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Interfaith Prayer Service on Zoom, Tues, Nov 12th at 12:15 PM for the 30 People "Without Fixed Abode" who died in Oct 2021 in OC

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  All are invited to a Zoom Interfaith Memorial Prayer Service on Tuesday, Nov 23th at 12:15 PM for the 30 people who died "Without Fixed Abode" in OC in Oct, 2024.  Additionally, three others who died in previous months but whose cases were recorded in the OC Coroner's list only this month.  For the year, 319 people have died in OC "without fixed abode."  The number is significantly lower than in the previous two years (2022 and 2023), when 398 and 433 deaths of people who died "without fixed abode" had been reported in the County by this time of year, though still similar to the 321 deaths reported in 2021 [1] . However, as we approach the end of the year, another trend seems to be apparent: A number of cities which in previous years had reported significant numbers of homeless deaths, this year have been reporting far lower numbers.  While it is possible that the numbers are lower because of the wide distribution of anti-opioid overdose medicine Na