One of our most outspoken Senators

has apparently been kicked off one of those television news-chat shows for comments she has made about the residents of some tower blocks.
The tower blocks in question are under a total lock down because there has been a cluster of the Covid19 virus in them. These tower blocks are "social welfare" housing. 
I lived for a year in the city in question. The university I was doing research at has one campus not too far from the tower blocks in question. The tower blocks were newer then but they were still a problem area. Many of the people in them were single parents. Almost all of them were unemployed. Drugs were a problem - although not in the way they are now. Mental health issues were common. Domestic violence was a very serious issue. The police presence there was almost constant. 
At one time I interviewed some of the mothers about the way their children played. Many of the older children played out in the street - unsupervised. 
That was a long time ago now. The population in the tower blocks has changed to include people from a much wider range of ethnic backgrounds. Some of them are refugees, others  hold temporary working visas.  International students who can find nowhere else are crowded into illegal sublets. 
The cultural lifestyle of many people in the tower blocks is often very different from that of people who live in single housing units out in suburbia. "Social distancing" is impossible if you live in a flat with seven children under the age of ten. It is impossible if you have to share the corridors, staircases and laundries with hundreds of other people.  
The tower blocks were known as a problem area before they were placed into "total lock down". People in them might say they know about the "social distancing" requirements. Knowing and being able to adhere to them are two different things. 
Refusing to acknowledge that is another sort of problem altogether. I do not like the Senator in question. Her way of saying something about the problem was offensive and less than helpful. There are issues which need to be addressed.  
A health official likened the tower blocks to "vertical cruise ships". All I can say is I feel intensely concerned for those who live in them.