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Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Until recently, most major grocery store chains were telling workers\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11808742/grocery-store-workers-fight-to-wear-masks-gloves-while-on-the-job\"> they could not wear their own masks to work\u003c/a>, and in some cases even discouraged wearing gloves. The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) has successfully pushed to have those restrictions lifted and helped some workers negotiate hazard pay raises of up to $2 an hour. The union represents some 1.3 million grocery and food service employees, but doesn’t include workers at Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and a number of other massive grocery outlets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, workers at Whole Foods called for a nationwide “sickout” to push for higher pay and better working conditions. There have been reports of workers contracting coronavirus at Whole Foods stores in several major cities,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11809819/sf-whole-foods-employee-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-store-stays-open\"> including in San Francisco at the Upper Haight Street location\u003c/a>. Some Whole Foods employees who are continuing to work during the pandemic are asking for double the current hourly wage for employees, paid leave for all workers who have to stay home or self-quarantine and free coronavirus testing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Pharmacists and Drugstore Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11810417\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11810417\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42501_004_KQED_Oakland_EssentialWorkers_04012020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42501_004_KQED_Oakland_EssentialWorkers_04012020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42501_004_KQED_Oakland_EssentialWorkers_04012020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42501_004_KQED_Oakland_EssentialWorkers_04012020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42501_004_KQED_Oakland_EssentialWorkers_04012020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raymond Cheung, 49, a pharmacist at New Oakland Pharmacy on April 1, 2020. His business has started a delivery system to encourage customers to stay home and keep the number of people in the store to a minimum. He said the store has enough PPE for his employees to use, but currently has no extra stock to sell to customers. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many drugstore workers also belong to UFCW and are pushing for similar protections as their counterparts in grocery and retail. The lack of adequate paid time off has been a prime concern, prompting \u003ca href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-cvs-updates-policies-after-workers-petition-for-sick-leave-2020-3\">protests at CVS\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.change.org/p/richard-ashworth-hazard-pay-and-family-leave-for-walgreens-employees?recruiter=410752018&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition\">a petition for Walgreens employees\u003c/a> and other labor actions. KQED interviewed a drug store employee\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>who says she and several other coworkers went to work in recent weeks with flu-like symptoms because they could not get any paid sick days. Some workers are asking for major pharmacies to switch to a drive-thru model to limit exposure, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.change.org/p/cvs-pharmacy-make-pharmacies-drive-thru-only-during-the-corona-crisis?utm_source=grow_us&utm_medium=media\">over 100,000 people recently signed a petition\u003c/a> demanding that major drugstores like Walgreens, Rite Aid and CVS make that change.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Warehouse Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633738\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11633738\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy.jpg\" alt=\"Workers pack orders at an Amazon fulfillment center in Tracy.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1272\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-960x636.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers pack orders at an Amazon fulfillment center in Tracy. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After an Amazon warehouse worker in Staten Island \u003ca href=\"https://nypost.com/2020/03/24/amazon-worker-in-staten-island-warehouse-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/\">tested positive for COVID-19\u003c/a> in late March — one of a growing number of Amazon warehouse employees across the country to contract the virus — workers at that location \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/30/21199942/amazon-warehouse-coronavirus-covid-new-york-protest-walkout\">staged a sickout\u003c/a> on March 30, demanding safer conditions, protective gear and hazard pay of double their regular salaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon recently raised worker pay by $2 an hour through the end of April and increased the rate of overtime pay, among other changes. The group Amazonians United New York City is continuing to gather signatures of workers pushing for improved conditions, and posted their demands \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/@amazoniansunitednyc/we-amazon-workers-demand-coronavirus-protections-16f28ad8b15f\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Grocery Delivery Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11810168\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11810168 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Instacart-worker.jpg\" alt=\"Instacart employee Monica Ortega wears gloves while using her cellphone to check orders while picking up groceries for delivery on March 19, 2020 in North Hollywood.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1214\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Instacart-worker.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Instacart-worker-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Instacart-worker-800x506.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Instacart-worker-1020x645.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instacart employee Monica Ortega wears gloves while using her phone to check orders as she picks up groceries for delivery on March 19, 2020 in North Hollywood. \u003ccite>(Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Workers at app-based delivery companies like Instacart, Postmates, and Shipt have also been demanding higher compensation and more protection. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11809184/instacart-workers-set-to-strike-on-monday-demanding-hazard-pay-and-protections\">Instacart workers on Monday participated in a one-day nationwide strike,\u003c/a> demanding hazard pay of an additional $5 per order, sick pay for anyone considered at-risk or needing to self-quarantine and personal protective equipment (PPE) like hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes.Instacart has said it will provide the protective gear, but has so far not agreed to the additional hazard pay demand. Working with a group called the Gig Workers Collective, Instacart workers\u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/@GigWorkersCollective/instacart-emergency-walk-off-ebdf11b6995a\"> posted their demands online. \u003c/a>The company also \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/shopper-news/shopper-health-safety-update-ec518ad3841c\">posted its response.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, app-based delivery companies are experiencing a surge in both customers and workers. Instacart has reported higher sales than ever before, and said it was now employing 40 percent more workers than normal, with 250,000 new workers added just in the last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Ride-Hail Drivers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11806429\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11806429\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ride-hail driver Erica Mighetto in Oakland on March 10, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Uber and Lyft drivers have seen a decline in ridership and are asking for the state to ensure that they quickly get unemployment benefits. The lack of legal clarity over their employment category has led to many drivers having their claims denied or put on hold. Like Instacart and other grocery delivery workers, they share the burdens and requests of gig workers outlined below. Rideshare Drivers United, an advocacy group, \u003ca href=\"https://drivers-united.org/a/demand-coronavirus-relief-for-platform-workers\">has released a set of driver specific demands\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Restaurant, Bar and Food Service Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11806950\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11806950\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42045_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_Coronavirus_03132020_-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42045_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_Coronavirus_03132020_-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42045_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_Coronavirus_03132020_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42045_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_Coronavirus_03132020_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42045_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_Coronavirus_03132020_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roberto Lopes works at Nick’s Lighthouse in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. Like many service industry workers, he worries about the decline in revenue at the restaurant and what that means for his job. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With bars and restaurants closed, or only offering takeout orders, many workers in the food service industry have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11807773/big-debt-little-savings-no-income-many-california-workers-need-help\">laid off or had their shifts cut significantly\u003c/a>. The maximum unemployment benefit in California is $450 per week, not nearly enough to cover most expenses — especially in places with high rent like the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some groups, like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usbgfoundation.org/beap\">Bartender Emergency Assistance Program\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.restaurantworkerscf.org/\">Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation\u003c/a>, are collecting donations to help workers in need, but can only accommodate a tiny fraction of the overwhelming number of suddenly unemployed restaurant workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Farmworkers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11781801\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11781801\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/IMG_7077-1-e1571854504431.jpg\" alt=\"A crew of migrant farmworkers harvest celery just outside Salinas.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crew of migrant farmworkers harvest celery just outside Salinas. \u003ccite>(Alex Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California’s farm belt pumps out more than a third of the country’s vegetables and two-thirds of its fruits and nuts every year. But employers who manage the state’s orchards, packing sheds and fields of row crops are now faced with a dilemma: continue operating and hope their workers don’t get sick or shutter their businesses, forcing their workers (who are eligible) to file for unemployment and putting the country’s food supply at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-during-emergencies/food-safety-and-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19\">Food and Drug Administration is reassuring\u003c/a> consumers that there’s no evidence the coronavirus can be transmitted through food or food packaging. Another question, however, is how to keep farmworkers safe from exposure on the job, when social distancing is often difficult or downright impossible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United Farm Workers union is \u003ca href=\"https://ufw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COVID-19-2020-Open-Letter-from-UFW-FINAL.pdf\">calling on employers\u003c/a> to extend worker sick pay to 40 hours or more and to eliminate the 90-day waiting period for new employees to be eligible for sick pay, among other changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11808267/farmworkers-cant-pick-crops-remotely-how-can-they-stay-safe\">Read more of this story \u003c/a>by KQED’s Sasha Khokha and Alexandra Hall\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>In-Home Supportive Service Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11810359\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1913px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11810359\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/IMG_0164-e1585931231219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1913\" height=\"1497\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Low-wage in-home health service providers like Carnella Marks of Chico say they can’t get adequate protective gear to safely care for the sick and elderly. \u003ccite>(Photo courtesy of Amy Day)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are roughly half a million in-home supportive service providers in California. According to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.udwa.org/\">United Domestic Workers of America\u003c/a> (UDW), a union representing house cleaners and in-home child care providers, the average hourly pay in California is $13.43, and only 9 percent of workers get employee-sponsored health care. Contract negotiations for these workers often drag on for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like health care professionals in hospitals, these workers are not provided with nearly enough PPE. Masks and other protective gear are particularly crucial for them because they typically enter other people’s houses, and many of the patients they serve are elderly and immunocompromised. The UDW is asking Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office to order a handful of emergency measures, including paid sick leave for workers who need to self quarantine, free treatment for those infected, guaranteed unemployment insurance and increased recruitment of new providers to make sure care is not interrupted for patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Domestic Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11810415\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11810415\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42506_001_KQED_TreasureIsland_EssentialWorkers_04022020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42506_001_KQED_TreasureIsland_EssentialWorkers_04022020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42506_001_KQED_TreasureIsland_EssentialWorkers_04022020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42506_001_KQED_TreasureIsland_EssentialWorkers_04022020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42506_001_KQED_TreasureIsland_EssentialWorkers_04022020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lourdes Dobarganes, a member of the San Francisco Women’s Collective and the California Domestic Workers Coalition on Treasure Island on April 1, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A growing number of domestic workers, including many child care providers and house cleaners, are being asked not to come to work by clients who do not want people entering their homes. Since many of these working arrangements are not officially on the books, it is difficult for these workers to apply for unemployment insurance or effectively advocate for themselves. Many workers are also undocumented, which bars them from applying for state or federal aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"more coronavirus coverage\" tag=\"coronavirus\"]Some families that are able to work from home and continue to earn incomes are continuing to pay their domestic workers during the pandemic, even without receiving their services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Domestic Workers Alliance has \u003ca href=\"https://domesticworkers.org/coronavirus-care-fund\">set up a care fund \u003c/a>for these workers, and is accepting donations. It is also working on legislation — \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1257&version=20190SB125798AMD\">SB 1257 \u003c/a>— that would allow domestic workers to be covered under Cal/OSHA.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Gig Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Individual groups of gig workers and labor advocates in different industries have released specific demands, but the main ask is to gain employee status and have basic job protections. As employees, gig workers would be guaranteed minimum wage and overtime pay, unemployment insurance and workers compensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Driver advocacy groups like Rideshare Drivers United (RDU), along with some local leaders are calling for state Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Labor Secretary Julie Su to enforce AB 5, a measure that went into effect in January, making it harder for companies to classify their workers as contractors instead of employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Undocumented Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The $2 trillion \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/03/26/821457551/whats-inside-the-senate-s-2-trillion-coronavirus-aid-package\">federal aid package\u003c/a> signed by President Trump last Friday will expand unemployment insurance and send cash to Americans hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic and economic downturn. But immigrants who lack work permits won’t benefit from those provisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though many undocumented workers collectively pay billions of dollars in taxes, they are excluded from unemployment insurance benefits — which require applicants to show federal work authorization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://legalaidatwork.org/releases/covid19-newsom/\">More than 125 organizations signed on to a letter sent to Newsom\u003c/a> and state legislative leaders to designate emergency funding to support undocumented residents and others who are ineligible for unemployment insurance benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11809657/new-covid-19-relief-benefits-leaves-out-some-undocumented-immigrants\">Read more of this story by KQED’s Farida Jhabvala Romero\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>‘Essential’ or ‘Unessential’?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Retail chains like GameStop and manufacturers like Tesla have argued that they are essential in a bid to remain open during the pandemic. Both are now closed. Some establishments are more in the gray area, like cafes. Should places like Peet’s Coffee and Starbucks stay open if they are mainly serving coffee instead of food?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11808489/your-boss-says-youre-an-essential-worker-what-if-you-disagree\">Workers have been pushing back\u003c/a>, urging employers to close so as not to put them in the position of having to stay home and earn no income or go to work and risk getting sick. If stores close or reduce hours, workers can collect unemployment benefits, but not if those businesses remain open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers or customers who believe a store is not essential and should be closed can contact city or county officials, but as yet, there is no state agency handling this issue\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong> Some counties, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/phd/news/Pages/press-statement-032120-reporting-of-non-essential-businesses.aspx\">Santa Clara County,\u003c/a> have set up hotlines. In others, sheriffs’ offices are handling complaints.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a continually updated post. If you know of resources for specific groups of workers on the frontlines, please send them to sharnett@kqed.org.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Employed by businesses considered essential, these workers are putting themselves and their families at risk by continuing to go to work, enabling everyone else to access food and other basic necessities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even so, many of the workers KQED has interviewed in recent weeks said their employers have not provided sufficient safety protections or offered adequate additional compensation to account for the health risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Instacart shopper Vanessa Bain put it, “Right now there’s a heightened sense of awareness, thankfully, that our labor is essential, but it’s still not paying like it’s essential, and we’re still not being protected like we’re essential.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the coronavirus hit, a number of these workers were already struggling to make ends meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the workers KQED has recently profiled: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11806175/coronavirus-poses-heightened-hardship-for-workers-who-cant-take-sick-leave-or-work-from-home\">Lyft and Uber driver Erica Mighetto \u003c/a>had been searching for a steady job for three years in Sacramento, and had started sleeping in her car and on friends’ couches after being kicked out of her apartment. Alina Martinez,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11808522/chase-center-workers-left-unemployed-and-uninsured\"> a suite attendant\u003c/a> at San Francisco’s new Chase Center, was negotiating with her employer for health insurance, which she hasn’t had since September. Hotel housekeeper Larrilou Carumba had spent years paying down about $35,000 in credit card debt incurred after a personal disaster, and she was getting ready to finally move with her three kids out of her crowded sister’s house in San Leandro. And in-home health care provider Carnella Marks was being paid just over minimum wage in Chico to feed, nurse, bathe and tend to a patient with severe dementia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the coronavirus crisis has been a boon for many employers of low-wage workers. Grocery stores across the country are breaking sales records. App-based delivery services are being flooded with new users. Products are surging through the warehouses of Amazon and Walmart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To meet rising demand companies are hiring. Instacart alone plans to add 200,000 shoppers. Amazon said it’s looking to add 100,000 more workers in its warehouses. Individual grocery chains are adding on thousands and thousands of jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under pressure from workers, many of these companies are beginning to do things like provide hand sanitizer and let workers wear masks and gloves on the job. Some companies have started to offer hazard pay of an additional dollar or two an hour. Others are adding emergency paid time off for those who end up getting sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some of the workers KQED spoke to said these efforts fall far short, given the level of risk involved. And now, they have more leverage than they’ve perhaps ever had before, as demand for their services continues to rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED is keeping a running tab on the conditions of workers in a variety of different sectors who have been thrust onto the front lines of this pandemic. Below, we describe the conditions in some of the most impacted industries in California, links to related stories we’ve covered and resources for workers or those who want to support them.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Grocery Store Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11810502\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 4800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11810502\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4800\" height=\"2973\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1.jpg 4800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-800x496.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-1020x632.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-1920x1189.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4800px) 100vw, 4800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Items piled high at the checkout counter of a Ralph’s Supermarket in North Hollywood on March 19, 2020. \u003ccite>(Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Until recently, most major grocery store chains were telling workers\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11808742/grocery-store-workers-fight-to-wear-masks-gloves-while-on-the-job\"> they could not wear their own masks to work\u003c/a>, and in some cases even discouraged wearing gloves. The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) has successfully pushed to have those restrictions lifted and helped some workers negotiate hazard pay raises of up to $2 an hour. The union represents some 1.3 million grocery and food service employees, but doesn’t include workers at Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and a number of other massive grocery outlets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, workers at Whole Foods called for a nationwide “sickout” to push for higher pay and better working conditions. There have been reports of workers contracting coronavirus at Whole Foods stores in several major cities,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11809819/sf-whole-foods-employee-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-store-stays-open\"> including in San Francisco at the Upper Haight Street location\u003c/a>. Some Whole Foods employees who are continuing to work during the pandemic are asking for double the current hourly wage for employees, paid leave for all workers who have to stay home or self-quarantine and free coronavirus testing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Pharmacists and Drugstore Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11810417\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11810417\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42501_004_KQED_Oakland_EssentialWorkers_04012020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42501_004_KQED_Oakland_EssentialWorkers_04012020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42501_004_KQED_Oakland_EssentialWorkers_04012020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42501_004_KQED_Oakland_EssentialWorkers_04012020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42501_004_KQED_Oakland_EssentialWorkers_04012020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raymond Cheung, 49, a pharmacist at New Oakland Pharmacy on April 1, 2020. His business has started a delivery system to encourage customers to stay home and keep the number of people in the store to a minimum. He said the store has enough PPE for his employees to use, but currently has no extra stock to sell to customers. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many drugstore workers also belong to UFCW and are pushing for similar protections as their counterparts in grocery and retail. The lack of adequate paid time off has been a prime concern, prompting \u003ca href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-cvs-updates-policies-after-workers-petition-for-sick-leave-2020-3\">protests at CVS\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.change.org/p/richard-ashworth-hazard-pay-and-family-leave-for-walgreens-employees?recruiter=410752018&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition\">a petition for Walgreens employees\u003c/a> and other labor actions. KQED interviewed a drug store employee\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>who says she and several other coworkers went to work in recent weeks with flu-like symptoms because they could not get any paid sick days. Some workers are asking for major pharmacies to switch to a drive-thru model to limit exposure, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.change.org/p/cvs-pharmacy-make-pharmacies-drive-thru-only-during-the-corona-crisis?utm_source=grow_us&utm_medium=media\">over 100,000 people recently signed a petition\u003c/a> demanding that major drugstores like Walgreens, Rite Aid and CVS make that change.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Warehouse Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633738\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11633738\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy.jpg\" alt=\"Workers pack orders at an Amazon fulfillment center in Tracy.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1272\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-960x636.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers pack orders at an Amazon fulfillment center in Tracy. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After an Amazon warehouse worker in Staten Island \u003ca href=\"https://nypost.com/2020/03/24/amazon-worker-in-staten-island-warehouse-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/\">tested positive for COVID-19\u003c/a> in late March — one of a growing number of Amazon warehouse employees across the country to contract the virus — workers at that location \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/30/21199942/amazon-warehouse-coronavirus-covid-new-york-protest-walkout\">staged a sickout\u003c/a> on March 30, demanding safer conditions, protective gear and hazard pay of double their regular salaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon recently raised worker pay by $2 an hour through the end of April and increased the rate of overtime pay, among other changes. The group Amazonians United New York City is continuing to gather signatures of workers pushing for improved conditions, and posted their demands \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/@amazoniansunitednyc/we-amazon-workers-demand-coronavirus-protections-16f28ad8b15f\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Grocery Delivery Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11810168\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11810168 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Instacart-worker.jpg\" alt=\"Instacart employee Monica Ortega wears gloves while using her cellphone to check orders while picking up groceries for delivery on March 19, 2020 in North Hollywood.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1214\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Instacart-worker.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Instacart-worker-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Instacart-worker-800x506.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Instacart-worker-1020x645.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instacart employee Monica Ortega wears gloves while using her phone to check orders as she picks up groceries for delivery on March 19, 2020 in North Hollywood. \u003ccite>(Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Workers at app-based delivery companies like Instacart, Postmates, and Shipt have also been demanding higher compensation and more protection. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11809184/instacart-workers-set-to-strike-on-monday-demanding-hazard-pay-and-protections\">Instacart workers on Monday participated in a one-day nationwide strike,\u003c/a> demanding hazard pay of an additional $5 per order, sick pay for anyone considered at-risk or needing to self-quarantine and personal protective equipment (PPE) like hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes.Instacart has said it will provide the protective gear, but has so far not agreed to the additional hazard pay demand. Working with a group called the Gig Workers Collective, Instacart workers\u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/@GigWorkersCollective/instacart-emergency-walk-off-ebdf11b6995a\"> posted their demands online. \u003c/a>The company also \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/shopper-news/shopper-health-safety-update-ec518ad3841c\">posted its response.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, app-based delivery companies are experiencing a surge in both customers and workers. Instacart has reported higher sales than ever before, and said it was now employing 40 percent more workers than normal, with 250,000 new workers added just in the last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Ride-Hail Drivers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11806429\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11806429\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ride-hail driver Erica Mighetto in Oakland on March 10, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Uber and Lyft drivers have seen a decline in ridership and are asking for the state to ensure that they quickly get unemployment benefits. The lack of legal clarity over their employment category has led to many drivers having their claims denied or put on hold. Like Instacart and other grocery delivery workers, they share the burdens and requests of gig workers outlined below. Rideshare Drivers United, an advocacy group, \u003ca href=\"https://drivers-united.org/a/demand-coronavirus-relief-for-platform-workers\">has released a set of driver specific demands\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Restaurant, Bar and Food Service Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11806950\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11806950\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42045_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_Coronavirus_03132020_-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42045_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_Coronavirus_03132020_-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42045_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_Coronavirus_03132020_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42045_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_Coronavirus_03132020_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42045_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_Coronavirus_03132020_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roberto Lopes works at Nick’s Lighthouse in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. Like many service industry workers, he worries about the decline in revenue at the restaurant and what that means for his job. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With bars and restaurants closed, or only offering takeout orders, many workers in the food service industry have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11807773/big-debt-little-savings-no-income-many-california-workers-need-help\">laid off or had their shifts cut significantly\u003c/a>. The maximum unemployment benefit in California is $450 per week, not nearly enough to cover most expenses — especially in places with high rent like the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some groups, like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usbgfoundation.org/beap\">Bartender Emergency Assistance Program\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.restaurantworkerscf.org/\">Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation\u003c/a>, are collecting donations to help workers in need, but can only accommodate a tiny fraction of the overwhelming number of suddenly unemployed restaurant workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Farmworkers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11781801\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11781801\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/IMG_7077-1-e1571854504431.jpg\" alt=\"A crew of migrant farmworkers harvest celery just outside Salinas.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crew of migrant farmworkers harvest celery just outside Salinas. \u003ccite>(Alex Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California’s farm belt pumps out more than a third of the country’s vegetables and two-thirds of its fruits and nuts every year. But employers who manage the state’s orchards, packing sheds and fields of row crops are now faced with a dilemma: continue operating and hope their workers don’t get sick or shutter their businesses, forcing their workers (who are eligible) to file for unemployment and putting the country’s food supply at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-during-emergencies/food-safety-and-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19\">Food and Drug Administration is reassuring\u003c/a> consumers that there’s no evidence the coronavirus can be transmitted through food or food packaging. Another question, however, is how to keep farmworkers safe from exposure on the job, when social distancing is often difficult or downright impossible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United Farm Workers union is \u003ca href=\"https://ufw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COVID-19-2020-Open-Letter-from-UFW-FINAL.pdf\">calling on employers\u003c/a> to extend worker sick pay to 40 hours or more and to eliminate the 90-day waiting period for new employees to be eligible for sick pay, among other changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11808267/farmworkers-cant-pick-crops-remotely-how-can-they-stay-safe\">Read more of this story \u003c/a>by KQED’s Sasha Khokha and Alexandra Hall\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>In-Home Supportive Service Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11810359\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1913px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11810359\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/IMG_0164-e1585931231219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1913\" height=\"1497\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Low-wage in-home health service providers like Carnella Marks of Chico say they can’t get adequate protective gear to safely care for the sick and elderly. \u003ccite>(Photo courtesy of Amy Day)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are roughly half a million in-home supportive service providers in California. According to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.udwa.org/\">United Domestic Workers of America\u003c/a> (UDW), a union representing house cleaners and in-home child care providers, the average hourly pay in California is $13.43, and only 9 percent of workers get employee-sponsored health care. Contract negotiations for these workers often drag on for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like health care professionals in hospitals, these workers are not provided with nearly enough PPE. Masks and other protective gear are particularly crucial for them because they typically enter other people’s houses, and many of the patients they serve are elderly and immunocompromised. The UDW is asking Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office to order a handful of emergency measures, including paid sick leave for workers who need to self quarantine, free treatment for those infected, guaranteed unemployment insurance and increased recruitment of new providers to make sure care is not interrupted for patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Domestic Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11810415\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11810415\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42506_001_KQED_TreasureIsland_EssentialWorkers_04022020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42506_001_KQED_TreasureIsland_EssentialWorkers_04022020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42506_001_KQED_TreasureIsland_EssentialWorkers_04022020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42506_001_KQED_TreasureIsland_EssentialWorkers_04022020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42506_001_KQED_TreasureIsland_EssentialWorkers_04022020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lourdes Dobarganes, a member of the San Francisco Women’s Collective and the California Domestic Workers Coalition on Treasure Island on April 1, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A growing number of domestic workers, including many child care providers and house cleaners, are being asked not to come to work by clients who do not want people entering their homes. Since many of these working arrangements are not officially on the books, it is difficult for these workers to apply for unemployment insurance or effectively advocate for themselves. Many workers are also undocumented, which bars them from applying for state or federal aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Across the Bay Area and beyond, crafty people have mobilized to make face masks for health care workers, who are reporting dire protective equipment shortages. There’s a whole lot of heart in the effort, but are these homemade jobs truly suited to front line health care workers confronting COVID-19? That depends on how desperate they are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Social media feeds are filled with calls for money, materials and talent to help deliver personal protective equipment to health care workers: from purpose-built organizations like \u003ca href=\"https://www.makemasks2020.org/volunteer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Make Masks,\u003c/a> to longstanding craft groups like the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sbamodernquiltguild.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild,\u003c/a> to social service-minded outfits like the \u003ca href=\"https://edeninterfaith.weebly.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eden Area Interfaith Council\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Businesses with manufacturing capacity are also caught up in the the fervor to donate goods and services. Last week, Gap, the local parent company of a host of clothing brands, announced plans to shift some of its textile production capacity to serve the public good during this pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/GapInc/status/1242652699314675713?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a less industrial scale, \u003ca href=\"https://www.roughlinen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rough Linen\u003c/a> of San Rafael is sending about 200 linen face masks a week to Kaiser Permanente San Rafael Medical Center and to local firefighters and law enforcement officers. The company typically makes bedding and tableware. But CEO Daiva Finell says, “We are going to be making [face masks] until there is no need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Danielle Mallory manages marketing at \u003ca href=\"https://www.chromeindustries.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chrome Industries\u003c/a>, a Portland-based company that makes messenger bags, backpacks and cycling apparel. In other words, the company’s sewers are familiar working with a durable fabrics. “The shortage of masks is really awful,” says Mallory. “We wanted to challenge ourselves to help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/dgd8Mh2gJEU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After shuttering its production of “Ragtime” to conform with shelter-in-place guidelines, \u003ca href=\"https://theatreworks.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TheatreWorks Silicon Valley\u003c/a> donated N95 masks and nitrile gloves the company typically uses for set construction. But the crew wanted to do more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It made sense to produce these much-needed items and keep our workers on the payroll as long as possible,” wrote Jill Bowers, the costume director. “The pleas for help with protective gear and supplies were exploding in my feeds, especially \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/SomethingWeCanDo/about/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Something We Can Do\u003c/a>. There are several popular patterns circulating. We’re making the pleated style masks — some with elastic loops that go over the ears and some with ties. This style allows us to make the most with the time and materials we have on hand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"coronavirus\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a similar vein, Monica Thakkar, \u003ca href=\"https://www.operasj.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Opera San Jose’s\u003c/a> artistic administrator, says the company’s costume director, Alyssa Oania, sidelined by the cancellation of this spring’s “Magic Flute,” is instead churning out 70 face masks a week on her home sewing machine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a huge contribution, but we’re doing what we can to help our community right now,” Thakkar says. Thakker says the \u003ca href=\"http://vmcfoundation.org/covid19/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Valley Medical Center Foundation\u003c/a> is taking the masks to distribute to health care workers who are not involved in patient care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, the fabric bolts in our costume shop are not medical grade,” Thakkar acknowledged. But she added, “At least you have a physical barrier” to help protect against droplets of COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As recently as March 17, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended homemade masks for health care workers as a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/ppe-strategy/face-masks.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last resort\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/vmcfoundation/status/1244662681757536259?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/16/814929294/covid-19-has-caused-a-shortage-of-face-masks-but-theyre-surprisingly-hard-to-mak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR has reported,\u003c/a> making medical-grade face masks is a tricky business. They require a material called melt-blown fabric, an extremely fine mesh of synthetic polymer fibers, for the inner filtration layer. Each machine that makes this fabric costs more than $4 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But given widely \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/2020/3/22/21189896/coronavirus-in-us-masks-n95-respirator-doctors-nurses-shortage-ppe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported shortages\u003c/a>, public health students from UC Berkeley found \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/12a5YO0Z9RpHZk9Zkzl4NOj9CbjzhFfoKjPLFFC-21LU/preview#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">40 hospitals in California\u003c/a> currently accepting homemade donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s one alternative for hospitals and clinics worried about running out of conventional supplies if/when a surge of COVID-19 patients hits in the coming weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, N95 respirator masks are still the go-to choice at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.scvmc.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.\u003c/a> Dr. Sanjay Kurani, the hospital’s medical director, explained, “Out of an abundance of caution, we’re using the N95 mask anytime we think somebody has potentially COVID-19, is going through testing or is COVID-19 positive.” That’s because, like the name suggests, N95 face masks filter out about 95% of airborne particles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11809741\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2149px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11809741\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Dr.-Sanjay-Kurani-Medical-Director-SCVMC2.jpeg\" alt=\"Dr. Sanjay Kurani, hospital medical director at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, models a plastic face shield worn over a surgical mask. \" width=\"2149\" height=\"2357\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Dr.-Sanjay-Kurani-Medical-Director-SCVMC2.jpeg 2149w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Dr.-Sanjay-Kurani-Medical-Director-SCVMC2-160x175.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Dr.-Sanjay-Kurani-Medical-Director-SCVMC2-800x877.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Dr.-Sanjay-Kurani-Medical-Director-SCVMC2-1020x1119.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Dr.-Sanjay-Kurani-Medical-Director-SCVMC2-1920x2106.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2149px) 100vw, 2149px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Sanjay Kurani, hospital medical director at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, models a plastic face shield worn over a surgical mask. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He added that face masks are just one part of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/pdfs/PPE-Sequence-508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">personal protection outfit\u003c/a> that health care professionals ideally wear when dealing with patients who have COVID-19. Gloves, gowns, face shields and goggles are also essential.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Makers Want in on the Action, Too\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When it comes to rigid plastics, 3D printers come to mind. Makers of 3D printers, like \u003ca href=\"https://enable.hp.com/us-en-3dprint-COVID-19-containment-applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hewlett-Packard\u003c/a>, are proving more than happy to help would-be printers of health care equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, the Valley Medical Center Foundation and the Sunnyvale nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.makernexus.com/covid1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maker Nexus \u003c/a>announced an initiative to produce 3,000 face shields a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Volunteers hashed out the specifications with hospital clinicians at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Dr. Kurani, for one, is thrilled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t need to go out to our usual vendors, who are right now overwhelmed,” he says. “We can actually go out to the community and use them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a bit of a rag-tag army marshaling this fight, but when you see social media posts from health care workers donning garbage bags to protect themselves, you can see why people who know how to make things want to help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/OaklandNurse/status/1244651372491898881?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Do Health Care Providers Want My Cloth Masks, Then?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The short answer is yes. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003ch2>Do Health Care Providers Want My Cloth Masks, Then?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The short answer is yes. Chris Wilder is CEO of the aforementioned Valley Medical Center Foundation, which raises dollars, and these days, supplies, for three hospitals and 11 clinics and more in Santa Clara County — one of the hardest hit Bay Area counties during the coronavirus pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are so many needs within a health care system the size of Santa Clara County’s. You know, there are so many nonprofits that are helping to distribute food and supplies and keep people healthy in many, many ways outside of the hospital. And so these masks are absolutely going to be used. We need them. The bottom line is everyone should keep sewing,” Wilder said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>So, Where Do I Send These Things?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It helps to connect with a group that’s already established a pipeline of product donations to facilities that want the materials. These groups are also helping to direct people with cloth to people with sewing machines, and coordinating pick ups and drop offs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://edeninterfaith.weebly.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eden Area Interfaith Council\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.makemasks2020.org/volunteer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Make Masks\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.makernexus.com/covid1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maker Nexus \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/251379072540664/?ref=group_header\">Mask-ER-Aid: Face Masks for Non-Clinical Hospital Workers\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://opensourcemedicalsupplies.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open Source Medical Supplies\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sewing4good.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sewing4Good\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/SomethingWeCanDo/about/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Something We Can Do\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sbamodernquiltguild.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Bay Area Quilt Guild\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In her seven years as a suite attendant for the Golden State Warriors, Alina Martinez has tried hard to avoid living paycheck to paycheck. She paid down her debts and saved what little was left every month. Even with years of diligent work, she and her husband only have enough in reserve to scrape by for a few weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re going to need every penny right now. With the suspension of the NBA season due to the coronavirus pandemic, she and the other roughly 1,500 workers at the Warriors’ Chase Center in San Francisco are out of a job for the foreseeable future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m definitely scared,” Martinez said. “There’s a lot of anxiety and stress, because without generating revenue for such an extended period of time, what does that mean for me and my family?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the pandemic lasts beyond a few weeks, it’s going to turn into a dire situation,” she added. She can collect unemployment, but it’s not going to be nearly enough to pay her monthly bills in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the NBA season suspended, arena workers across the country like Martinez have no income. Individual players and organizations are pledging money, but in the best cases it replaces just a fraction of lost wages. The Golden State Warriors put up $1 million for all of the roughly 1,500 workers at their arena.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"coronavirus\" label=\"More Coronavirus Coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martinez said she’s grateful that the team is trying to help, even thought they’re not required by law to do so. Still, Martinez figures she needs $4,000 to $5,000 a month to pay the bills. That’s a lot more than she could possibly get from the Warrior’s fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A million dollars between 1,500 workers is less than $1,000 each,” she said. “What happens when that’s gone? Because after that, we’re still here and we’re still in this situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public officials from Gov. Gavin Newsom to local city officials have confirmed Martinez’s fears that the crisis could last for months to come. The dire situation will become even more desperate if she or her husband gets sick from COVID-19, because neither of them have health insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple hasn’t had insurance since September. That’s when the Golden State Warriors moved to the new stadium. In the new arena, the employment situation changed for Martinez. Bon Appetit, which manages some 600 food service workers for the Warriors, including Martinez, isn’t currently providing health insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UNITE HERE Local 2, which represents food service workers at the Chase Center, is currently negotiating a contract to get them health insurance. Martinez was waiting for the contract to come through, but then the coroanvirus hit. Now the pressure to have health insurance is greater than ever. Martinez said she wishes the Warriors would make sure all the workers in the arena had it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though Martinez doesn’t have health insurance, she said she will go to the doctor if she thinks she may have the coronavirus. Still, appointments and treatment would mean that she and her husband would have no choice but to take on medical debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think no matter what, it’s important to get medical help regardless of the financial implications,” Martinez said. “I think it would be worse to not go and infect the people around me, especially the children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many workers who don’t have health care or paid time off, deciding what to do when feeling ill raises serious questions. Martinez said she’s constantly asking herself whether she really needs to go to the doctor, or if she can tough it out and keep working.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s definitely the questions that are in your head that you’re not going to say out loud,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, Martinez said, it shouldn’t be up to basketball players and teams to come up with solutions for everyone who is out of work during the current public health crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Resources for Unemployed and Uninsured\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Guidance and resources from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjeconomy.com/why-san-jose/covid-19-guidance#employees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">City of San Jose\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Guidance for employers and employees from the \u003ca href=\"https://oewd.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">City of San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/advisor/2020/03/12/list-of-banks-offering-relief-to-customers-affected-by-coronavirus/#1bae17063ee3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">list of banks offering relief\u003c/a> to customers affected by the coronavirus.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11809099/a-guide-to-bay-area-eviction-moratoriums-during-the-coronavirus-crisis?fbclid=IwAR0IxlRMss3UvbGRSkgBlHvcjUSYwbi9OOtRip6N9AGZsLVIdVhS7GWO-fo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Questions and answers\u003c/a> regarding evictions\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Assistance keeping the lights on (\u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/about-pge/company-information/protective-protocols/covid19-protections.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PG&E\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11808035\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Resources\u003c/a> for finding discounted internet and devices\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>KQED’s guide to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11806938/how-to-file-for-unemployment-in-california-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">filing for unemployment\u003c/a> is available here. And if you’ve lost a job and no longer have health insurance, \u003ca href=\"https://www.coveredca.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Covered California\u003c/a> has opened \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11807676/covered-california-opens-special-enrollment-period-in-wake-of-coronavirus-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a special enrollment period\u003c/a>, which means you can still get health insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Without getting out of bed, I chop some wood, maybe craft a fishing rod or a swinging bench. If I run out of materials, I fly to a deserted island and strip all its natural resources. No, I’m not a 17th century European colonizer — I’m just playing “Animal Crossing: New Horizons.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The premise of the game is a classic life simulation, except you live on an island inhabited by really cute animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11808797\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11808797\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/90801030_3091657380845154_8712898775540039680_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/90801030_3091657380845154_8712898775540039680_o.jpg 1280w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/90801030_3091657380845154_8712898775540039680_o-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/90801030_3091657380845154_8712898775540039680_o-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/90801030_3091657380845154_8712898775540039680_o-1020x574.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Villagers gather in my town for the opening of my new town bridge. \u003ccite>(Ariella Markowitz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There’s not really a goal to the game, you just slowly collect furniture and clothes, and pay off your debt with a steady income of selling bugs and fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Animal Crossing\" has been around since the mid-2000s, but it’s more than a vessel for childhood nostalgia. Almost all the Gen Zers that I know — including myself — are playing the new release: “New Horizons.” Social media is flooded with wholesome videos and memes about how the game is helping us get through one of the most disruptive events in our collective memory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/mercurialHekate/status/1242444144204791808?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/_itsjackielee/status/1242676080135135232\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's the perfect obsession for not leaving your house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the creators of the game even said he hopes people use “New Horizons” as an \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/18/21185608/animal-crossing-new-horizons-nintendo-switch-coronavirus-escape-interview\">escape\u003c/a> during these hard times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“['Animal Crossing'] is a lot nicer than real life in a lot of ways,” said James Rasmussen, one of my best friends from college. We live just a few miles apart from each other, but haven’t seen each other since the statewide lockdown. We connect on FaceTime over our love for \"Animal Crossing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's so peaceful to be able to take some time into this really light hearted world of these little animals,” he said. “It's just been nice and chill, which I think we all need right now.”\u003cbr />\n[aside label=\"The Do (From Home) List\" link1=\"https://www.kqed.org/thedolist,A Collection of Shelter-in-Place Activities\" hero=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/gettyimages-1212241393_wide-5aa9105c64e197a8d3d663dd56241e616f5b5c14-1020x574.jpg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past, \"Animal Crossing\" has gotten me through some rough mental health periods. When I moved from Southern California to Western Massachusetts for college, I fell into an intense seasonal depression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I would stay inside my dorm for days at a time, playing a bootleg version of \"Animal Crossing: Wild World,\" listening to the soothing sleighbells of the winter soundtrack. During those short days, \"Animal Crossing\" was my main source of joy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flash forward to now, using \"Animal Crossing\" as an escape feels like second nature. But sometimes, as James mentioned, it stirs up some realistic moments that can blur reality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the villagers gave me the hat I always wear, and I was like so struck by this gesture,” he said. “But it's this computer animal, you know. But this action in a game can make you feel really nice and cared for. 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"content": "\u003cp>Ideas we might normally dismiss out of hand, like how Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/for-the-last-year-youtube-has-been-cracking-down-on-hoaxes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill Gates cooked up COVID-19\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51735367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">that garlic can cure the disease\u003c/a>, can seem more credible during times of crisis or when we’re feeling unsure about information coming from experts and political authorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That is why social media platforms like Facebook, Google and Twitter are plowing ahead with efforts to emphasize real news and de-emphasize fake news surrounding the coronavirus as the pandemic intensifies. Is it working? Kind of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve been at it since January, in coordination with agencies like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Health Organization\u003c/a>, which declared the crisis a pandemic on Wednesday. But during public health emergencies, fear and cynicism have a way of amplifying fake news on the internet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, if you search for the word coronavirus on \u003ca href=\"https://about.fb.com/news/2020/01/coronavirus/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook\u003c/a>, you’ll see evidence of a new policy CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced last week. “A search for coronavirus on Facebook will surface a pop-up that directs you to the World Health Organization or your local health authority for the latest information,” the company wrote. “If you’re in a country where the WHO has reported person-to-person transmission, you’ll also see it in your News Feed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"text_exposed_show\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11806070\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-09-at-1.32.33-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1276\" height=\"1526\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-09-at-1.32.33-PM.png 1276w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-09-at-1.32.33-PM-160x191.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-09-at-1.32.33-PM-800x957.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-09-at-1.32.33-PM-1020x1220.png 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1276px) 100vw, 1276px\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Facebook also said it is blocking content that could cause people harm, such as claims that discourage seeking treatment or taking appropriate precautions against the coronavirus. Posts and videos that shared conspiracy theories were clearly marked as false, once they had been reviewed by fact-checkers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A similar situation is playing out on \u003ca href=\"https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/authoritative-information-about-novel-coronavirus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter\u003c/a>, where a simple search should also pull up information from credible sources. “In addition, we’re halting any auto-suggest results that are likely to direct individuals to non-credible content on Twitter,” the company \u003ca href=\"https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/authoritative-information-about-novel-coronavirus.html\">wrote\u003c/a>. “This is an expansion of our \u003ca href=\"https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2019/helping-you-find-reliable-public-health-information-on-twitter.html\">#KnowTheFacts\u003c/a> prompt, which we specifically put in place for the public to find clear, credible information on immunization and vaccination health.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twitter wants to go even farther by clearly labeling misinformation, according to \u003ca href=\"https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules\">rules\u003c/a> announced in February by Del Harvey, Twitter’s vice president of trust and safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our new rule: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm,” she wrote. “In addition, we may label Tweets containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide context.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/delbius/status/1224802196283244545\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A critical part of this change was developing this with input from the public, civil society groups, and academic experts,” Harvey’s wrote on Twitter. “We received 6,500+ responses on our approach, and will continue to make changes like this openly and in consultation with people around the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related stories\" tag=\"coronavirus\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why Misinformation Works\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Whether you’re confronting hucksters selling \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/health/fda-letter-coronavirus-cures.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">silver as a cure for COVID-19\u003c/a> or hungry retailers trying to sell you overpriced face masks, your brain is partly to blame for why you feel compulsively led to click, comment and share — even if, on some level, you know the information is wrong or distorted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the biases in our brain is novelty bias,” said Subbu Vincent, director of the Journalism and Media Ethics program at Santa Clara University’s Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. “We’re susceptible to the latest novel-sounding development and are drawn toward it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added, “Conspiracy theories exploit knowledge gaps in our minds between the world our brain sees and our fears. When we try to fill gaps quickly and simplistically, we can fall prey.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Complex explanations, Vincent said, require cognitive effort, and the heavy lift can seem less appealing than the “easy” answer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added, though, that it’s the same social media platforms that have trained us to respond quickly (and potentially irrationally) to novel information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And don’t be alarmed by the screenshot below. This is what you should see if YouTube is successfully shutting down videos with misinformation in them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11806149\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1796px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11806149 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-11-at-8.01.55-AM.png\" alt=\"If YouTube's content filters are working, you should see something like this when you click on misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. \" width=\"1796\" height=\"1002\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-11-at-8.01.55-AM.png 1796w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-11-at-8.01.55-AM-160x89.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-11-at-8.01.55-AM-800x446.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-11-at-8.01.55-AM-1020x569.png 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1796px) 100vw, 1796px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">If YouTube’s content filters are working, you should see something like this when you click on misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Dangers of Engaging\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There’s been a fair amount of news coverage about retailers like Amazon and eBay trying to cut down on price-gouging. But that’s only one form of profiteering during this pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some cases, social media and phishing emails have led people to websites that promise information, a cure, or survival goods like face masks, and then proceed to steal credit card information and other personal details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cybersecurity firm \u003ca href=\"https://www.cybertalk.org/2020/03/06/coronavirus-themed-domains-50-more-likely-to-be-malicious-than-other-domains/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check Point\u003c/a> reported that coronavirus-themed domains are 50% more likely to be malicious than other domains. “Our \u003ca href=\"https://blog.checkpoint.com/2020/02/13/january-2020s-most-wanted-malware-coronavirus-themed-spam-spreads-malicious-emotet-malware/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Global Threat Index for January 2020\u003c/a> shows that cyber criminals are exploiting interest in the global epidemic to spread malicious activity, with several spam campaigns related to the virus’s name,” the company wrote on its blog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2020/03/04/trickbot-campaign-targets-coronavirus-fears-in-italy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sophos\u003c/a>, another cybersecurity company, found an uptick in so-called spear-phishing messages targeting people in Italy, where coronavirus infections have surged in recent weeks. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why Misinformation Works\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Whether you’re confronting hucksters selling \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/health/fda-letter-coronavirus-cures.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">silver as a cure for COVID-19\u003c/a> or hungry retailers trying to sell you overpriced face masks, your brain is partly to blame for why you feel compulsively led to click, comment and share — even if, on some level, you know the information is wrong or distorted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the biases in our brain is novelty bias,” said Subbu Vincent, director of the Journalism and Media Ethics program at Santa Clara University’s Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. “We’re susceptible to the latest novel-sounding development and are drawn toward it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added, “Conspiracy theories exploit knowledge gaps in our minds between the world our brain sees and our fears. When we try to fill gaps quickly and simplistically, we can fall prey.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Complex explanations, Vincent said, require cognitive effort, and the heavy lift can seem less appealing than the “easy” answer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added, though, that it’s the same social media platforms that have trained us to respond quickly (and potentially irrationally) to novel information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And don’t be alarmed by the screenshot below. This is what you should see if YouTube is successfully shutting down videos with misinformation in them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11806149\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1796px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11806149 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-11-at-8.01.55-AM.png\" alt=\"If YouTube's content filters are working, you should see something like this when you click on misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. \" width=\"1796\" height=\"1002\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-11-at-8.01.55-AM.png 1796w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-11-at-8.01.55-AM-160x89.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-11-at-8.01.55-AM-800x446.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-11-at-8.01.55-AM-1020x569.png 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1796px) 100vw, 1796px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">If YouTube’s content filters are working, you should see something like this when you click on misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Dangers of Engaging\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There’s been a fair amount of news coverage about retailers like Amazon and eBay trying to cut down on price-gouging. But that’s only one form of profiteering during this pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some cases, social media and phishing emails have led people to websites that promise information, a cure, or survival goods like face masks, and then proceed to steal credit card information and other personal details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cybersecurity firm \u003ca href=\"https://www.cybertalk.org/2020/03/06/coronavirus-themed-domains-50-more-likely-to-be-malicious-than-other-domains/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check Point\u003c/a> reported that coronavirus-themed domains are 50% more likely to be malicious than other domains. “Our \u003ca href=\"https://blog.checkpoint.com/2020/02/13/january-2020s-most-wanted-malware-coronavirus-themed-spam-spreads-malicious-emotet-malware/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Global Threat Index for January 2020\u003c/a> shows that cyber criminals are exploiting interest in the global epidemic to spread malicious activity, with several spam campaigns related to the virus’s name,” the company wrote on its blog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2020/03/04/trickbot-campaign-targets-coronavirus-fears-in-italy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sophos\u003c/a>, another cybersecurity company, found an uptick in so-called spear-phishing messages targeting people in Italy, where coronavirus infections have surged in recent weeks. 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"content": "\u003cp>Recently, business has been exceptionally slow for Erica Mighetto, who drives for Uber and Lyft in San Francisco. Even so, she’s still out there looking for passengers, and has taken steps to prepare for whatever rides do come along.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she stops to pick me up in Glen Park earlier this week, Mighetto immediately rolls down the window before I get into her car and asks if I want her to put on a surgical mask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mighetto’s car is immaculate. There’s a lingering whiff of bleach from the disinfectant she has been religiously rubbing on the surfaces between passengers. Up front, behind the gear shift, she has a stack of pink surgical masks, which she said she received from a doctor at a hospital, who suggested she hand them out to any coughing passengers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late last week, she received messages from both Lyft and Uber telling her to keep her car clean and to stock up on hand sanitizer, which she found most stores had sold out of. A few days later, Lyft said it was providing sanitizer to drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11806430\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41943_006_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_6658-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11806430\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41943_006_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_6658-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41943_006_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_6658-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41943_006_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_6658-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41943_006_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_6658-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41943_006_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_6658-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ride-hail driver Erica Mighetto disinfects the door handles of her car between rides. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The hospital doctor Mighetto consulted with said she should use a mask as well, but she remains hesitant to wear one when picking up passengers, concerned it will freak them out. Everyone is already on edge, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mighetto is scared, too. She doesn’t want to be on the road driving, which she thinks could be particularly dangerous for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a heart condition called supraventricular tachycardia,” she tells me. “Ten years ago I had surgery, and I haven’t been monitored since then. I don’t have a primary care practitioner or a cardiologist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really nerve-wracking to be out here driving people around,” she adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But coronavirus fears aside, Mighetto has little choice but to continue driving this month; she needs the money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Erica Mighetto, ride-hail driver\"]‘I just have no choice whatsoever. I am running myself into financial despair.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now in her late 30s, Mighetto used to work as an accountant in Sacramento. Driving for a ride-hailing service was never part of her game plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mighetto hasn’t had a steady job since working at a property management firm three years ago. She says it started as a bookkeeping gig, but increasingly involved hounding tenants for money and issuing eviction notices. She started feeling sick about the work and eventually quit, she says, and took up driving for Lyft while looking for something more permanent. She never imagined she’d be working behind the wheel for this long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four months ago, Mighetto says her landlord kicked out all the tenants in her apartment building, offering a small buyout. Since then, she’s been staying on friends’ couches and renting rooms in hostels while searching for a permanent residence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, Mighetto is driving as many hours as she can with the hope of scraping together enough money for a new apartment. But it’s an uphill battle. Between her car payments and credit cards, she is $18,000 in debt. Sometimes, to save money after a night shift, she folds down her backseat, pulls out a pillow she keeps tucked in the spare tire cavity and sleeps in her car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is not the life Mighetto envisioned when she left her last job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11806429\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11806429\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erica Mighetto on the job in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You just get sucked into it,” she says. “The bills stack up and the credit card debt mounts and you have to get that clutch and you have to get that battery and you go from a paycheck-to-paycheck basis to a cash-out-to-cash-out basis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mighetto says she has an automatic phone payment coming up in two days that she currently doesn’t have enough money to cover, and she just received an email from her credit card company about an outstanding bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just have no choice whatsoever. I am running myself into financial despair,” she says, noting that the coronavirus has only made the situation tougher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"coronavirus\"]Earlier this week, Lyft and Uber \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/09/uber-lyft-to-offer-paid-sick-leave-to-any-coronavirus-infected-driver/\">both announced\u003c/a> plans to provide up to 14 days of sick leave for their drivers, but only if they’ve been “diagnosed with the coronavirus” or have been ordered to self-quarantine. Neither company has stated how much drivers can get compensated. And because both companies are continuing to classify their drivers as contractors, none are guaranteed minimum wage, regardless of drops in ridership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are as many as 2.5 million Lyft and Uber drivers in the U.S., most of whom do not receive any paid time off. But this predicament is certainly not unique to gig workers, says Elise Gould, an economist with the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, pointing to wider economic trends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. is one of the only industrialized countries in the world that doesn’t require paid sick leave (South Korea is the other), and a huge contingent of U.S. workers don’t have adequate access to paid time off or the capability to work from home, Gould says. The less workers make, she notes, the greater the chance they lack these benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To drive her point home, Gould points to \u003ca href=\"https://www.epi.org/publication/work-sick-or-lose-pay-the-high-cost-of-being-sick-when-you-dont-get-paid-sick-days/\">several data sets\u003c/a> based on figures from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that about 30% of all private sector workers in the U.S. have no access to paid sick days and only about 4% of workers have access to more than 14 paid sick days. Meanwhile, almost everyone in the top 10% has access to paid time off, while less than a third of the bottom 10% do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you are thinking about the workers who are living paycheck-to-paycheck,” Gould says, “those are the ones least likely to work from home or have those paid sick days.” When a pandemic hits and consumption slows down, these workers are on the front lines of the economic shockwave, she notes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The coronavirus is exposing this disparity of privilege between workers across the country, and the contrast is particularly stark in the Bay Area. Companies like Google and Facebook have told their office employees to work for home or take paid time off if they’re feeling sick. Lyft told its office employees to do the same. But if its drivers want to make money, they have no choice but to go out on the road whether or not they are afraid of getting sick or think they may be already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And like many service workers without access to paid leave, gig drivers often go to work sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11806431\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41936_006_KQED_Alameda_EdanAlva_03102020_-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11806431\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41936_006_KQED_Alameda_EdanAlva_03102020_-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41936_006_KQED_Alameda_EdanAlva_03102020_-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41936_006_KQED_Alameda_EdanAlva_03102020_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41936_006_KQED_Alameda_EdanAlva_03102020_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41936_006_KQED_Alameda_EdanAlva_03102020_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lyft driver Edan Alva in Alameda on March 10, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Just over a month ago, Uber driver Edan Alva was exhibiting flu-like symptoms. And while he tried to “power through” at first, he says he eventually had to take time off, unpaid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I stayed at home for nearly a week to recover,” Alva says, “which put me financially into a very bad situation.” He says he doesn’t need the coronavirus to underscore how precarious his financial situation is without paid time off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is just one more illustration of why drivers should organize and unionize and directly negotiate with Lyft,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Lyft and Uber recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/us/en/coronavirus/?_ga=2.36026087.699844506.1584045286-297668926.1584045286#drivers\">posted details\u003c/a> on their ongoing response to the coronavirus outbreak. Uber says it has already helped drivers in affected areas with its drivers fund, although it does not provide details on how many it’s supporting, or how much compensation they’ve received.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, Erica Mighetto worries she’s going to run out of options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When people ask how you’re doing it always makes me cry because I appreciate the concern,” she says. “It’s lonely and it’s terrible and I made a promise to myself to at least acknowledge the people on the side of the road asking for money because I’m scared I could be that person.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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