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"content": "\u003cp>Sarah Voit likes to keep 10 to 15 rapid test kits on hand in case any of the residents of the Family Emergency Shelter Coalition in Hayward need to be tested for the coronavirus. They’ve had some infection scares, and the antigen tests — which return results in minutes — have been crucial to curbing the virus in the family shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in recent weeks, the staff has struggled to purchase enough rapid test kits: The local Walgreens and Costco have started limiting sales to one per customer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We ran into the same issue at the beginning of the pandemic when we were trying to buy Clorox wipes and hand sanitizer,” said Voit, the shelter’s program director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three weeks ago, a child living at the shelter was sent home from school after a classmate contracted the coronavirus. Voit’s team used the rapid tests on the whole family. They all came back positive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because we had those kits on hand, we were able to send them immediately to the isolation and quarantine hotel the county runs,” she said. “Otherwise it could have taken three to five days to get those results and many more families could have gotten sick.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A nearby clinic offers coronavirus tests, but only PCR tests, which usually take several days for results. Even a single day’s wait could fuel an outbreak among the shelter’s 23 adults and children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If a resident really needs a test, we can send them there,” Voit said, “but the three to five days is tough to wait.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voit managed to find an online supplier and ordered 70 kits for the shelter, but they aren’t coming anytime soon: The delivery date is a month out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Prof. Emeritus Dr. John Swartzberg, UC Berkeley\"]‘Those with the least resources have the greatest difficulty in finding a free test site or purchasing at-home testing.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Online and in stores, major retailers are sold out of the popular at-home tests, and medical supply vendors can’t find enough rapid test kits for schools, shelters, nursing homes, employers and other groups. Across the state, people in lower-income communities are being turned away as community groups and clinics are forced to ration their tests. Workers in need of regular screening for employment struggle to find them. Some parents are spending hundreds of dollars out of pocket to test their schoolkids. And nursing homes are told they may have to wait weeks for testing kits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The U.S. gets a D- when it comes to testing,” said Dr. John Swartzberg, an infectious disease expert and professor emeritus at UC Berkeley. “We’re not doing enough of it and it’s too difficult for people to get tests. Those with the least resources have the greatest difficulty in finding a free test site or purchasing at-home testing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say quick and easy testing is vital to containing the spread of COVID-19. Without widespread access to tests, people don’t know they are infected and they need to quarantine, causing outbreaks that could have been prevented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There should be little stations where you can get rapid tests anywhere, anytime,” said Joe DeRisi, professor of biochemistry and biophysics at UC San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Rapid-test kit shortages abound\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s a mismatch of supply and demand. Although the state is reporting record-high testing numbers, Californians seeking same-day results and over-the-counter test kits for sniffling kids, employer verification or merely peace of mind say they are unavailable. The problem: Nearly all state-run testing facilities offer only laboratory-based PCR tests, and people want rapid ones instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the delta variant reared its head, the shortage of rapid tests created the “perfect storm,” experts say. The surge coincided with schools reopening and employers requiring quick, routine testing. At the same time, local health departments scaled back their testing efforts, focusing on vaccinations instead. Manufacturers, seeing decreased summer demand, reportedly \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-covid-19-tests-again-short-supply-infections-soar-schools-reopen-2021-08-27/\">shuttered production lines and tossed unsold product\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fewer than 10% of testing locations across the state now offer rapid-result antigen tests, according to \u003ca href=\"https://covid-19-giscorps.hub.arcgis.com/apps/covid-19-testing-in-the-united-states/explore\">a database from Coders Against COVID and URISA GISCorps\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The test shortage is so severe that the federal government has stepped in to increase production. On Sept. 9, the Biden administration announced a national \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/covidplan/#testing-masking\">COVID-19 action plan\u003c/a> that includes the purchase of 280 million rapid point-of-care and over-the-counter tests by the federal government and a three-month deal with Walmart, Amazon and Kroger to sell the tests at cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services did not respond to requests inquiring how many rapid tests would be allocated to California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/7355324/embed\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" class=\"flourish-embed-iframe\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px;\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industry experts say manufacturers, including Abbott Laboratories, are picking up production, but adequate supplies have yet to hit the shelves for consumers — and could be weeks off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have been told by this particular manufacturer that they’ve caught up, but clearly at the customer level we still see shortages, and of course customers are shifting to other brands, which cascade the shortage elsewhere,” said Nam Tran, professor of clinical pathology at UC Davis and a member of the state’s COVID-19 Testing Task Force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the slightly lower sensitivity of rapid tests compared to laboratory-based PCR ones, the ease of the at-home options make them ideal for community surveillance, DeRisi said. PCR tests can detect lower levels of virus and potentially catch an infection sooner, but the reality is the inconvenience of scheduling an appointment means people aren’t getting tested enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I could get a PCR, but that’s just a snapshot in time,” Tran said. “If you want people to test every day, [PCR] is not feasible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" tag=\"coronavirus-testing\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 90% of all PCR test results are returned in two days, according to state data, although that time has steadily crept upward recently. The 15 minutes of wait for a home rapid test compared to 48 hours could mean the difference between an infectious person starting quarantine immediately versus spreading the virus for several days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s clear that rapid testing works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mariposa skilled nursing facility that Katrina Anderson manages hasn’t had a single case of COVID-19 among its frail residents since the beginning of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to other strict infection control policies, every person that enters the building is given a rapid test.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you come to work in our facility, you’re tested. If you come to fix something that’s broken in the facility, you’re tested,” Anderson said. “Nobody enters without getting a rapid test.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anderson received word from the state that tests were in short supply. She was able to secure enough kits for the next few weeks. But other organizations, like schools and community groups attempting to set up rapid testing through the California Department of Public Health, may not be so lucky. The Testing Task Force website warns that it will take six to eight weeks to receive the state’s rapid test kits.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Schools desperate for test supplies\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In March, the state offered \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-12/california-offers-covid-19-rapid-tests-to-reopening-schools\">5 million BinaxNOW tests\u003c/a> to schools as an optional incentive to reopen in the spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rapid testing is a major strategy for schools eager to avoid kids’ time spent out of the classroom sick or in quarantine. But the state program has been swamped with orders, and some schools say PCR testing is their only reliable option right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State public health officials told Kern High School District in Bakersfield “that there is a nationwide shortage of antigen/rapid tests,” said Erin Briscoe-Clarke, a district spokesperson. So the school is using PCR tests instead despite the longer wait time for results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeRisi from UCSF said he heard that “hundreds of schools” signed up in September for the state tests, “right when the shortage occurred and right when the delta bump hit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Department of Public Health did not return requests for comment about its ability to fill schools’ orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11890072\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1029px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11890072 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS46093_001_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut-e1632780302268.jpg\" alt=\"A gloved hand holds up a small, white envelope with pink lettering: a rapid COVID-19 test.\" width=\"1029\" height=\"686\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rapid COVID-19 test held by a health care professional at a Unidos En Salud testing site, a collaboration between UCSF and the Latino Task Force, during a post-holiday COVID-19 outreach event on 24th and Mission streets in San Francisco on Nov. 30, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Officials at the Clovis Unified School District northeast of Fresno said they have struggled to secure enough rapid tests for their 43,000 students. In addition to required masking and daily health screenings, the schools there routinely test students involved in extracurricular activities and are gearing up to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/2021/08/california-teacher-vaccines-mandate-newsom/\">begin testing faculty weekly\u003c/a>. The schools also shorten the 10-day quarantine period by three days if a student can prove they are COVID-negative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Clovis district was notified earlier this month that the state may not be able to fill its test kit order, spokesperson Kelly Avants said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Spokesperson Kelly Avants, Clovis Unified School District\"]‘We got our order in and heard within a day or two that the state was no longer accepting additional orders because they were out.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We got our order in and heard within a day or two that the state was no longer accepting additional orders because they were out,” Avants said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early this month, the Clovis district contacted more than 40 vendors in search of rapid test kits. Nobody had any in stock and wouldn’t until at least October, maybe even December. Eventually, the state was able to fulfill the district’s order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Like so many other supply chains right now, it is unpredictable,” Avants said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district has about a two-week supply of tests, and expects a delivery of 12,800 more from a private vendor soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without rapid testing readily available publicly, some parents are spending hundreds of dollars to monitor their kids’ health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nayamin Martinez, a parent in Clovis Unified, received an email several weeks ago that a child in her daughter’s classroom tested positive for COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a Friday afternoon, and the family’s local Kaiser testing clinic was closed. Even with insurance, Martinez couldn’t find a rapid test kit or same-day appointment anywhere. She also knew that results from a PCR test wouldn’t come until the following Monday or Tuesday and didn’t want to keep her daughter out of school needlessly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martinez wound up taking her to urgent care and paying $270 for the rapid test — and her peace of mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Hundreds of testing sites shut down\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Public Health says there’s a glut of PCR testing capacity. Thousands of same-day appointments for the tests are available through the state testing website, and more tests are processed daily now than during the winter surge. OptumServe, which manages the state’s testing efforts, works with the state to monitor demand and offer drive-through, mobile and fixed site options, health officials told CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet many Californians complain that they can’t find an appointment or a rapid test. The issue: As government-run mass testing sites have closed, it’s not always clear to people where new locations have sprung up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You end up with barriers to access that have less to do with capacity and more to do with lack of information,” said Dr. Jorge Caballero, a physician and founder of Coders Against COVID, a volunteer group that crowdsources a directory of test sites nationally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Dr. Jorge Caballeros, Coders Against COVID\"]‘More of the testing has shifted from a government-based or public health service and become privatized.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“More of the testing has shifted from a government-based or public health service and become privatized. A lot has shifted to primary care physicians, health systems and to companies that are running these tests,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Coders Against COVID database, 900 testing sites have closed in California since April 2020, and that’s likely an undercount.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Working-class and immigrant communities that often face technological or language barriers are struggling with the shifting test locations and longer turnaround times. Community organizations have been left to fill the gaps with what little supplies they have left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re still the only organization in Marin County that’s doing rapid testing for free, and I don’t understand why,” said Yolanda Oviedo, COVID-19 response manager at Canal Alliance. “It’s been really hard for us to maintain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Canal Alliance, which provides an array of services for the Latino community in Marin, offers rapid testing two days a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11890084\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1452px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11890084 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/092521_RapdiCovidTest_PG_sized_05.jpeg\" alt=\"A gloved hand rolls a swab inside the small white envelope of the rapid test.\" width=\"1452\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/092521_RapdiCovidTest_PG_sized_05.jpeg 1452w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/092521_RapdiCovidTest_PG_sized_05-800x1102.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/092521_RapdiCovidTest_PG_sized_05-1020x1405.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/092521_RapdiCovidTest_PG_sized_05-160x220.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/092521_RapdiCovidTest_PG_sized_05-1115x1536.jpeg 1115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1452px) 100vw, 1452px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rapid antigen test at the Canal Alliance COVID-19 testing site in San Rafael, California, on Sept. 25, 2021. \u003ccite>(Penni Gladstone/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The pandemic hit the county’s Latino population hard. \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/covid-cases-latino-california-coronavirus-marin-county/6329375/\">Latinos accounted for 80% of the county’s COVID-19 cases\u003c/a> last year despite making up less than 16% of the population. Most are essential workers with high risks of exposure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oviedo said the group received 5,000 test kits from the state in May and have used more than 3,000. Demand has grown since August, and they have resorted to limiting testing to 100 people per day in order to make supplies last as long as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People seeking tests at the site are frequently turned away. It’s a tough decision, especially when they know community members are desperate, said Marina Palma, San Rafael City Schools board member and volunteer at Canal Alliance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have people coming to test with us from Richmond, Petaluma, Novato, San Francisco,” Palma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Increasingly, employers, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/here-are-companies-mandating-vaccines-all-or-some-employees-n1275808\">like Amtrak and Goldman Sachs\u003c/a>, are requiring proof of vaccination or negative test results, and many workers can’t afford to miss a day of work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you go to other places, it takes two days for the results. Two days means a lot for those families who work labor,” Palma said. “If they don’t have that verification, they can’t support their families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a similar story in the Central Valley, where Martinez, the Clovis parent, is the executive director of the Central California Environmental Justice Network. Her organization, which partnered with UC Davis, is the only place in Yolo, Stanislaus, Madera and Fresno Counties offering rapid tests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several weeks ago they, too, started capping the tests at 100 per day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I heard we were capping [tests], I asked ‘Why don’t you order more?’ They said, ‘There’s no more to order. They’re on backlog,’” Martinez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the people they test have Medi-Cal or are uninsured, and are unable to get appointments at local health clinics. Routine testing for employers isn’t necessarily covered by insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every day around 5 a.m., people start calling Martinez, desperately searching for a free test. “It’s bureaucracies after bureaucracies. It’s exhausting,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2021/09/covid-california-tests/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Online and in stores, major retailers are sold out of the popular at-home tests, and medical supply vendors can’t find enough rapid test kits for schools, shelters, nursing homes, employers and other groups. Across the state, people in lower-income communities are being turned away as community groups and clinics are forced to ration their tests. Workers in need of regular screening for employment struggle to find them. Some parents are spending hundreds of dollars out of pocket to test their schoolkids. And nursing homes are told they may have to wait weeks for testing kits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The U.S. gets a D- when it comes to testing,” said Dr. John Swartzberg, an infectious disease expert and professor emeritus at UC Berkeley. “We’re not doing enough of it and it’s too difficult for people to get tests. Those with the least resources have the greatest difficulty in finding a free test site or purchasing at-home testing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say quick and easy testing is vital to containing the spread of COVID-19. Without widespread access to tests, people don’t know they are infected and they need to quarantine, causing outbreaks that could have been prevented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There should be little stations where you can get rapid tests anywhere, anytime,” said Joe DeRisi, professor of biochemistry and biophysics at UC San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Rapid-test kit shortages abound\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s a mismatch of supply and demand. Although the state is reporting record-high testing numbers, Californians seeking same-day results and over-the-counter test kits for sniffling kids, employer verification or merely peace of mind say they are unavailable. The problem: Nearly all state-run testing facilities offer only laboratory-based PCR tests, and people want rapid ones instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the delta variant reared its head, the shortage of rapid tests created the “perfect storm,” experts say. The surge coincided with schools reopening and employers requiring quick, routine testing. At the same time, local health departments scaled back their testing efforts, focusing on vaccinations instead. Manufacturers, seeing decreased summer demand, reportedly \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-covid-19-tests-again-short-supply-infections-soar-schools-reopen-2021-08-27/\">shuttered production lines and tossed unsold product\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fewer than 10% of testing locations across the state now offer rapid-result antigen tests, according to \u003ca href=\"https://covid-19-giscorps.hub.arcgis.com/apps/covid-19-testing-in-the-united-states/explore\">a database from Coders Against COVID and URISA GISCorps\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The test shortage is so severe that the federal government has stepped in to increase production. On Sept. 9, the Biden administration announced a national \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/covidplan/#testing-masking\">COVID-19 action plan\u003c/a> that includes the purchase of 280 million rapid point-of-care and over-the-counter tests by the federal government and a three-month deal with Walmart, Amazon and Kroger to sell the tests at cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services did not respond to requests inquiring how many rapid tests would be allocated to California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/7355324/embed\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" class=\"flourish-embed-iframe\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px;\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industry experts say manufacturers, including Abbott Laboratories, are picking up production, but adequate supplies have yet to hit the shelves for consumers — and could be weeks off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have been told by this particular manufacturer that they’ve caught up, but clearly at the customer level we still see shortages, and of course customers are shifting to other brands, which cascade the shortage elsewhere,” said Nam Tran, professor of clinical pathology at UC Davis and a member of the state’s COVID-19 Testing Task Force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the slightly lower sensitivity of rapid tests compared to laboratory-based PCR ones, the ease of the at-home options make them ideal for community surveillance, DeRisi said. PCR tests can detect lower levels of virus and potentially catch an infection sooner, but the reality is the inconvenience of scheduling an appointment means people aren’t getting tested enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I could get a PCR, but that’s just a snapshot in time,” Tran said. “If you want people to test every day, [PCR] is not feasible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 90% of all PCR test results are returned in two days, according to state data, although that time has steadily crept upward recently. The 15 minutes of wait for a home rapid test compared to 48 hours could mean the difference between an infectious person starting quarantine immediately versus spreading the virus for several days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s clear that rapid testing works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mariposa skilled nursing facility that Katrina Anderson manages hasn’t had a single case of COVID-19 among its frail residents since the beginning of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to other strict infection control policies, every person that enters the building is given a rapid test.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you come to work in our facility, you’re tested. If you come to fix something that’s broken in the facility, you’re tested,” Anderson said. “Nobody enters without getting a rapid test.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anderson received word from the state that tests were in short supply. She was able to secure enough kits for the next few weeks. But other organizations, like schools and community groups attempting to set up rapid testing through the California Department of Public Health, may not be so lucky. The Testing Task Force website warns that it will take six to eight weeks to receive the state’s rapid test kits.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Schools desperate for test supplies\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In March, the state offered \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-12/california-offers-covid-19-rapid-tests-to-reopening-schools\">5 million BinaxNOW tests\u003c/a> to schools as an optional incentive to reopen in the spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rapid testing is a major strategy for schools eager to avoid kids’ time spent out of the classroom sick or in quarantine. But the state program has been swamped with orders, and some schools say PCR testing is their only reliable option right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State public health officials told Kern High School District in Bakersfield “that there is a nationwide shortage of antigen/rapid tests,” said Erin Briscoe-Clarke, a district spokesperson. So the school is using PCR tests instead despite the longer wait time for results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeRisi from UCSF said he heard that “hundreds of schools” signed up in September for the state tests, “right when the shortage occurred and right when the delta bump hit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Department of Public Health did not return requests for comment about its ability to fill schools’ orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11890072\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1029px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11890072 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS46093_001_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut-e1632780302268.jpg\" alt=\"A gloved hand holds up a small, white envelope with pink lettering: a rapid COVID-19 test.\" width=\"1029\" height=\"686\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rapid COVID-19 test held by a health care professional at a Unidos En Salud testing site, a collaboration between UCSF and the Latino Task Force, during a post-holiday COVID-19 outreach event on 24th and Mission streets in San Francisco on Nov. 30, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Officials at the Clovis Unified School District northeast of Fresno said they have struggled to secure enough rapid tests for their 43,000 students. In addition to required masking and daily health screenings, the schools there routinely test students involved in extracurricular activities and are gearing up to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/2021/08/california-teacher-vaccines-mandate-newsom/\">begin testing faculty weekly\u003c/a>. The schools also shorten the 10-day quarantine period by three days if a student can prove they are COVID-negative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Clovis district was notified earlier this month that the state may not be able to fill its test kit order, spokesperson Kelly Avants said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We got our order in and heard within a day or two that the state was no longer accepting additional orders because they were out,” Avants said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early this month, the Clovis district contacted more than 40 vendors in search of rapid test kits. Nobody had any in stock and wouldn’t until at least October, maybe even December. Eventually, the state was able to fulfill the district’s order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Like so many other supply chains right now, it is unpredictable,” Avants said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district has about a two-week supply of tests, and expects a delivery of 12,800 more from a private vendor soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without rapid testing readily available publicly, some parents are spending hundreds of dollars to monitor their kids’ health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nayamin Martinez, a parent in Clovis Unified, received an email several weeks ago that a child in her daughter’s classroom tested positive for COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a Friday afternoon, and the family’s local Kaiser testing clinic was closed. Even with insurance, Martinez couldn’t find a rapid test kit or same-day appointment anywhere. She also knew that results from a PCR test wouldn’t come until the following Monday or Tuesday and didn’t want to keep her daughter out of school needlessly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martinez wound up taking her to urgent care and paying $270 for the rapid test — and her peace of mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Hundreds of testing sites shut down\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Public Health says there’s a glut of PCR testing capacity. Thousands of same-day appointments for the tests are available through the state testing website, and more tests are processed daily now than during the winter surge. OptumServe, which manages the state’s testing efforts, works with the state to monitor demand and offer drive-through, mobile and fixed site options, health officials told CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet many Californians complain that they can’t find an appointment or a rapid test. The issue: As government-run mass testing sites have closed, it’s not always clear to people where new locations have sprung up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You end up with barriers to access that have less to do with capacity and more to do with lack of information,” said Dr. Jorge Caballero, a physician and founder of Coders Against COVID, a volunteer group that crowdsources a directory of test sites nationally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“More of the testing has shifted from a government-based or public health service and become privatized. A lot has shifted to primary care physicians, health systems and to companies that are running these tests,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Coders Against COVID database, 900 testing sites have closed in California since April 2020, and that’s likely an undercount.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Working-class and immigrant communities that often face technological or language barriers are struggling with the shifting test locations and longer turnaround times. Community organizations have been left to fill the gaps with what little supplies they have left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re still the only organization in Marin County that’s doing rapid testing for free, and I don’t understand why,” said Yolanda Oviedo, COVID-19 response manager at Canal Alliance. “It’s been really hard for us to maintain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Canal Alliance, which provides an array of services for the Latino community in Marin, offers rapid testing two days a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11890084\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1452px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11890084 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/092521_RapdiCovidTest_PG_sized_05.jpeg\" alt=\"A gloved hand rolls a swab inside the small white envelope of the rapid test.\" width=\"1452\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/092521_RapdiCovidTest_PG_sized_05.jpeg 1452w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/092521_RapdiCovidTest_PG_sized_05-800x1102.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/092521_RapdiCovidTest_PG_sized_05-1020x1405.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/092521_RapdiCovidTest_PG_sized_05-160x220.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/092521_RapdiCovidTest_PG_sized_05-1115x1536.jpeg 1115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1452px) 100vw, 1452px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rapid antigen test at the Canal Alliance COVID-19 testing site in San Rafael, California, on Sept. 25, 2021. \u003ccite>(Penni Gladstone/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The pandemic hit the county’s Latino population hard. \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/covid-cases-latino-california-coronavirus-marin-county/6329375/\">Latinos accounted for 80% of the county’s COVID-19 cases\u003c/a> last year despite making up less than 16% of the population. Most are essential workers with high risks of exposure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oviedo said the group received 5,000 test kits from the state in May and have used more than 3,000. Demand has grown since August, and they have resorted to limiting testing to 100 people per day in order to make supplies last as long as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People seeking tests at the site are frequently turned away. It’s a tough decision, especially when they know community members are desperate, said Marina Palma, San Rafael City Schools board member and volunteer at Canal Alliance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have people coming to test with us from Richmond, Petaluma, Novato, San Francisco,” Palma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Increasingly, employers, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/here-are-companies-mandating-vaccines-all-or-some-employees-n1275808\">like Amtrak and Goldman Sachs\u003c/a>, are requiring proof of vaccination or negative test results, and many workers can’t afford to miss a day of work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you go to other places, it takes two days for the results. Two days means a lot for those families who work labor,” Palma said. “If they don’t have that verification, they can’t support their families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a similar story in the Central Valley, where Martinez, the Clovis parent, is the executive director of the Central California Environmental Justice Network. Her organization, which partnered with UC Davis, is the only place in Yolo, Stanislaus, Madera and Fresno Counties offering rapid tests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several weeks ago they, too, started capping the tests at 100 per day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I heard we were capping [tests], I asked ‘Why don’t you order more?’ They said, ‘There’s no more to order. They’re on backlog,’” Martinez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the people they test have Medi-Cal or are uninsured, and are unable to get appointments at local health clinics. Routine testing for employers isn’t necessarily covered by insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every day around 5 a.m., people start calling Martinez, desperately searching for a free test. “It’s bureaucracies after bureaucracies. It’s exhausting,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Note: Pfizer COVID vaccine booster shots are now available for certain eligible groups. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11890031/where-can-i-get-a-pfizer-covid-booster-shot-near-me-heres-whos-eligible\">Find out who can get a Pfizer booster shot, and how to make an appointment near you.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You're not imagining it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in mid-August, U.S. health officials announced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885531/covid-booster-shots-to-roll-out-in-september-in-the-u-s-health-officials-say\">plans to offer COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans\u003c/a>, starting as early as this week (Sept. 20).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That hasn't happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while the Food and Drug Administration has now \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11889660/the-fda-oks-pfizer-biontech-booster-for-people-65-or-at-high-risk-for-severe-covid\">authorized a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine\u003c/a> for people age 65 and older and certain other groups, with \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-science-health-coronavirus-vaccine-95b8d9a432b60fe0e9713adf75dde0ee\">endorsement from the CDC\u003c/a>, you could be forgiven for wondering: What happened to this previous timeline? When could we actually see booster shots roll out? And who might get them first?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>I thought booster shots for all were starting Sept. 20? What changed?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885531/covid-booster-shots-to-roll-out-in-september-in-the-u-s-health-officials-say\">The original White House booster plan\u003c/a> for the general public, announced on Aug. 18, called for an extra dose eight months after getting the second shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11888987/fda-advisers-vote-against-pfizer-covid-booster\">That time frame was since revised\u003c/a> to six months.) The one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine was not included in the plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the last several weeks since the Biden administration's announcement, a lot has changed. According to The New York Times, the projected September time frame \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/03/us/politics/coronavirus-booster-shots.html\">\"set off alarm bells\"\u003c/a> among officials in the FDA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/03/us/politics/coronavirus-booster-shots.html\">top federal health officials allegedly warned the White House\u003c/a> that it should scale back its booster-shot plan, the NY Times reported. Representatives from the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention purportedly told the Biden administration they would need more time to review all the available data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers have been conducting their own research into the efficacy of booster shots for their particular vaccines. The next stage on the road to booster-shot approval for any particular manufacturer is a review by an advisory panel of experts convened by the FDA. This panel is a part of the FDA's overall evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of a third dose, which is also being reviewed by a CDC advisory panel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11889483\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11889483 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51555_GettyImages-1334915315-qut.jpg\" alt=\"President Biden speaks at a podium.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51555_GettyImages-1334915315-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51555_GettyImages-1334915315-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51555_GettyImages-1334915315-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51555_GettyImages-1334915315-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51555_GettyImages-1334915315-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">On Aug. 18, 2021, U.S. President Biden announced a plan for Americans to receive a booster shot against COVID-19. \u003ccite>(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>But now we have \u003cem>one\u003c/em> approved vaccine booster, right?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Yes. On Sept. 22, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11889660/the-fda-oks-pfizer-biontech-booster-for-people-65-or-at-high-risk-for-severe-covid\">the FDA authorized a booster dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.\u003c/a> But this booster shot only applies to people who have gotten the Pfizer vaccine for their first two shots, and who:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Are 65 and older\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Are at high risk of experiencing severe COVID-19 symptoms\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Have jobs or institutional exposure to the virus that puts them at high risk of contracting COVID-19\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The FDA says that a third shot can be given at least six months after completion of a person's last Pfizer shot. On Sept. 24, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-science-health-coronavirus-vaccine-95b8d9a432b60fe0e9713adf75dde0ee\">the CDC formally signed off on the plan\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means these eligible groups will be able to get their Pfizer booster shot in California soon. The Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup — which represents California, Nevada, Washington and Oregon — will now independently review the FDA and CDC recommendations, and only then can any of the coronavirus vaccine boosters be distributed in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This FDA authorization comes after the organization's advisory panel met Sept. 17 and voted 16-2 \u003cem>against\u003c/em> a plan to use Pfizer boosters for people 16 and older. The same experts did, however, vote 18-0 in support of the FDA authorizing a booster for people 65 and older or at high risk of severe COVID-19. The FDA typically follows the advice of its advisory committees — although they're not required to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sept. 23, the CDC's own advisory panel met to make specific recommendations about use of this Pfizer booster. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/09/23/1040078971/cdc-covid-19-pfizer-boosters-adults-guidance\">The CDC panel aligned with the FDA authorization\u003c/a> in all respects, except for disagreeing with the FDA on the question of people whose jobs are more likely to expose them to COVID, such as health care workers and teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The committee said that these people should \u003cem>not\u003c/em> yet be allowed to receive an extra Pfizer dose, but stressed that its recommendations could change if new evidence shows more people need a booster. But \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-science-health-coronavirus-vaccine-95b8d9a432b60fe0e9713adf75dde0ee\">CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky ultimately chose not to follow the advisory panel's judgement\u003c/a> on the issue of boosters and high-risk jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How did the thinking on booster shots change?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Even before the FDA's advisory panel delivered their judgement on the Pfizer vaccine, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1976811/why-some-fda-scientists-are-arguing-against-covid-boosters\">the FDA's own scientists were expressing their skepticism\u003c/a> about the need for booster shots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They said that \"data indicates that currently US-licensed or authorized COVID-19 vaccines still afford protection against severe COVID-19 disease and death in the United States.\" \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1976811/why-some-fda-scientists-are-arguing-against-covid-boosters\">As Matthew Herper and Helen Branswell wrote for STAT\u003c/a>, an online publication covering health, medicine and scientific discovery news:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"On one side are drug companies and some researchers, who point to data showing the efficacy of the vaccines to protect all infections is waning and that a third shot will provide additional protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"On the other are those who point out that these vaccines are still keeping people out of the hospital and preventing them from dying, indicating that a booster is not needed yet.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Remember, the FDA panel's vote specifically related to whether a third shot of the Pfizer vaccine is necessary for most people. In voting against the plan, the panel was not saying the vaccine itself is unsafe, and was certainly not trying to cast any doubt on the general efficacy of the vaccines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To reiterate, yet again, the COVID-19 vaccines work! And while breakthrough cases in vaccinated people do happen, the vaccines vastly reduce the risk of hospitalization or death. If you haven't got your first shots yet, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11855623/where-can-i-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-in-the-bay-area-your-questions-answered\">here's how to find a COVID-19 vaccine near you\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11885536\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11885536 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS49573_007_PortofOakland_Vaccination_05272021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing purple gloves flicks a needle inserted upside-down into a vial.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS49573_007_PortofOakland_Vaccination_05272021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS49573_007_PortofOakland_Vaccination_05272021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS49573_007_PortofOakland_Vaccination_05272021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS49573_007_PortofOakland_Vaccination_05272021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS49573_007_PortofOakland_Vaccination_05272021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Medical assistant Martha Velasquez from the Alameda Health System prepares a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Does this mean boosters won't happen for the general public at all?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>We just don't know right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/09/20/1038854813/fauci-on-the-disconnect-between-fda-panels-guidance-and-bidens-booster-plan\">the White House's chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, told NPR\u003c/a> that he expected more data to become available in the next few weeks that would \"actually modify and expand the recommendation\" for the use of boosters to more people. \"But for now we'll go with what the FDA advisory committee has recommended,\" Fauci said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"more vaccine coverage\" tag=\"covid-19-vaccine\"]Fauci \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/09/19/fauci-says-data-moderna-johnson-johnson-boosters-few-weeks-away-fda-review/\">said last week\u003c/a> that an FDA review of the Moderna and J&J vaccines was \"a few weeks away.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the latest booster-related developments is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11889227/johnson-johnson-says-its-covid-19-booster-shot-increases-protection-but-health-officials-have-yet-to-approve\">the release of data from Johnson & Johnson on its own COVID-19 vaccine booster shot\u003c/a>. Trials show that people who receive a J&J booster shot are better protected against the coronavirus for a longer period of time than those who just get one shot, according to the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sept. 22, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/science-health-coronavirus-pandemic-coronavirus-vaccine-203d8c288858e815175880753cbc9b8f\">a panel of advisers to the CDC met\u003c/a> to discuss the question of \u003cem>who \u003c/em>should be offered a COVID-19 booster. This panel, officially known as the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), considered implementing a more limited booster initiative specifically targeting older populations or people whose jobs put them at higher risk of catching or spreading the virus — like front-line health care workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some members of the CDC panel also questioned whether the existing data sufficiently demonstrated the need for booster shots at all, and advocated for postponing any such booster plans until more evidence was available.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How quickly might booster shots be more broadly available?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Again, whether it's Pfizer, Moderna or J&J, any COVID-19 vaccine has to first be reviewed by the FDA's advisory panel and decide whether or not to authorize a booster. This is the process that has now resulted in \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/09/20/1038854813/fauci-on-the-disconnect-between-fda-panels-guidance-and-bidens-booster-plan\">the FDA's authorization of the Pfizer vaccine for certain groups.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After that, and a similar CDC review process, the Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup — which represents California, Nevada, Washington and Oregon — independently reviews the agencies' recommendations. Only then can any of the COVID-19 vaccine boosters be distributed in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even setting aside the time frame needed for the FDA and the CDC to review all the available data, be aware that scheduling a third shot could be more confounding, in certain ways, than the process of getting the initial ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember that the Biden administration's revised goal was to get booster shots in people's arms six months after receiving their last COVID-19 vaccinations. But because the COVID-19 vaccines rolled out at different times for different groups of people — in California and elsewhere — everyone would then have a different date for receiving their potential third shot based on when they got their previous one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's also the matter of which COVID-19 vaccine you originally got. As we're seeing, the process of Pfizer, Moderna and J&J releasing their own trial results — which are then \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11888987/fda-advisers-vote-against-pfizer-covid-booster\">reviewed by FDA and CDC advisory panels \u003c/a>— is not a coordinated one. So there's the possibility that booster shots could be available for one type of COVID-19 vaccine well before another.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003cbr>\nIn addition, the FDA's choice to follow its advisory panel's \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11888987/fda-advisers-vote-against-pfizer-covid-booster\">endorsement of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for people 65 and older\u003c/a>, or those at elevated risk — as opposed to the general public — is a strong indication we'll see a booster rollout that's staggered based on eligibility. And that will likely require complex logistical planning and accessibility considerations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even before the FDA panel's specific recommendation last week on eligibility, San Francisco Department of Public Health officials said they were already anticipating \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885531/covid-booster-shots-to-roll-out-in-september-in-the-u-s-health-officials-say\">a phased rollout\u003c/a> similar to how the vaccine was initially distributed: prioritizing the most vulnerable, in collaboration with our health care and pharmacy partners.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amid all this is also the ethical issue of Americans getting third shots of the COVID-19 vaccine while so many other people around the world have been unable to access even their first one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Top scientists at the World Health Organization met the White House's August announcement on booster shots with bitter objections. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885531/covid-booster-shots-to-roll-out-in-september-in-the-u-s-health-officials-say\">\"We're planning to hand out extra life jackets to people who already have life jackets\u003c/a>, while we're leaving other people to drown without a single life jacket,\" said Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO's emergencies program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11889098\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11889098 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234837929-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A close-up of the label on a small glass vial, with a silver-colored cap, of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1704\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234837929-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234837929-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234837929-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234837929-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234837929-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234837929-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234837929-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccine clinic in the Arleta neighborhood of Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Aren't third shots already available for some people?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Immunocompromised people who already got two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine can now get a third shot to boost their protection from COVID-19. This is a separate initiative that predates the Biden administration's proposal on offering booster shots more broadly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, only a very small group of people with compromised immune systems qualify for this third dose — many serious conditions, like diabetes or heart disease, are not currently included. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/immuno.html\">Read the CDC's list clarifying exactly who is eligible.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you \u003cem>do\u003c/em> qualify for a booster shot, we have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11855623/where-can-i-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-in-the-bay-area-your-questions-answered#where\">more information on how to make your appointment\u003c/a>, plus \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885225/immunocompromised-and-considering-a-3rd-covid-vaccine-6-things-to-know\">information that immunocompromised people considering the third shot may wish to consider\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Note: Pfizer COVID vaccine booster shots are now available for certain eligible groups. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11890031/where-can-i-get-a-pfizer-covid-booster-shot-near-me-heres-whos-eligible\">Find out who can get a Pfizer booster shot, and how to make an appointment near you.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You're not imagining it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in mid-August, U.S. health officials announced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885531/covid-booster-shots-to-roll-out-in-september-in-the-u-s-health-officials-say\">plans to offer COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans\u003c/a>, starting as early as this week (Sept. 20).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That hasn't happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while the Food and Drug Administration has now \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11889660/the-fda-oks-pfizer-biontech-booster-for-people-65-or-at-high-risk-for-severe-covid\">authorized a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine\u003c/a> for people age 65 and older and certain other groups, with \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-science-health-coronavirus-vaccine-95b8d9a432b60fe0e9713adf75dde0ee\">endorsement from the CDC\u003c/a>, you could be forgiven for wondering: What happened to this previous timeline? When could we actually see booster shots roll out? And who might get them first?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>I thought booster shots for all were starting Sept. 20? What changed?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885531/covid-booster-shots-to-roll-out-in-september-in-the-u-s-health-officials-say\">The original White House booster plan\u003c/a> for the general public, announced on Aug. 18, called for an extra dose eight months after getting the second shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11888987/fda-advisers-vote-against-pfizer-covid-booster\">That time frame was since revised\u003c/a> to six months.) The one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine was not included in the plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the last several weeks since the Biden administration's announcement, a lot has changed. According to The New York Times, the projected September time frame \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/03/us/politics/coronavirus-booster-shots.html\">\"set off alarm bells\"\u003c/a> among officials in the FDA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/03/us/politics/coronavirus-booster-shots.html\">top federal health officials allegedly warned the White House\u003c/a> that it should scale back its booster-shot plan, the NY Times reported. Representatives from the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention purportedly told the Biden administration they would need more time to review all the available data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers have been conducting their own research into the efficacy of booster shots for their particular vaccines. The next stage on the road to booster-shot approval for any particular manufacturer is a review by an advisory panel of experts convened by the FDA. This panel is a part of the FDA's overall evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of a third dose, which is also being reviewed by a CDC advisory panel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11889483\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11889483 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51555_GettyImages-1334915315-qut.jpg\" alt=\"President Biden speaks at a podium.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51555_GettyImages-1334915315-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51555_GettyImages-1334915315-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51555_GettyImages-1334915315-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51555_GettyImages-1334915315-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51555_GettyImages-1334915315-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">On Aug. 18, 2021, U.S. President Biden announced a plan for Americans to receive a booster shot against COVID-19. \u003ccite>(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>But now we have \u003cem>one\u003c/em> approved vaccine booster, right?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Yes. On Sept. 22, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11889660/the-fda-oks-pfizer-biontech-booster-for-people-65-or-at-high-risk-for-severe-covid\">the FDA authorized a booster dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.\u003c/a> But this booster shot only applies to people who have gotten the Pfizer vaccine for their first two shots, and who:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Are 65 and older\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Are at high risk of experiencing severe COVID-19 symptoms\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Have jobs or institutional exposure to the virus that puts them at high risk of contracting COVID-19\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The FDA says that a third shot can be given at least six months after completion of a person's last Pfizer shot. On Sept. 24, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-science-health-coronavirus-vaccine-95b8d9a432b60fe0e9713adf75dde0ee\">the CDC formally signed off on the plan\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means these eligible groups will be able to get their Pfizer booster shot in California soon. The Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup — which represents California, Nevada, Washington and Oregon — will now independently review the FDA and CDC recommendations, and only then can any of the coronavirus vaccine boosters be distributed in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This FDA authorization comes after the organization's advisory panel met Sept. 17 and voted 16-2 \u003cem>against\u003c/em> a plan to use Pfizer boosters for people 16 and older. The same experts did, however, vote 18-0 in support of the FDA authorizing a booster for people 65 and older or at high risk of severe COVID-19. The FDA typically follows the advice of its advisory committees — although they're not required to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sept. 23, the CDC's own advisory panel met to make specific recommendations about use of this Pfizer booster. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/09/23/1040078971/cdc-covid-19-pfizer-boosters-adults-guidance\">The CDC panel aligned with the FDA authorization\u003c/a> in all respects, except for disagreeing with the FDA on the question of people whose jobs are more likely to expose them to COVID, such as health care workers and teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The committee said that these people should \u003cem>not\u003c/em> yet be allowed to receive an extra Pfizer dose, but stressed that its recommendations could change if new evidence shows more people need a booster. But \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-science-health-coronavirus-vaccine-95b8d9a432b60fe0e9713adf75dde0ee\">CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky ultimately chose not to follow the advisory panel's judgement\u003c/a> on the issue of boosters and high-risk jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How did the thinking on booster shots change?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Even before the FDA's advisory panel delivered their judgement on the Pfizer vaccine, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1976811/why-some-fda-scientists-are-arguing-against-covid-boosters\">the FDA's own scientists were expressing their skepticism\u003c/a> about the need for booster shots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They said that \"data indicates that currently US-licensed or authorized COVID-19 vaccines still afford protection against severe COVID-19 disease and death in the United States.\" \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1976811/why-some-fda-scientists-are-arguing-against-covid-boosters\">As Matthew Herper and Helen Branswell wrote for STAT\u003c/a>, an online publication covering health, medicine and scientific discovery news:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"On one side are drug companies and some researchers, who point to data showing the efficacy of the vaccines to protect all infections is waning and that a third shot will provide additional protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"On the other are those who point out that these vaccines are still keeping people out of the hospital and preventing them from dying, indicating that a booster is not needed yet.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Remember, the FDA panel's vote specifically related to whether a third shot of the Pfizer vaccine is necessary for most people. In voting against the plan, the panel was not saying the vaccine itself is unsafe, and was certainly not trying to cast any doubt on the general efficacy of the vaccines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To reiterate, yet again, the COVID-19 vaccines work! And while breakthrough cases in vaccinated people do happen, the vaccines vastly reduce the risk of hospitalization or death. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nIn addition, the FDA's choice to follow its advisory panel's \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11888987/fda-advisers-vote-against-pfizer-covid-booster\">endorsement of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for people 65 and older\u003c/a>, or those at elevated risk — as opposed to the general public — is a strong indication we'll see a booster rollout that's staggered based on eligibility. And that will likely require complex logistical planning and accessibility considerations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even before the FDA panel's specific recommendation last week on eligibility, San Francisco Department of Public Health officials said they were already anticipating \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885531/covid-booster-shots-to-roll-out-in-september-in-the-u-s-health-officials-say\">a phased rollout\u003c/a> similar to how the vaccine was initially distributed: prioritizing the most vulnerable, in collaboration with our health care and pharmacy partners.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amid all this is also the ethical issue of Americans getting third shots of the COVID-19 vaccine while so many other people around the world have been unable to access even their first one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Top scientists at the World Health Organization met the White House's August announcement on booster shots with bitter objections. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885531/covid-booster-shots-to-roll-out-in-september-in-the-u-s-health-officials-say\">\"We're planning to hand out extra life jackets to people who already have life jackets\u003c/a>, while we're leaving other people to drown without a single life jacket,\" said Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO's emergencies program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11889098\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11889098 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234837929-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A close-up of the label on a small glass vial, with a silver-colored cap, of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1704\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234837929-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234837929-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234837929-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234837929-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234837929-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234837929-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234837929-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccine clinic in the Arleta neighborhood of Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Aren't third shots already available for some people?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Immunocompromised people who already got two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine can now get a third shot to boost their protection from COVID-19. This is a separate initiative that predates the Biden administration's proposal on offering booster shots more broadly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, only a very small group of people with compromised immune systems qualify for this third dose — many serious conditions, like diabetes or heart disease, are not currently included. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/immuno.html\">Read the CDC's list clarifying exactly who is eligible.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you \u003cem>do\u003c/em> qualify for a booster shot, we have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11855623/where-can-i-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-in-the-bay-area-your-questions-answered#where\">more information on how to make your appointment\u003c/a>, plus \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885225/immunocompromised-and-considering-a-3rd-covid-vaccine-6-things-to-know\">information that immunocompromised people considering the third shot may wish to consider\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>California requires employers to provide at least three days of paid sick leave each year to full-time workers. But when the pandemic hit, that wasn’t enough to cover 14-day quarantine requirements. Many workers had to either come in sick or take time off without pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So in March 2021, Gov. Gavin \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB95\">Newsom signed a new law\u003c/a> requiring companies with more than 25 employees to offer as much as 80 hours of\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/covid/employer/covid-sick-leave.html\"> supplemental sick leave related to COVID-19\u003c/a>, either for quarantines or vaccine side effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sept. 30, the program is set to end. The state’s business lobby says it’s time, because many companies can’t afford the leave without a federal tax credit that offsets their costs, which is also expiring. It’s also a relief for \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2021/09/california-jobs-unemplyment-rate/\">some business owners struggling to find workers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even though California is currently reporting the lowest COVID-19 case rate in the country, some worker advocates say it’s too soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2021/09/los-angeles-schools-vaccine-mandate/\">return of students to classrooms\u003c/a> means that ending the additional leave could be “a crisis for many working families,” said Katie Waters-Smith, political organizing director for the California Work & Family Coalition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Parents can’t leave small children at home, so paid sick leave is even more important than usual on two fronts — making sure parents don’t feel like they have to send sick children to school, and making sure that parents can stay home when their children are sent home because of exposure without losing their income or pay,” Waters-Smith said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11889754\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11889754 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/CalMatters2-1.jpg\" alt='A family smiling and standing together in a parking lot beyond a couple of bikes. The kid wears a \"Tri 4 Kids\" T-shirt and a race bib.' width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/CalMatters2-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/CalMatters2-1-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/CalMatters2-1-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/CalMatters2-1-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/CalMatters2-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/CalMatters2-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Huth with his wife and son. \u003ccite>(Photo courtesy of the Huth family.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alex Huth, whose 8-year-old son Leo had to stay home from a summer day camp after a COVID-19 exposure, said being able to take time off was a big help, with limited child care options in the Sacramento area where they live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leo’s after-school child care program is at his school, so if there’s a classroom exposure, the only option is to take more time off work. Huth said even for parents working from home, child care can be difficult to balance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re there, but we’re in another room with the door closed,” said Huth, an engineer for the California Air Resources Board. “It really wears on him, and it wears on us, and being able to just say, you know, for these three days I am a parent and I’m going to be available for my 8-year-old … it means a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Failed efforts to extend leave\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Paid_Sick_Leave_Facts_and_Resources.pdf\">California’s sick leave law\u003c/a> took effect in 2015. Last year during the pandemic, an executive order \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/FAQ-for-PSL.html\">gave food workers supplemental leave for COVID-related reasons\u003c/a>, and a state law later extended the leave to non-food employees at large companies. But those requirements expired at the end of 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19Resources/FAQ-for-SPSL-2021.html\">Under the supplemental leave program passed in March\u003c/a>, employees qualify if they are unable to work, even remotely, because they’re in quarantine or isolation, they’re caring for a family member who is, or they’re getting a vaccine or having side effects. Workers can receive as much as $511 a day, or a maximum of $5,110 total, with hours accrued retroactively to Jan. 1. Employers who provide the additional leave receive a federal tax credit equal to the worker’s paid time off, including any health care costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state does not track how many employees have used the leave. Independent contractors and employees at smaller businesses that don’t opt in are not covered. Some cities and counties also have required supplemental sick leave for COVID-related reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s office said there are no efforts to extend the COVID sick leave. There were a few failed attempts to expand sick leave in the Legislature this past session. Assemblymember Evan Low, a Democrat from Silicon Valley, said draft legislation on sick leave due to the surging delta variant of the coronavirus wasn’t ready before the session ended on Sept. 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m disappointed we don’t have a bill to extend paid leave to support workers during the pandemic,” Low tweeted. “But we will not stop trying.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Evan_Low/status/1435661410973806595\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB995\">Assembly Bill 995\u003c/a>, authored by San Diego-area Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, sought to increase the 24 hours of paid sick leave to 40 hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Encouraging workers to stay home when they feel sick has been particularly critical during the COVID-19 pandemic,” \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB995#\">the bill analysis said\u003c/a>. “Some of the worst workplace outbreaks of the virus have occurred in the food sector industry, where on a national level, more than half of its workers cannot take paid sick leave.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalez pulled the bill in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/DIRNews/2021/2021-77.html\">three El Super grocery stores in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties were fined more than $447,000\u003c/a> after a state investigation found sick workers were told to come to work until they received their test results, even when they had symptoms, according to the California Department of Industrial Relations. Other employees were denied time off to isolate, even if a household member tested positive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given the ongoing COVID threat, it is premature to sunset the supplemental paid sick leave,” said William Dow, professor of health policy and management at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately we know that in the absence of paid sick leave, too many employees will risk going to work and exposing others,” he said in an email. “Leave to care for others in COVID-19 quarantine or isolation is, of course, important as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California should assume the cost of the federal tax credit for businesses as it expires, he said, or increase the minimum state requirement for paid leave to more than three days. “This would not be as effective because it would incentivize employers to discourage the use of sick leave, but it would be better than nothing,” he said.\u003cbr>\n[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"William Dow, professor of health policy and management at UC Berkeley School of Public Health\"]“Unfortunately we know that in the absence of paid sick leave, too many employees will risk going to work and exposing others.”[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Linda Centeno, a Los Angeles resident and program advocate for Legal Aid at Work, had a breakthrough case of COVID-19 with severe symptoms. The supplemental sick leave gave her the time she needed to recover, since she didn’t have enough sick time accrued otherwise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I needed desperately to have paid sick leave, and I hate to think that there’s someone out there with a similar amount of debilitating pain that has to worry about financial security and about paying rent,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But with the expiration of the federal tax credit, businesses in California say it’s time to let the program end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In August, the California Chamber of Commerce implored the Legislature to avoid any extension of the new law, Senate Bill 95, citing concerns over affordability, as well as abuse of the leave since employers are banned from seeking medical documentation, according to Ashley Hoffman, policy advocate for the chamber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, Hoffman said, there are a number of other leave programs available instead of supplemental sick leave, including exclusion pay — which provides employees regular pay for 10 or more days if they are available to work but must quarantine due to a workplace exposure. They can also take as much as \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/07/california-paid-family-leave/\">eight weeks of paid family leave or workers’ compensation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A big part of it is, what can a business afford? We heard, for example, a small business that used to offer other kinds of benefits. But because of all the other paid leave and sick leave, they had to forgo some of the other benefits,” Hoffman said. “It can come at the cost of other things, whether it’s that or a business being able to afford other people to work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the law exempts businesses that have 25 or fewer employees, smaller to mid-size firms are still trying to crawl out of the COVID recession they’ve been in for nearly two years, said John Kabateck, California director of the National Federation of Independent Business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Make no mistake, every worker should be afforded the ability and right to tend to health challenges and problems for themselves or their families,” he said. “But the problem we have with the supplemental leave bill is … this was being heaped on top of a pile of generous leave programs that employees are able to tap into as it relates to COVID. So this is just one more onerous cost on the fragile corner bookstore, restaurant or auto shop owner and more. And at the end of the day, where do those costs come from?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Ashley Hoffman, California Chamber of Commerce policy advocate\"]“A big part of it is, what can a business afford? It can come at the cost of other things, whether it’s that or a business being able to afford other people to work.”[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The future of sick leave\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While the pandemic laid bare the health and economic impacts of sick leave policies for workers in different industries, gaps existed long before COVID for employees in small firms, domestic workers and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 6.8 million and 19.6 million private-sector workers were left without paid sick days because the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-employee-paid-leave\">federal coronavirus law exempted companies with fewer than 50 employees\u003c/a>,\u003ca href=\"https://www.epi.org/publication/black-workers-covid/\"> the Economic Policy Institute\u003c/a>, a pro-labor think tank in Washington, D.C., said in June 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Obviously, those loopholes need to be closed, and workers — regardless of race or ethnicity — also need a permanent fix to this basic labor standard,” the institute said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martha Garrido, a member of La Colectiva de Mujeres de San Francisco, works daily cleaning houses and caring for older adults. But as a domestic worker, she can’t take time off, Garrido said. If she doesn’t work, she doesn’t get paid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So what I have to do is save some money to take time off, either to be able to take care of a family member if they get sick in an emergency, or because I feel sick or have pain in my hands or body from the work we do without rest,” she said via a translated statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11889758\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11889758 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/CalMatters3-1.jpg\" alt=\"A woman holds a T-shirt on a bed, beyond a plate glass window looking onto a cement patio.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1284\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/CalMatters3-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/CalMatters3-1-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/CalMatters3-1-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/CalMatters3-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/CalMatters3-1-1536x1027.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Martha Garrido lays out a California Domestic Workers Coalition shirt on the bed at her San Francisco home. Garrido says she was able to avoid falling behind on rent after breaking her hand earlier this year because her landlord gave her a break while she was unable to work. \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In February, Garrido slipped while working and broke her hand. She had to have a cast on for seven weeks. She stayed home for about two weeks, but then she went back to work, cleaning houses with her cast on, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garrido is working with the California Domestic Workers Coalition to push for more equitable leave policies in San Francisco, including a system making it easier for those with multiple employers to accrue and use their leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The COVID 19 pandemic has further exposed how domestic workers have no access to an economic safety net in times of great need. These failures have had devastating impacts on domestic workers in California,” the coalition wrote for the San Francisco campaign. “When these benefits are truly accessible, domestic workers will be closer to achieving the dignity and respect they deserve.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The future of sick leave\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While the pandemic laid bare the health and economic impacts of sick leave policies for workers in different industries, gaps existed long before COVID for employees in small firms, domestic workers and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 6.8 million and 19.6 million private-sector workers were left without paid sick days because the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-employee-paid-leave\">federal coronavirus law exempted companies with fewer than 50 employees\u003c/a>,\u003ca href=\"https://www.epi.org/publication/black-workers-covid/\"> the Economic Policy Institute\u003c/a>, a pro-labor think tank in Washington, D.C., said in June 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Obviously, those loopholes need to be closed, and workers — regardless of race or ethnicity — also need a permanent fix to this basic labor standard,” the institute said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martha Garrido, a member of La Colectiva de Mujeres de San Francisco, works daily cleaning houses and caring for older adults. But as a domestic worker, she can’t take time off, Garrido said. If she doesn’t work, she doesn’t get paid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So what I have to do is save some money to take time off, either to be able to take care of a family member if they get sick in an emergency, or because I feel sick or have pain in my hands or body from the work we do without rest,” she said via a translated statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11889758\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11889758 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/CalMatters3-1.jpg\" alt=\"A woman holds a T-shirt on a bed, beyond a plate glass window looking onto a cement patio.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1284\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/CalMatters3-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/CalMatters3-1-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/CalMatters3-1-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/CalMatters3-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/CalMatters3-1-1536x1027.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Martha Garrido lays out a California Domestic Workers Coalition shirt on the bed at her San Francisco home. Garrido says she was able to avoid falling behind on rent after breaking her hand earlier this year because her landlord gave her a break while she was unable to work. \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In February, Garrido slipped while working and broke her hand. She had to have a cast on for seven weeks. She stayed home for about two weeks, but then she went back to work, cleaning houses with her cast on, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garrido is working with the California Domestic Workers Coalition to push for more equitable leave policies in San Francisco, including a system making it easier for those with multiple employers to accrue and use their leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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It follows similar mandates imposed earlier this month by Los Angeles Unified, the state’s largest school district, and the smaller Southern California district of Culver City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several other school boards in the Bay Area are considering similar measures, including West Contra Costa County Unified and Berkeley Unified, as schools try to navigate in-person instruction amid ongoing concerns over the highly contagious delta variant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11889297 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS42264_006_KQED_Pittsburg_MaliaJohnson_03242020-qut-1020x680.jpg']The plan in Oakland, which serves about 50,000 students, will require all students age 12 and older to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they are granted medical or “personal belief” exemptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resolution does not specify a timeline or say how students’ vaccination status will be tracked. It requires OUSD Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell to “develop recommendations for enforcement of this vaccine requirement” and report them to the board by October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sam Davis, the school board vice president who \u003ca href=\"https://ousd.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=5126010&GUID=8D190D58-237F-4085-8620-499EFCBB54FC&Options=&Search=\">introduced the vaccine resolution\u003c/a>, cited district data showing that 40% of the \u003ca href=\"https://dashboards.ousd.org/views/COVIDCaseDashboard/SchoolLevelData?%3Aembed=y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">positive cases \u003c/a>have involved students in middle and high schools, who are old enough to be vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that if more students were vaccinated, those numbers would go down really sharply,” he said. “That’s what’s creating the urgency around this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no data on how many students are already vaccinated in Oakland Unified, but in the city of Oakland, 54% of 12- to 17-year-olds are fully vaccinated, and 71% have received at least one dose, according to data cited in the school board’s proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Davis says the district’s efforts to reach more high school students, including mobile vaccine clinics and free donuts, simply aren’t getting enough traction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he sees the resolution as a starting point. “It just feels like this is an urgent conversation that we need to have,” he said. “And I know it’s a hard conversation, but I don’t want to shy away from it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vocal critics of the vaccine mandate — including the school board president, Shanthi Gonzales — say the plan could easily backfire, exposing the district to major litigation and driving a significant number of students out of the classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It will push more students to distance learning, where we don’t have space for more students,” she said in a statement. “Or worse, to charters or other districts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School board member Mike Hutchinson, who also opposes the new requirement, says any such mandate should come from the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re talking about potentially thousands of students being told that you can’t attend school until you get this vaccination,” said Hutchinson. “That makes me nervous that some families will respond by not attending school.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some education officials also have questioned the legality of mandating the coronavirus vaccine for students under 16 while it’s still under emergency use authorization. Currently, only the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been granted full FDA authorization, and only for those 16 and older.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California currently requires public school staff to either be vaccinated or submit to weekly testing starting Oct. 15, but there is no similar statewide rule regarding students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked at a Thursday media briefing if the state is considering requiring eligible schoolchildren to be vaccinated to attend in-person classes, Dr. Mark Ghaly, California’s secretary of health and human services, said there is “no definitive action or decision” right now. But he left open the possibility of such a mandate, noting that students have \u003ca href=\"https://www.shotsforschool.org/k-12/\">long been required\u003c/a> to receive vaccinations against other viruses — including polio, hepatitis B, measles and diphtheria — to attend school in person.[aside tag=\"education\" label=\"Related Coverage\"]“We’re watching the experience in Los Angeles, understanding what it means for students and families alike, staff as well, and watching as other counties consider the same,” he said. “So that conversation is happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond has \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2021/culver-city-unified-mandates-covid-vaccine-for-students-possibly-the-states-first/659929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expressed support\u003c/a> for mandatory student vaccination, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fauci-backs-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-us-school-children-2021-08-29/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as has Dr. Anthony Fauci\u003c/a>. A \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-health-education-coronavirus-pandemic-only-on-ap-0440d83602da918c571d506a3de9f44b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poll by the Associated Press\u003c/a> found that 6 out of 10 Americans support requiring vaccines for eligible students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Oakland’s new requirement is likely to face significant backlash among students and families who are already on the fence about the vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McClymonds High School student L’Shawna Fletcher, 14, says she thinks a vaccine mandate will keep more students out of class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody’s just gonna choose to go home instead of getting the vaccine,” she said. “My mom don’t even want me with the vaccine. 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Some people had remaining weeks of FED-ED eligibility, but these payments also expired Sept. 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Why these federal benefits were created, and who's being left out, according to advocates\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>These now-expired pandemic unemployment benefits were created as temporary emergency payments and extensions, and some of them were intended to bridge gaps for people who don’t \u003cem>qualify\u003c/em> for regular unemployment, like gig workers and the self-employed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the lead-up to their expiration, some advocates pointed out that the absence of preexisting unemployment support nets for these workers highlights glaring holes in the system that still need filling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"'Why is it OK for those folks to be excluded from the program when it's \u003cem>not\u003c/em> a pandemic?' is a question we need to ask ourselves,\" said Rebecca Dixon, executive director of the National Employment Law Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And if we can figure out how to make it work during a pandemic to cover them, we need to be covering them all the time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>I'm on regular unemployment. Where do I stand?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>According to an EDD release from early September, \u003ca href=\"https://edd.ca.gov/About_EDD/pdf/news-21-53.pdf\">the agency estimates around 500,000 Californians are still on regular state unemployment insurance\u003c/a> — just without the $300 federal PAC supplement they used to get.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.edd.ca.gov/pdf_pub_ctr/de8714ab.pdf\">EDD uses what they call a 'base period' to calculate your benefits\u003c/a> and whether you are eligible for benefits in general. \u003ca href=\"https://www.edd.ca.gov/pdf_pub_ctr/de8714ab.pdf\">See the earning requirements for establishing a valid claim.\u003c/a>[pullquote size='medium' align='right']People who filed claims at the beginning of the pandemic but have not been back to work at all are not going to be eligible to file a new regular unemployment claim.[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An important note is that people who filed claims at the beginning of the pandemic but have not been back to work at all are not going to be eligible to file a new regular unemployment claim, says Daniela Urban, executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.every.org/rightscenter\">The Center for Workers’ Rights in Sacramento\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's \"[b]ecause they haven't had any new earnings, regardless of how far back they can go in their base period,\" she explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11867225\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11867225 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-cottonbro-5054213-scaled-e1617913983516.jpg\" alt=\"Two hands type on a laptop in front of a window.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What should you do if your pandemic unemployment benefits have stopped? \u003ccite>(Cottonbro/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>If I'm eligible for a new claim, what do I need to know?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Be strategic with your timing \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have earned enough since your last claim to qualify for a new one, Urban recommends you think strategically about \u003cem>when\u003c/em> you file — to maximize the amount and length of your new round of benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A big reason why you should do this? Urban says EDD will never include the quarter of earnings in which you file your claim when it calculates your claim amount.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since many people may have gotten work in the summertime before the delta variant really took hold, there’s a good chance you may have earnings in the third quarter of 2021, which runs between July 1 and Sept. 30. So, if you file in October, at the start of the fourth quarter — instead of September — EDD will consider those \"Q3 earnings\" when it calculates your benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Consider whether your earnings will count\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The amount that you receive in unemployment is based on both your highest quarter of earnings as well as all of your earnings over the base period. So because many claimants didn't work for much of 2020, they might have a [higher] quarter of earnings recently like the most recent quarter or the quarter immediately preceding that,” Urban said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People who’ve gotten back to work recently but then been laid off again should factor that into when they file, too, says Urban. That’s because, if you have just lost a new job, then your earnings from that quarter don't count.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So whenever we're at the end of a quarter, especially like we are right now, if you've recently lost work and most of your new job was just in that one quarter, they're only going to use the earnings from the quarter before that and maybe even two quarters before that, depending on what your other earnings were, in order to calculate your base period earnings,\" said Urban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Remember there are no longer extensions\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Waiting to file has other benefits on top of making it more likely that folks’ higher earnings will be considered, \"because now that there aren't extensions, the maximum you'll be able to get is the 26 weeks within a 52-week period,\" stressed Urban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So by delaying the start of that, you push back the time period where you start getting benefits. But that extends the time period for which you're able to collect those benefits if you still remain unemployed,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short: When you're deciding to file, weigh how you can balance including the periods where you earned the most — and consider that the longer you wait to file, the more months (and, hopefully, closer to a fuller economic recovery) your benefits will run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"help\">\u003c/a>Where to find help if you've lost your pandemic unemployment benefits\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>EDD has shared the following services for folks who need additional support during this transition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Please note: Some unemployed folks have reported struggles securing public benefits if they had identity theft issues related to unemployment. Being unemployed can also interfere with the ability to file tax returns, which will impact stimulus payment access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.getcalfresh.org/\">CalFresh \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California's food stamps (SNAP) program offers more than $200 a month in food support. \u003ca href=\"https://www.getcalfresh.org/\">Sign up for CalFresh online\u003c/a> or call (877) 847-3663.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://housing.ca.gov/\">Housing Is Key \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Information and support around rent and utilities from the state. \u003ca href=\"https://housing.ca.gov/\">Sign up through Housing Is Key online\u003c/a> or call (833) 430-2122.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.coveredca.com/\">Covered California or Medi-Cal \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EDD notes that \"Californians who received unemployment insurance in 2021 may be eligible for Covered California’s best coverage for $1 per month. Individuals already enrolled in Medi-Cal or a Covered California health plan should report any loss of unemployment benefits to Covered California because this will lower health coverage costs.\"\u003ca href=\"https://www.coveredca.com/\"> See more about Covered California or Medi-Cal online\u003c/a> or call (800) 300-1506.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://benefitscal.org/\">BenefitsCal\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BenefitsCal offers a way to apply for CalFresh, CalWORKs, Medi-Cal, CMSP (County Medical Services Program), Disaster CalFresh or GA/GR (General Assistance or General Relief). This site replaces C4Yourself, YourBenefitsNow and MyBenefits CalWIN. \u003ca href=\"https://benefitscal.org/\">Apply through BenefitsCal online.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ftb.ca.gov/about-ftb/newsroom/golden-state-stimulus/index.html\">Golden State Stimulus\u003c/a> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eligible tax filers can \u003ca href=\"https://www.ftb.ca.gov/about-ftb/newsroom/golden-state-stimulus/index.html\">apply for the Golden State Stimulus. \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11862122/how-to-get-your-california-stimulus-check-and-other-tax-credits-youre-entitled-to\">Read more from KQED about the Golden State Stimulus.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Go straight to: \u003ca href=\"#help\">Where to find help if your pandemic federal benefits have ended\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Around Labor Day, up to 2.2 million \u003ca href=\"https://edd.ca.gov/About_EDD/pdf/news-21-53.pdf\">Californians lost federal benefits established to help get them through the pandemic\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11888075/empty-savings-damaged-health-for-pandemic-unemployed-recovery-can-be-a-long-road\">plenty of people still haven’t found work\u003c/a>. Some also have circumstances that are keeping them out of the job market, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11887707/chinatowns-communal-housing-residents-organize-to-keep-their-students-at-home\">not wanting to send their unvaccinated kids back to school\u003c/a>, or worrying about contracting COVID in the workplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're reading this because your pandemic federal benefits expired earlier this month, we should say up-front: there are not a \u003cem>huge\u003c/em> amount of options available to you right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you have worked at some point during the pandemic, there are a few things you can do to maximize the benefits you can claim. Not least because some Californians are still eligible for regular unemployment and should continue to certify for benefits, according to the Employment Development Department (EDD).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you haven’t, there are still \u003ca href=\"#help\">a number of state programs you may be entitled to, to help bridge certain gaps right now.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for our guide to help you figure the paths open to you.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Which of my unemployment benefits have actually expired?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Back on Sept. 4, the following federal unemployment benefits established by the CARES Act expired:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://edd.ca.gov/about_edd/coronavirus-2019/cares-act.htm#PUA\">Pandemic Unemployment Assistance\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> (PUA): The federal program that supported business owners, independent contractors and self-employed workers. 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Some people had remaining weeks of FED-ED eligibility, but these payments also expired Sept. 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Why these federal benefits were created, and who's being left out, according to advocates\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>These now-expired pandemic unemployment benefits were created as temporary emergency payments and extensions, and some of them were intended to bridge gaps for people who don’t \u003cem>qualify\u003c/em> for regular unemployment, like gig workers and the self-employed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the lead-up to their expiration, some advocates pointed out that the absence of preexisting unemployment support nets for these workers highlights glaring holes in the system that still need filling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"'Why is it OK for those folks to be excluded from the program when it's \u003cem>not\u003c/em> a pandemic?' is a question we need to ask ourselves,\" said Rebecca Dixon, executive director of the National Employment Law Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And if we can figure out how to make it work during a pandemic to cover them, we need to be covering them all the time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>I'm on regular unemployment. 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"content": "\u003cp>When Rey Garnica got laid off from his job as a financial data analyst at the beginning of the pandemic, the Riverside County resident, who's a homeowner with an advanced degree, assumed he'd be in a better position than most to weather a stretch of unemployment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a bachelor's in engineering and a master's in business, so that makes it seem like, ‘Well, you have great value, Rey. Like people should be chomping at the bit to hire you,’” Garnica said. “But it doesn't, unfortunately.\"[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Rey Garnica\"]'I have a bachelor's in engineering and a master's in business, so that makes it seem like ... people should be chomping at the bit to hire you. But it doesn't, unfortunately.'[/pullquote]Garnica has already paid two different consultants to rework his résumé, and said he would gladly take a lower-paying job. But despite all the applications he’s submitted, he’s only gotten two interviews since the start of the pandemic, neither of which has resulted in a job offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garnica is one of as many as 2 million Californians whose federal unemployment benefits \u003ca href=\"https://edd.ca.gov/About_EDD/pdf/news-21-53.pdf\">expired over Labor Day weekend\u003c/a>. People who still haven’t found work are now trying to move forward with less support, but research from previous recessions suggests many \u003ca href=\"https://academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/124/3/1265/1905153?redirectedFrom=fulltext\">may never fully recover\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>Making it work \u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While out of work, Garnica has tried to modify his life to stay afloat. 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If I pull money out of my bank, how does that affect my unemployment … if I am going to get unemployment?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because he initially felt confident he’d find another job quickly, Garnica didn’t immediately sign up for health insurance when his work coverage expired. In June 2020, after a little over a month without any coverage, he signed up for Covered California, the state’s health insurance marketplace, with his plan set to go into effect the following month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, at the end of the month, Garnica had a heart attack — the day before his plan began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn't go to the hospital right away because my insurance didn't kick in until midnight. That was kind of like a crappy situation to be in, right?” said Garnica.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>Health issues 'tightly linked' to unemployment\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Garnica is only 42 years old and, fortunately, recovered. It’s impossible to know the root cause of his heart attack, but there is \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0033350605804366?via%3Dihub\">long-standing research\u003c/a> linking unemployment to major health issues, \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/1392492\">including heart attacks\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The population health issues that arise over the next years could very well be tightly linked to the unemployment that we've seen that's been spurred by the pandemic,” said Jennie Brand, a sociologist at UCLA and director of the California Center for Population Research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brand said unemployment can prompt stress and depression and even lead to alcohol or drug use disorder. 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I'm not making even a quarter of what I was making before,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huerta’s financial struggles have been particularly tough because she also cares for her 19-year-old daughter, Mariah, who has special needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She and Mariah were living with Huerta’s mother, who was lending her money to get by. But it was difficult for her mom to continue to support her, so now she and Mariah have moved into a bedroom in a house about 45 minutes from Mariah’s school. The instability has been especially hard for her daughter, Huerta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]“I'm not able to take her out to go do fun things. I'm barely making ends meet. I don't have money barely for gas. Sometimes it's just, it's hard.”\u003cb>\u003ci> \u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On top of all this, Huerta said her unemployment benefits had been tied up for months due to an Employment Development Department (EDD) error — even after she won an appeal. EDD finally loaded a portion of the funds into her account just last week, but now she has to hand over 25% of it to the company she hired to help her access her locked benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I'm so piled in debt right now that, I mean, to catch up and then to get back to where I was prior to the pandemic, I don't see it happening,” Huerta said, “I'm still going to have to struggle to start from scratch again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Huerta does get the remainder of her delayed benefits, they’ll be the last she’ll receive, since she doesn’t qualify for regular state unemployment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Melyssa Huerta\"]'I'm so piled in debt right now that, I mean, to catch up and then to get back to where I was prior to the pandemic, I don't see it happening. I'm still going to have to struggle to start from scratch again.'[/pullquote]And in the last few weeks, she said, her doctor found cysts on her lymph nodes, and now she’s waiting for an explanation of her bloodwork, but can’t get anyone at the medical clinic she’s using to call her back. The lower-income health care program she’s now on isn’t what she’s used to, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A growing body of research suggests that Huerta and Garnica, who are considered “\u003ca href=\"https://www.marketplace.org/2021/05/20/why-long-term-unemployment-starts-27-weeks/\">long-term unemployed\u003c/a>” (without work for 27 weeks or more) are likely to suffer both health and economic consequences for years. A number of studies, including a \u003ca href=\"https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2014a_Krueger.pdf\">2014 Brookings Institution analysis,\u003c/a> found the longer someone is out of work, the less likely they are to find a good job. According to the study, for people who lost their jobs following the Great Recession, the chances of getting a full-time, steady job went from 19% at the start of their unemployment to 11% after seven months being out of work. 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