said: 'I've nowhere that i want to go'

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