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Supervisors in adjoining Sonoma County were considering a similar move Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Marin, the fines will be imposed based on “risks to public health, previous warnings, lack of good-faith efforts to comply, and increased revenue generated from noncompliance,” the county said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"coronavirus\"]San Diego County, the state's second-most populous, will form a Safe Reopening Compliance Team designed to get local code enforcement departments working together to pursue public complaints of health mandate violations. However, it's unclear if law enforcement will begin writing more tickets in the county where the main policing strategy has been asking for voluntary compliance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The virus has surged in many parts of California, which on Wednesday surpassed New York as the state with the most confirmed cases. 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"content": "\u003cp>Ceasar McDowell was released from San Quentin State Prison on June 26, his pre-scheduled release date — unrelated to the coronavirus — after serving a 20-year sentence on a three strikes violation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 46-year-old from Rialto, California spent his last four days in the prison’s COVID-19 ward, even though he had no symptoms and never received the results of the coronavirus test he had taken as a “just-in-case” measure, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Stefano Bertozzi, UC Berkeley public health professor\"]'They don't have to do their time now if they're not a danger to the community.'[/pullquote]McDowell said those final days — sitting in a cell with men coughing all around him — were some of the most brutal of his entire incarceration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McDowell’s family had driven all the way from Southern California and Oregon to see him walk out of the prison’s gates, and he planned to have a celebratory breakfast with them before they drove him to his transitional housing arrangement in Van Nuys, California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that morning, instead of being greeted by his family, McDowell was handcuffed, placed in a van and driven seven hours south to Corona, California where he would have to spend several weeks in mandatory quarantine at a hotel that prison officials were using to house inmates exposed to the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They stole that moment from my family,” McDowell said. “All those years your family waits to come pick you up — your mom, your grandma. It was all of them at the gate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11830242\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Image-from-iOS-4-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11830242 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Image-from-iOS-4-1-e1595457345400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1376\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Image-from-iOS-4-1-e1595457345400.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Image-from-iOS-4-1-e1595457345400-800x917.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Image-from-iOS-4-1-e1595457345400-1020x1170.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Image-from-iOS-4-1-e1595457345400-160x183.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ceasar McDowell in the office of Unite the People, the organization he runs with his brother. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Ceasar McDowell)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After 11 days, McDowell was released from the hotel, where his brother came to pick him up. At no point during his ordeal did he receive his test results. Now, he has been left in the lurch, unsure if his transitional housing spot is even still available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Restricted movements and last-minute transportation plans can occur based upon COVID-19 testing and requests to participate in the program,” a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) official told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McDowell’s account offers a first look at the prisoner reentry process during the COVID-19 pandemic, as CDCR grapples with how to quickly release thousands of additional inmates into an under-resourced system.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Pressure to Release\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Until late May, San Quentin had remained untouched by the coronavirus. That \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11823976/botched-outbreak-of-covid-19-at-san-quentin-was-preventable-lawmaker-says\">quickly changed\u003c/a> when a group of 121 incarcerated people from the California Institution for Men in Chino were transferred to the Marin County facility without being tested immediately beforehand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The subsequent outbreak inside the prison — of more than 2,000 cumulative positive cases, resulting in at least 12 deaths — sparked widespread outcry among inmates’ families, criminal justice advocates and state lawmakers, who held an oversight hearing on the situation in early July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two weeks ago, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11828460/california-could-release-8000-people-in-state-prisons-by-august\">CDCR officials announced\u003c/a> that as many as 8,000 people — about 7% of the state prison population — would be released from prisons across California by the end of August in order to slow the spread of the virus. Inmates with 180 days or less left on the sentences, serving nonviolent, non-sex offense crimes, would be prioritized, as would inmates over 65 with chronic conditions or respiratory illnesses like asthma, officials said\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though prisoner advocacy groups and health experts say the announcement is a step in the right direction, many doubt the likelihood CDCR will meet that target, and argue that far more inmates need to be released to effectively control the outbreak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://amend.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/COVID19-Outbreak-SQ-Prison-6.15.2020.pdf\">A study by public health experts\u003c/a> at UC Berkeley and UCSF published in late-June recommended San Quentin cut its prison population by more than 50% in order to effectively quell the spread of the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley public health professor Stefano Bertozzi, who co-authored the study, argues that nonviolent inmates with hypertension and diabetes should also be considered for early release\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don't have to do their time now if they're not a danger to the community. 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It seeks to “protect formerly incarcerated people who are at risk for homelessness or housing instability, and the communities to which they are returning,” officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program launched May 3, and to date has sheltered more than 125 people in 60 hotels across 30 counties, according to CDCR spokesperson Jeffrey Callison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Board of State and Community Corrections said it approved $15 million from its federal emergency COVID-19 funding to be allocated to CDCR so the department can provide more housing for inmates being released. But it is still unclear if the accommodations will be an expansion of traditional transitional housing — a group home setting where people released from long sentences temporarily stay before moving to permanent housing. 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At no point during his ordeal did he receive his test results. Now, he has been left in the lurch, unsure if his transitional housing spot is even still available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Restricted movements and last-minute transportation plans can occur based upon COVID-19 testing and requests to participate in the program,” a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) official told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McDowell’s account offers a first look at the prisoner reentry process during the COVID-19 pandemic, as CDCR grapples with how to quickly release thousands of additional inmates into an under-resourced system.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Pressure to Release\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Until late May, San Quentin had remained untouched by the coronavirus. 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People are wondering what to do with their summer PTO — and how they might potentially reroute canceled plans. And all of this is leaving many wondering: how \u003ci>could \u003c/i>a person travel in a way that reduces the risk of spreading COVID-19 right now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We got the latest guidance from the state of California and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as well as these Bay Area medical experts:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Dr. Yvonne Maldonado\u003c/strong>, senior associate dean, faculty development and diversity, professor of pediatrics (infectious diseases) and of health research and policy at Stanford University\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Dr. Peter Chin-Hong\u003c/strong>, professor of medicine, associate dean for regional campuses at UCSF\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"official\">\u003c/a>What Are the Official Rules on Traveling?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It depends on who you ask. On a local level, the Alameda County Department of Public Health is unequivocal: “There is no nonessential travel allowed per the Health Officer Order to Shelter in Place. Stay in the county unless it’s for work or if there is an emergency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829698\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11829698\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/bixby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/bixby.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/bixby-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/bixby-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/bixby-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/bixby-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Destinations like Big Sur are usually popular tourist hotspots. \u003ccite>(Kelsey Johnson/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The\u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-home-except-for-essential-needs/#:~:text=All%20individuals%20living%20in%20the,the%20Questions%20%26%20Answers%20below).\"> state’s own travel guidance\u003c/a> reiterates that travel should really only be for work or in urgent situations right now, and asks you to “avoid (traveling) long distances for vacations or pleasure as much as possible” to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. But they \u003cem>also\u003c/em> offer\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/travel-in-the-us.html\"> this specific guidance\u003c/a> to consider from the CDC, “before traveling away from your community”:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Is the coronavirus spreading where you are traveling?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Are you or those you are traveling with more likely to get very sick from coronavirus?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Will you be able to keep 6 feet of physical distance from others during or after your trip?\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The state’s official tourism body, Visit California, says that COVID-19 travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic “\u003ca href=\"https://www.visitcalifornia.com/latest-covid-19-coronavirus\">still allow travel in California\u003c/a>, and many tourism assets have reopened.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, essentially, recreational travel is strongly discouraged right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you’re determined to travel despite the official guidance, or if you absolutely have to travel for an essential reason, there are at least certain strategies you might employ to reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus as much as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Is International Travel Off the Table Right Now?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Basically, yes. The CDC recommends that you \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/faqs.html\">avoid all nonessential international travel\u003c/a> because of the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the significant risk long-haul international flights pose to spreading the coronavirus globally, you could find yourself stuck in multiple sticky situations even if you’re able to book a flight. For one thing, several countries are currently barring entry to travelers from the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even before you leave, plans and reserved tickets could be thrown into total disarray as airlines are canceling many international flights and travel within another country can be totally unpredictable. If you manage to get \u003cem>on\u003c/em> your flight without cancellation, the country to which you’re traveling could change its travel rules and deny you entry as a non-citizen with very little notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829695\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11829695\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/plane.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/plane.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/plane-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/plane-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/plane-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/plane-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Right now, international travel is strongly discouraged. \u003ccite>(C. Cagnin/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even if you \u003cem>do\u003c/em> manage to enter another country, you could be exposing yourself to an overwhelmed health care system, where your access to potentially urgent medical care if you contract COVID-19 would not be guaranteed. This isn’t to mention the possibility of travel restrictions within that country, and with bordering nations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lastly, as the CDC warns, choosing to travel internationally right now might mean having to remain outside the United States for “an indefinite length of time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What Are the Safety Basics for Domestic Travel?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The basic rules for any travel right now are the same for being outside your home at any time: wear your mask, distance as much as possible and wash your hands. Everything else would be about being an informed consumer and using your best judgement to keep risk as low as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Per the state’s guidance, \u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-home-except-for-essential-needs/#:~:text=All%20individuals%20living%20in%20the,the%20Questions%20%26%20Answers%20below).\">do not travel if you are sick\u003c/a>, or if someone in your household has had the coronavirus in the last two weeks. Do not travel with someone who is sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state also recommends that if you choose to travel, you need to start by doing some in-depth planning. Check in on what COVID-19 infection and hospitalization rates are like with the local health department where you live, with the health department at your ultimate destination — and with health departments along your planned route, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"fly\">\u003c/a>What if I Really Have to Fly?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As the CDC says, flying will increase your risk for COVID-19. Even though their guidance confirms that most viruses and other germs don’t actually spread easily \u003cem>on\u003c/em> flights because of how air circulates and is filtered on airplanes, this kind of travel means you’re spending prolonged time in security lines and airport terminals, where you can be brought into close contact not just with others, but with surfaces that could be harboring the coronavirus. Being in an assigned seat also makes social distancing hard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both our experts — Dr. Yvonne Maldonado and Dr. Peter Chin-Hong — said \u003cem>they\u003c/em> really wouldn’t get on an airplane right now unless they absolutely had to, in the case, say, of a family emergency. But if you absolutely must get on a domestic flight, they recommend investigating the airline’s safety policies before you fly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Do they keep middle seats empty to enable social distancing? Do they enforce face coverings?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bring disinfectant wipes and wipe down your seat and anything you touch in the bathroom, if you use it. Keep the air vent on by your seat, and choose a seat as close to the window as possible and as far away from where other people are sitting as possible. Bring your own food or make sure your food is pre-packaged if you purchase it in the airport or on the plane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And wear your mask at all times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829701\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11829701\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/air-travel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/air-travel.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/air-travel-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/air-travel-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/air-travel-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/air-travel-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The airline industry has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic \u003ccite>(Sourav Mishra/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What if someone’s sick with COVID-19 on your flight? The CDC says pilots have to notify them of all illnesses on a flight, and if a traveler is deemed a risk to public health, they’ll collaborate to contact any passengers or crew who might have been exposed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For that reason, says the CDC, make sure you give the airline your up-to-date, reliable contact information when making your reservation — so they can find you, to tell you if you’ve been in contact with someone with the coronavirus.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Are Some Places Safer to Travel to Than Others?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Dr. Chin-Hong advises that much like you’d research the weather at a potential destination, you should look up the COVID-19 case numbers and risk levels. Are their case numbers rising? Are they at risk of an overwhelmed health care system — one that wouldn’t be able to care for you, if you got sick too? How far would you have to drive home if things got bad?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take a look at a county tracker \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/projects/2020/coronavirus-tracker/app/california/index.html\">like this one\u003c/a> or the state’s own county monitoring list, and do your research. And remember that the more densely populated a place, the harder it will be to maintain social distancing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, while you may normally love exploring new regions when there \u003cem>isn’t\u003c/em> a pandemic raging, Dr. Maldonado says this is “not the time” to experiment with new travel destinations and all the unknowns they entail. Having a degree of familiarity with where you’re going — and whether the health care system could support you if you got sick and where the hospitals are — is incredibly important right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>I’m Choosing to Stay in a Rural Area With a Small Population. That Should Be OK, Right?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Unsurprisingly, the rural outdoors is generally safer than urban areas for COVID-19 risk right now, confirm Maldonado and Chin-Hong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But just because a county is rural doesn’t necessarily mean its COVID-19 rates are low. And even if they are, remember that you’re the one potentially bringing in a risk of COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In sparsely populated area, residents might not feel the “need” to wear a mask regularly, so be prepared to potentially be the only one wearing a mask in rural areas, and stick to your own values on the issue. Even if people are giving you odd looks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829704\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11829704\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/cabin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/cabin.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/cabin-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/cabin-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/cabin-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/cabin-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rural areas aren’t without COVID-19 risks right now \u003ccite>(Johannes Plenio/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And if you’re going really rural, and you’re solo, make sure people know where you are — in case you get sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"road\">\u003c/a>If Driving Is Safer, How Can I Road Trip Safely?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Making your trip in a car undoubtedly reduces your risk of contracting or spreading COVID-19 because of how contained you are from others. It’s way less risky than taking a plane or a train right now. But by leaving your household and hitting the road, you’re still running the risk of spreading the coronavirus, and should take precautions — especially if you’re planning to drive longer distances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unless you’re purposefully limiting your mileage, you’re going to need to get out of your car at certain times. It’s smart to plan your route and be aware of the COVID-19 risks in the areas you’re driving through — if you’re driving through a hot spot, you may wish to limit your stops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bring an ample supply of wipes to keep your car disinfected by wiping the steering wheel, surfaces, gearstick, parking brake and inside the dashboard every time you return to your car from a gas station, rest stop, restaurant or lodging — basically, from anywhere you’re around people or touching surfaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep a sealed bag in your car for disposing of your used wipes and gloves. Stash your mask(s) safely somewhere where you can easily and quickly grab it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’re almost certainly going to need to stop for gas, so remember to wipe down gas pump handles with your disinfectant wipes. You might consider bringing a supply of gloves to wear when refueling and using gas station restrooms – just remember to avoid touching your face when you’re wearing them. When stopping for gas, wear your mask at all times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829688\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11829688\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/road-trip.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/road-trip.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/road-trip-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/road-trip-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/road-trip-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/road-trip-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Driving is undoubtedly safer than some other forms of transportation, but precautions are still necessary \u003ccite>(Kei Scampa/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When stopping for food, always consider drive-thru, grab-and-go or take-out over in-restaurant dining. With the potential for breaking social distance, decreased ventilation, increased time in one spot and risk of surface transmission, indoor dining really is a “perfect storm” Maldonado says. Any time you spent inside somewhere like a restaurant will really increase your risk of contracting or spreading COVID-19. And if you do decide to dine indoors and spot that it’s a buffet, turn right around, Chin-Hong advises.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re renting a car, consider the rental company’s cleaning and pick-up policies. And it goes without saying that now is not the time to be giving rides to strangers or picking up hitchhikers, either.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Are Hotels OK to Stay in Right Now?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>They’re opening again, that’s for sure. So if you’re planning to stay in a hotel, it’s up to you to do your due diligence and research their COVID-19 policies and prevention practices before you make a reservation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/personal-social-activities.html#hotel\">CDC recommends\u003c/a> considering the following:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Call and ask if all staff are wearing face coverings at work\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Make the most of options for online reservation and check-in, mobile room key and contactless payment\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ask about any extra prevention practices being implemented by the hotel, such as plexiglass barriers at check-in counters, and physical distancing signs in the lobby\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ask if the hotel has updated policies about cleaning and disinfecting or removing frequently touched surfaces and items (such as pens, room keys, tables, phones, doorknobs, light switches, elevator buttons, water fountains, ATMs/card payment stations, business center computers and printers, ice/vending machines and remote controls)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829702\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11829702\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/hotel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/hotel.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/hotel-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/hotel-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/hotel-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/hotel-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CDC has guidance for people who need (or choose) to stay in hotels during the pandemic \u003ccite>(Francesco Ungaro/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you decide to stay in a hotel, the CDC recommends the following practices:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Wear face coverings — especially in the lobby or other common areas — and limit close contact with others\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Minimize use of areas that may lead to close contact (within 6 feet) with other people as much as possible, like break rooms, outside patios, inside lounging areas, dining areas/kitchens, game rooms, pools, hot tubs, saunas, spas, salons and fitness centers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Consider taking the stairs — otherwise wait to use the elevator until you can either ride alone or only with people from your household.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Choose contactless options when possible, like room service orders for example\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If you want to further clean your room upon arrival, here’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cleaning-disinfection.html#clean-disinfect\">the cleaning protocol\u003c/a> the CDC recommends.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"hotel\">\u003c/a>How Can I Safely Stay in an Airbnb or a Similar Rental Property?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you’re reserving a self-contained property, you’ll certainly be encountering fewer people than you would in a hotel. “Self check-in” is often a filter on rental property searches, which will allow you to remove the need to interact with your hosts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829703\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11829703\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/airbnb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/airbnb.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/airbnb-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/airbnb-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/airbnb-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/airbnb-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rental services like Airbnb are still open for business \u003ccite>(John Tekeridis/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Drs. Maldonado and Chin-Hong stress the importance of checking the reviews for anywhere you’re considering staying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many owners are promising enhanced cleaning procedures, and increased spacing between guests. You’ll want to know that they’re cleaning and disinfecting anywhere you’re going to stay, especially if someone was there right before you. If a place has zero reviews, you’re lacking potentially crucial information — so you may choose not to book such a property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might consider messaging or chatting with an owner or host to drill down on their policies and cleaning practices. They’ll understand: this is a pandemic. And if they don’t? Don’t stay there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to travel in general, you basically want to assess what Dr. Chin-Hong calls the “COVID-19 values” of the place you’re staying, as well as the surrounding area. Talk to people, like hotel owners or locals: Are people taking COVID-19 seriously? Have they been masking?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Can I Travel to See My Family?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A lot of people are wondering this right now, especially as the pandemic has prevented many families from maintaining their usual physical contact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829707\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11829707\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/family.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/family-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/family-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/family-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/family-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">With usual visits disrupted by the pandemic, many people are craving tips to see family \u003ccite>(Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For folks who are determined to travel, and want to minimize their risk, we created \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1966305/quiz-planning-a-summer-trip-to-visit-family-check-your-covid-19-travel-risk\">this short checklist quiz\u003c/a> in consultation with medical experts and government health guidelines, to help you keep track of your household’s distancing habits and test for leaks in your stay-at-home bubble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you try the quiz you’ll be reminded that taking precautions will reduce, but can’t eliminate, your risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>OK, I Traveled… and Now I’m Worried I Might Have COVID-19. How Long After I Return Should I Get Tested?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Maldonado and Chin-Hong confirm that there’s a window of around two to 14 days from when you are exposed to when your symptoms show, or when you would test positive. The average length of time for this is about five days. That means, say our experts, that getting a test five days after you return from traveling is a good rule of thumb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They advise being extra sure to maintain your usual pandemic protocol of keeping social distance and wearing a facial covering in public before you get your test. These precautions mean you can be somewhat reassured that even if you \u003cem>did\u003c/em> contract COVID-19 on your travels, the risk that you’ve infected others is much lowered.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What Else Should I Consider When I’m on My Trip?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The big takeaway? If you decide to go against official guidance and travel this summer, this isn’t going to be a “normal” vacation. You will be 100% less carefree than you might usually be on your time off, and you’ll be doing things like:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Planning your route to check it doesn’t take you through any COVID-19 hot spots, rather than taking the scenic route\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Choosing a restaurant based on how far apart their tables are, rather than what you see on their menu\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Arriving at your rental property and disinfecting the surfaces, rather than jumping in the pool straightaway\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Strolling 20 minutes into a downtown area where you’re staying and having to turn back because you’ve realized you’ve forgotten your mask\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If all of this sounds incredibly stressful, you might reconsider why you’re choosing to take a trip right now — and potentially redesign your plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re looking for rest and relaxation, it may be that, in 2020, traveling \u003cem>isn’t\u003c/em> what’s going to provide it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Go straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#official\">Official rules on travel right now\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#fly\">Is it safe to fly?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#road\">Road trips during COVID-19\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#hotel\">Staying in hotels and Airbnbs\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If you’re wondering what the official advice is on travel right now, it’s “don’t travel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet people \u003cem>are\u003c/em> traveling, in the Bay Area and beyond. Hotels are being reserved. Airbnbs are being booked. \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandairport.com/added-flights-at-oakland-international-airport-prompt-full-reopening-of-terminal-2/\">Airports are ramping up once more\u003c/a>. People are wondering what to do with their summer PTO — and how they might potentially reroute canceled plans. And all of this is leaving many wondering: how \u003ci>could \u003c/i>a person travel in a way that reduces the risk of spreading COVID-19 right now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We got the latest guidance from the state of California and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as well as these Bay Area medical experts:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Dr. Yvonne Maldonado\u003c/strong>, senior associate dean, faculty development and diversity, professor of pediatrics (infectious diseases) and of health research and policy at Stanford University\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Dr. Peter Chin-Hong\u003c/strong>, professor of medicine, associate dean for regional campuses at UCSF\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"official\">\u003c/a>What Are the Official Rules on Traveling?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It depends on who you ask. On a local level, the Alameda County Department of Public Health is unequivocal: “There is no nonessential travel allowed per the Health Officer Order to Shelter in Place. Stay in the county unless it’s for work or if there is an emergency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829698\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11829698\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/bixby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/bixby.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/bixby-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/bixby-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/bixby-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/bixby-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Destinations like Big Sur are usually popular tourist hotspots. \u003ccite>(Kelsey Johnson/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The\u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-home-except-for-essential-needs/#:~:text=All%20individuals%20living%20in%20the,the%20Questions%20%26%20Answers%20below).\"> state’s own travel guidance\u003c/a> reiterates that travel should really only be for work or in urgent situations right now, and asks you to “avoid (traveling) long distances for vacations or pleasure as much as possible” to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. But they \u003cem>also\u003c/em> offer\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/travel-in-the-us.html\"> this specific guidance\u003c/a> to consider from the CDC, “before traveling away from your community”:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Is the coronavirus spreading where you are traveling?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Are you or those you are traveling with more likely to get very sick from coronavirus?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Will you be able to keep 6 feet of physical distance from others during or after your trip?\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The state’s official tourism body, Visit California, says that COVID-19 travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic “\u003ca href=\"https://www.visitcalifornia.com/latest-covid-19-coronavirus\">still allow travel in California\u003c/a>, and many tourism assets have reopened.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, essentially, recreational travel is strongly discouraged right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you’re determined to travel despite the official guidance, or if you absolutely have to travel for an essential reason, there are at least certain strategies you might employ to reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus as much as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Is International Travel Off the Table Right Now?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Basically, yes. The CDC recommends that you \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/faqs.html\">avoid all nonessential international travel\u003c/a> because of the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the significant risk long-haul international flights pose to spreading the coronavirus globally, you could find yourself stuck in multiple sticky situations even if you’re able to book a flight. For one thing, several countries are currently barring entry to travelers from the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even before you leave, plans and reserved tickets could be thrown into total disarray as airlines are canceling many international flights and travel within another country can be totally unpredictable. If you manage to get \u003cem>on\u003c/em> your flight without cancellation, the country to which you’re traveling could change its travel rules and deny you entry as a non-citizen with very little notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829695\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11829695\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/plane.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/plane.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/plane-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/plane-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/plane-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/plane-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Right now, international travel is strongly discouraged. \u003ccite>(C. Cagnin/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even if you \u003cem>do\u003c/em> manage to enter another country, you could be exposing yourself to an overwhelmed health care system, where your access to potentially urgent medical care if you contract COVID-19 would not be guaranteed. This isn’t to mention the possibility of travel restrictions within that country, and with bordering nations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lastly, as the CDC warns, choosing to travel internationally right now might mean having to remain outside the United States for “an indefinite length of time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What Are the Safety Basics for Domestic Travel?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The basic rules for any travel right now are the same for being outside your home at any time: wear your mask, distance as much as possible and wash your hands. Everything else would be about being an informed consumer and using your best judgement to keep risk as low as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Per the state’s guidance, \u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-home-except-for-essential-needs/#:~:text=All%20individuals%20living%20in%20the,the%20Questions%20%26%20Answers%20below).\">do not travel if you are sick\u003c/a>, or if someone in your household has had the coronavirus in the last two weeks. Do not travel with someone who is sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state also recommends that if you choose to travel, you need to start by doing some in-depth planning. Check in on what COVID-19 infection and hospitalization rates are like with the local health department where you live, with the health department at your ultimate destination — and with health departments along your planned route, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"fly\">\u003c/a>What if I Really Have to Fly?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As the CDC says, flying will increase your risk for COVID-19. Even though their guidance confirms that most viruses and other germs don’t actually spread easily \u003cem>on\u003c/em> flights because of how air circulates and is filtered on airplanes, this kind of travel means you’re spending prolonged time in security lines and airport terminals, where you can be brought into close contact not just with others, but with surfaces that could be harboring the coronavirus. Being in an assigned seat also makes social distancing hard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both our experts — Dr. Yvonne Maldonado and Dr. Peter Chin-Hong — said \u003cem>they\u003c/em> really wouldn’t get on an airplane right now unless they absolutely had to, in the case, say, of a family emergency. But if you absolutely must get on a domestic flight, they recommend investigating the airline’s safety policies before you fly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Do they keep middle seats empty to enable social distancing? Do they enforce face coverings?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bring disinfectant wipes and wipe down your seat and anything you touch in the bathroom, if you use it. Keep the air vent on by your seat, and choose a seat as close to the window as possible and as far away from where other people are sitting as possible. Bring your own food or make sure your food is pre-packaged if you purchase it in the airport or on the plane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And wear your mask at all times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829701\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11829701\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/air-travel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/air-travel.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/air-travel-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/air-travel-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/air-travel-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/air-travel-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The airline industry has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic \u003ccite>(Sourav Mishra/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What if someone’s sick with COVID-19 on your flight? The CDC says pilots have to notify them of all illnesses on a flight, and if a traveler is deemed a risk to public health, they’ll collaborate to contact any passengers or crew who might have been exposed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For that reason, says the CDC, make sure you give the airline your up-to-date, reliable contact information when making your reservation — so they can find you, to tell you if you’ve been in contact with someone with the coronavirus.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Are Some Places Safer to Travel to Than Others?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Dr. Chin-Hong advises that much like you’d research the weather at a potential destination, you should look up the COVID-19 case numbers and risk levels. Are their case numbers rising? Are they at risk of an overwhelmed health care system — one that wouldn’t be able to care for you, if you got sick too? How far would you have to drive home if things got bad?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take a look at a county tracker \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/projects/2020/coronavirus-tracker/app/california/index.html\">like this one\u003c/a> or the state’s own county monitoring list, and do your research. And remember that the more densely populated a place, the harder it will be to maintain social distancing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, while you may normally love exploring new regions when there \u003cem>isn’t\u003c/em> a pandemic raging, Dr. Maldonado says this is “not the time” to experiment with new travel destinations and all the unknowns they entail. Having a degree of familiarity with where you’re going — and whether the health care system could support you if you got sick and where the hospitals are — is incredibly important right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>I’m Choosing to Stay in a Rural Area With a Small Population. That Should Be OK, Right?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Unsurprisingly, the rural outdoors is generally safer than urban areas for COVID-19 risk right now, confirm Maldonado and Chin-Hong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But just because a county is rural doesn’t necessarily mean its COVID-19 rates are low. And even if they are, remember that you’re the one potentially bringing in a risk of COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In sparsely populated area, residents might not feel the “need” to wear a mask regularly, so be prepared to potentially be the only one wearing a mask in rural areas, and stick to your own values on the issue. Even if people are giving you odd looks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829704\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11829704\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/cabin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/cabin.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/cabin-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/cabin-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/cabin-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/cabin-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rural areas aren’t without COVID-19 risks right now \u003ccite>(Johannes Plenio/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And if you’re going really rural, and you’re solo, make sure people know where you are — in case you get sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"road\">\u003c/a>If Driving Is Safer, How Can I Road Trip Safely?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Making your trip in a car undoubtedly reduces your risk of contracting or spreading COVID-19 because of how contained you are from others. It’s way less risky than taking a plane or a train right now. But by leaving your household and hitting the road, you’re still running the risk of spreading the coronavirus, and should take precautions — especially if you’re planning to drive longer distances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unless you’re purposefully limiting your mileage, you’re going to need to get out of your car at certain times. It’s smart to plan your route and be aware of the COVID-19 risks in the areas you’re driving through — if you’re driving through a hot spot, you may wish to limit your stops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bring an ample supply of wipes to keep your car disinfected by wiping the steering wheel, surfaces, gearstick, parking brake and inside the dashboard every time you return to your car from a gas station, rest stop, restaurant or lodging — basically, from anywhere you’re around people or touching surfaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep a sealed bag in your car for disposing of your used wipes and gloves. Stash your mask(s) safely somewhere where you can easily and quickly grab it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’re almost certainly going to need to stop for gas, so remember to wipe down gas pump handles with your disinfectant wipes. You might consider bringing a supply of gloves to wear when refueling and using gas station restrooms – just remember to avoid touching your face when you’re wearing them. When stopping for gas, wear your mask at all times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829688\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11829688\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/road-trip.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/road-trip.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/road-trip-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/road-trip-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/road-trip-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/road-trip-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Driving is undoubtedly safer than some other forms of transportation, but precautions are still necessary \u003ccite>(Kei Scampa/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When stopping for food, always consider drive-thru, grab-and-go or take-out over in-restaurant dining. With the potential for breaking social distance, decreased ventilation, increased time in one spot and risk of surface transmission, indoor dining really is a “perfect storm” Maldonado says. Any time you spent inside somewhere like a restaurant will really increase your risk of contracting or spreading COVID-19. And if you do decide to dine indoors and spot that it’s a buffet, turn right around, Chin-Hong advises.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re renting a car, consider the rental company’s cleaning and pick-up policies. And it goes without saying that now is not the time to be giving rides to strangers or picking up hitchhikers, either.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Are Hotels OK to Stay in Right Now?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>They’re opening again, that’s for sure. So if you’re planning to stay in a hotel, it’s up to you to do your due diligence and research their COVID-19 policies and prevention practices before you make a reservation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/personal-social-activities.html#hotel\">CDC recommends\u003c/a> considering the following:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Call and ask if all staff are wearing face coverings at work\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Make the most of options for online reservation and check-in, mobile room key and contactless payment\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ask about any extra prevention practices being implemented by the hotel, such as plexiglass barriers at check-in counters, and physical distancing signs in the lobby\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ask if the hotel has updated policies about cleaning and disinfecting or removing frequently touched surfaces and items (such as pens, room keys, tables, phones, doorknobs, light switches, elevator buttons, water fountains, ATMs/card payment stations, business center computers and printers, ice/vending machines and remote controls)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829702\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11829702\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/hotel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/hotel.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/hotel-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/hotel-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/hotel-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/hotel-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CDC has guidance for people who need (or choose) to stay in hotels during the pandemic \u003ccite>(Francesco Ungaro/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you decide to stay in a hotel, the CDC recommends the following practices:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Wear face coverings — especially in the lobby or other common areas — and limit close contact with others\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Minimize use of areas that may lead to close contact (within 6 feet) with other people as much as possible, like break rooms, outside patios, inside lounging areas, dining areas/kitchens, game rooms, pools, hot tubs, saunas, spas, salons and fitness centers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Consider taking the stairs — otherwise wait to use the elevator until you can either ride alone or only with people from your household.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Choose contactless options when possible, like room service orders for example\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If you want to further clean your room upon arrival, here’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cleaning-disinfection.html#clean-disinfect\">the cleaning protocol\u003c/a> the CDC recommends.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"hotel\">\u003c/a>How Can I Safely Stay in an Airbnb or a Similar Rental Property?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you’re reserving a self-contained property, you’ll certainly be encountering fewer people than you would in a hotel. “Self check-in” is often a filter on rental property searches, which will allow you to remove the need to interact with your hosts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829703\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11829703\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/airbnb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/airbnb.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/airbnb-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/airbnb-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/airbnb-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/airbnb-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rental services like Airbnb are still open for business \u003ccite>(John Tekeridis/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Drs. 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At first, Maggie stayed quiet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim prompted her: “What’s on your mind, Maggie?” Listeners then heard Maggie relaying Kim's question to her mom: “me están preguntando qué está en mi cabeza.” The mom responded in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m worried that my mom and my dad will get the coronavirus again,\" Maggie finally told Kim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The moment I heard Maggie’s voice, I stopped working on my computer, and turned to look at the radio (Yes, I have a physical radio in my room). As I heard Maggie asking her question about whether her parents could get COVID-19 more than once, and telling Kim she was just 10-years-old, I unconsciously placed my hands on my chest and started to tear up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That moment moved me. And I later found out that it moved many other people as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>One Family's Story\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Maggie, like many other immigrant children in the United States, had assumed the role of translator for her family at such a young age. But she took it a step further, and decided to go on live radio to make sure she got the answer to her question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829854\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11829854 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Maggie1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Maggie1.jpg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Maggie1-800x539.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Maggie1-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Maggie1-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Maggie1-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maggie Carrillo Vázquez, who called KQED Forum to ask a question of behalf of her parents \u003ccite>(Courtesy Rosibel Vazquez Alvarado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After the show, I reached out to Maggie’s mom Rosibel Vazquez Alvarado to learn more about their story. I found out that a neighbor had told them about Forum — and that Maggie took the lead to be the one to ask the question herself, in English. \u003cem>(Hear the moment she made the call \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101878641/coronavirus-disproportinately-hits-latinos-in-california\">here\u003c/a>, starting at 36:00.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Maggie Carrillo Vázquez, 10, calling into KQED Forum\"]'I’m worried that my mom and my dad will get the coronavirus again.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alvarado and her family moved to to the Bay Area from Guatemala around two years ago. She works at McDonald's, where she believes she caught her case of COVID-19. All of Alvarado's family then got sick too, from her husband to her four children, including Maggie herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After resting at home in quarantine, Alvarado took another test and found out that she still had the coronavirus. She had to remain at home for \u003cem>another\u003c/em> full quarantine cycle in order to recover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While she now feels better, and has tested negative twice, Alvarado has still not gone back to work. She says her employers at McDonald's are refusing to compensate her for the second quarantine period she was unable to work, and that she's working with her workers' union and their lawyers to challenge the decision before she returns to work. “I want them to pay me because I am almost certain I got infected there,” Alvarado says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the source of Maggie’s fear that her parents would get infected again: the need for them to return to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#hearken\">Tell us: Have you ever stepped in to translate for your parents or elders as they navigate life in the U.S.?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for McDonald's in Northern California told KQED that the company was \"confident the vast majority of employees are covered with sick pay if they are impacted by COVID-19, and McDonald’s strongly supports provisions in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and CARES Act that require sick leave for those impacted by COVID-19.\" On July 20, Black Lives Matter and union protesters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11829806/unions-join-black-lives-matter-protesters-in-walk-out-for-economic-justice\">protested at a McDonald's in Oakland\u003c/a>, joining a nationwide demonstration for economic justice and citing specific issues with McDonald's staff's safety during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the show ended, Forum producer \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BlancaWrites\">Blanca Torres\u003c/a> and Dr. Kirsten Bibbins Domingo, the expert who'd appeared on air, reached out personally to Maggie and her mom to reassure them them that the probability they'd get COVID-19 again was low.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>An Experience Recognized By Many\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Once Forum ended I took a deep breath, and logged into Twitter to see how people were reacting to this conversation. I didn’t find anything, so I decided to tweet myself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I usually overthink my tweets — but this time I just made sure I didn’t have any spelling errors. I only had one thing on my mind: how this moment was a perfect example of how immigrant children all over the United States have to step up for their parents and help them navigate the system. And now, with the COVID-19 pandemic, I could not imagine having that responsibility in your hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/adrianamorgao/status/1283098051427483648\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I wanted my tweet to be heard — but I wasn’t expecting the reaction it got. People felt seen, and heard. It brought them memories of \u003cem>their\u003c/em> younger selves, when they continuously had to be the \"Maggie\" to their own families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/andreabejaran5/status/1283248917660839942?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while Maggie was translating Spanish, immigrants from any other non-English speaking country could identify with this special moment in radio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/celinesque/status/1283206457454813189?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The retweets started to pile up, but I couldn't stop reading people’s comments on their experiences. My tweet currently has over 29,000 likes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/theHiveisHome/status/1283211613995257857?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, it wasn't what I \u003cem>wrote\u003c/em> that specifically resonated with people. I was merely a megaphone: it was the moment itself that was significant. That moment, happening over and over again — translating in stores, to teachers, to people in the bank. Translating over the phone, interpreting letters and formal documents. The stories are too similar to not see a pattern.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A Crucial Need for Knowledge\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Immigrant children are so often given the responsibility of being their family’s translator — with the burden this represents. But their parents cannot be blamed for this. After all, they are just trying to do their best to adapt to a new country to which they migrated, to have a better life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is in the hands of the government — and the news media — to adapt to their audience: to read their own data and see who needs the information, and how that information will \u003cem>get\u003c/em> to them most effectively. And this is even more crucial during a health crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/ceeek__/status/1283447650856005632\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Minority populations are often\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/education/533831/why-is-coronavirus-hitting-people-of-color-so-hard\"> affected the most\u003c/a> in adverse national circumstances, and this pandemic has been no exception. The Latino population in this country has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11813696/latinos-around-the-bay-area-are-disproportionately-affected-by-covid-19\">disproportionately affected\u003c/a> by the COVID-19 crisis, both economically and in the coronavirus case numbers — so the need for information and resources in Spanish is needed more now than ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Adriana Morga\"]'Immigrant children are so often given the responsibility of being their family’s translator — with the burden this represents.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the moment I moved to this country I knew I wanted to write about the Latino community in the United States. Growing up in a border city like Tijuana, I grew up with a very unique dynamic of two countries merging together — but this is not the case for every city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I feel like I grew up getting the best of both cultures. But I also was affected by the worst of those countries. Most importantly, I remember how the news media portrayed the city that I grew up in: how the news did not reflect the people, but instead reflected a loud minority who leaned towards violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was because of how wrongly my hometown was portrayed that I decided, early on, that I wanted to be someone that directed the narrative towards how a community \u003cem>really\u003c/em> is. When I permanently moved to the United States I decided that while I probably wasn’t going to write about \u003cem>my\u003c/em> city, I was going to join many others to highlight and uplift the stories of the Latino community — and produce information that could improve people's lives. That's also the reason I joined the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elcoronavirus\">\u003cem>KQED en Español\u003c/em>\u003c/a> team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='elcoronavirus' label='Leer KQED en Español']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This project was formed at KQED soon after the pandemic started, with the intention of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pressroom/11195/elcoronavirus\">providing timely information\u003c/a> in Spanish to the Latino community in the Bay Area during the COVID-19 pandemic. In our \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elcoronavirus\">weekly coronavirus newsletter\u003c/a>, we answer questions submitted by the public about the coronavirus, as well as showcasing key news and resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The newsletter has been fully bilingual since early July. We have also translated KQED content, created original stories, collaborated with Univision and \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://eltecolote.org/content/en/\">El Tecolote\u003c/a>\u003c/em> and responded questions directly to the public via email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the work is not done, as we say: de aquí pal real. There is much more work to be done, and much ground to cover in order to give the Latino communities in the country what they need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while I understand that the road to giving equal access to information to the Latino community in Spanish can be bumpy, stories like 10-year-old Maggie Carrillo show us that bilingual journalism is needed — and it should be here to stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, offering information in other languages should not be an elective. 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"content": "\u003cp>Ever since schools closed their doors in the spring to stop the spread of the coronavirus, parents and educators have been worried about what the fall would bring, and what California’s plan for reopening schools might look like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a brief few weeks, it seemed that the rate of new COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations was stabilizing in California — and that schools might reopen with new safety precautions in place. But Gov. 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Currently all Bay Area counties — except San Mateo — are on the state’s watch list.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What kind of interaction between kids and schools can we expect?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The state will require schools to offer daily live interaction with every student — but the details of what that \u003cem>looks\u003c/em> like are still vague. It could include synchronous online video lessons, but might also include calls or texts. Teachers will be required to take attendance, and the state is \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr20/yr20rel46.asp\">scrambling to close a digital divide\u003c/a> that has made it difficult for many California students to access online learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without that expectation that every student is going to have an interaction with someone at their school site, we are worried we’ll see what we saw in the spring, which was students lost completely,” said Sarah Lillis, executive director of the nonprofit Teach Plus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, true to many aspects of the coronavirus pandemic, that loss of instructional time was deeply inequitable. Low-income students — along with English language learners and kids with special needs — were disproportionately missing from online classes in the spring; a time Lillis labeled “crisis schooling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What about elementary schools?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>District superintendents can apply for state waivers that would allow elementary schools to open, but those will be issued on a case-by-case basis, taking into account local conditions and in consultation with public health experts and the California Department of Public Health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829782\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11829782\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/grumpy-learning.jpg\" alt=\"A mom and her son look fed up with learning at home.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/grumpy-learning.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/grumpy-learning-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/grumpy-learning-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/grumpy-learning-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/grumpy-learning-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many parents aren’t sure how they’re going to make distance learning this fall work. \u003ccite>(iStock/JackF)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many parents of elementary school-aged children have struggled to work from home while guiding their young children’s education. It isn’t developmentally appropriate for little kids to sit in front of the computer all day, but parents are also concerned that they aren’t trained to be their children’s teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What’s being done locally?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have an optimal learning situation right now,” said Oakland Unified’s COVID-19 taskforce leader Sailaja Suresh on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101878719/gov-newsom-orders-most-california-schools-online-for-fall\">KQED Forum\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='mindshift_56309,mindshift_56305,mindshift_56297' label='Further Reading']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she understands how frustrating this situation is for everyone. 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Additionally, as public health data continues to shift, district leaders’ primary concern is everyone’s safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[ad fullwidth]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What kind of help will parents get?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For many parents, vague guidance from the state and little-to-no help with handling the practicalities of keeping kids at home has been incredibly stressful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I go to work I have to leave my home,” said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101878719/gov-newsom-orders-most-california-schools-online-for-fall\">a caller on Forum\u003c/a>. “What is the support for parents who can’t stay home and do distance learning?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On this point, there are no easy answers. But districts are thinking through how they can collaborate more with parents, Suresh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland hopes to start training its teachers in online learning best practices earlier than usual, and include ideas for how teachers can support parents. Suresh also mentioned making online resources available to parents, and coaching them in how to use other community resources, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/education/athomelearning\">public access television\u003c/a>, to aid their children’s learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It will require a much tighter collaboration around the public health aspects, but also the instruction aspects,” Suresh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teachers are scrambling too. Many have spent their summers trying to learn effective ways to teach online after struggling through the spring with little training. Still others worry that a variety of barriers — like incorrect phone numbers and a lack of strong internet — will prevent them from getting in touch with every student on a daily basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Are there any creative solutions out there already?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Some parents and caregivers are putting together informal \u003ca href=\"https://www.marinij.com/2020/07/18/marin-parents-seek-micro-pods-to-share-homeschool-distance-learning-duties/\">education pods \u003c/a>to both give students social stimulation and lessen the burden of learning at home. The idea is for parents to pool resources to either hire a tutor for a small group of students, or rotate teaching the group, in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/36216/guide-to-the-best-homeschooling-and-unschooling-resources\">homeschooling\u003c/a> model. This won’t be a solution for all families, however, and is likely to exacerbate the already deep equity divides that exist in education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One Forum caller, a long time teacher herself, suggested that this crisis might be an opportunity to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/34658/to-advance-education-we-must-first-reimagine-society\">upend an education system\u003c/a> that hasn’t been working for a long time. She ran independent study programs as a teacher, and suggested that could be a model for teachers in a distance environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11830012\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11830012\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/boy-learning.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/boy-learning.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/boy-learning-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/boy-learning-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/boy-learning-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/boy-learning-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The lack of clarity around California school reopening has many families wondering exactly how it’s going to work \u003ccite>(Julia M Cameron/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s time we think outside the traditional school box,” said the caller. She suggested that now is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/56118/5-radical-schooling-ideas-for-an-uncertain-fall-and-beyond\">time to be radical\u003c/a>, even considering a democratic school model like \u003ca href=\"http://www.summerhillschool.co.uk/\">Summerhill School\u003c/a> in the UK or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/32254/harnessing-childrens-natural-ways-of-learning\">Sudbury Valley School\u003c/a> in Massachusetts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond is expected to clarify and flesh out the Governor’s plan with districts this week. While many are thankful for a more unified approach and guidance, the many unknowns have everyone wondering exactly how it’s all going to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Want more updates on schooling during the pandemic? 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Suresh also mentioned making online resources available to parents, and coaching them in how to use other community resources, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/education/athomelearning\">public access television\u003c/a>, to aid their children’s learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It will require a much tighter collaboration around the public health aspects, but also the instruction aspects,” Suresh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teachers are scrambling too. Many have spent their summers trying to learn effective ways to teach online after struggling through the spring with little training. Still others worry that a variety of barriers — like incorrect phone numbers and a lack of strong internet — will prevent them from getting in touch with every student on a daily basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Are there any creative solutions out there already?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Some parents and caregivers are putting together informal \u003ca href=\"https://www.marinij.com/2020/07/18/marin-parents-seek-micro-pods-to-share-homeschool-distance-learning-duties/\">education pods \u003c/a>to both give students social stimulation and lessen the burden of learning at home. The idea is for parents to pool resources to either hire a tutor for a small group of students, or rotate teaching the group, in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/36216/guide-to-the-best-homeschooling-and-unschooling-resources\">homeschooling\u003c/a> model. 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She suggested that now is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/56118/5-radical-schooling-ideas-for-an-uncertain-fall-and-beyond\">time to be radical\u003c/a>, even considering a democratic school model like \u003ca href=\"http://www.summerhillschool.co.uk/\">Summerhill School\u003c/a> in the UK or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/32254/harnessing-childrens-natural-ways-of-learning\">Sudbury Valley School\u003c/a> in Massachusetts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond is expected to clarify and flesh out the Governor’s plan with districts this week. While many are thankful for a more unified approach and guidance, the many unknowns have everyone wondering exactly how it’s all going to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Want more updates on schooling during the pandemic? 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Jon Tester, both Democrats who sit on the Senate Appropriations Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We ask that you take immediate action to save USCIS employees from unnecessary furloughs,” wrote Leahy and Tester in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/USCIS%20Final%20Letter%207%2021%2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter\u003c/a> to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Chad Wolf and USCIS Deputy Director for Policy Joseph Edlow. “You must not sit by as thousands of American jobs are on the line, particularly during a time of unprecedented unemployment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the letter, Leahy and Tester said that even though USCIS’ fiscal outlook had reversed, the agency had “perplexingly chosen” to proceed with the furloughs, which would go into effect on Aug. 3 for at least a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jessica Collins, a spokeswoman with USCIS, said the agency still requires $1.2 billion from Congress because its financial outlook had not improved enough to sustain operations next fiscal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In order to delay a furlough, we would need a commitment from Congress to fund USCIS, either through passing legislation or indicating that legislation is forthcoming which would meet our ultimate goal of canceling the furlough once we receive funding,” Collins said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DHS, the parent agency of USCIS, and the White House Office of Management and Budget did not immediately return requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Original Story:\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than two weeks before massive furloughs are set to strike the federal agency that processes immigration applications, it’s unclear whether Congress will reach a bailout deal in time to spare more than 13,000 employees and millions of immigrants awaiting key services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The stakes are high in California, where hundreds of thousands of immigrants — as well as their American employers and relatives — depend on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for work permits, green cards, naturalization and other benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>USCIS plans to furlough more than two-thirds of its employees, including 2,300 in California, because revenue has dropped dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In May, USCIS officials told Congress they would need $1.2 billion to avoid the furloughs, which are set to start Aug. 3. [pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren']‘If the administration decides to run this agency off a cliff, which it looks like they’re planning to do, I think it would be really a shameful thing.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California representatives Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Los Angeles) and Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) said they are working to include emergency funds for the agency in the contentious COVID-19 recovery bill that Congress is debating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Roybal-Allard and Lofgren, who chair subcommittees negotiating relief for the agency, said the White House has only provided a one-page letter with scant details on the financial shortfall at USCIS or proposed solutions. They said a lack of cooperation from the administration has slowed progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the administration decides to run this agency off a cliff, which it looks like they’re planning to do, I think it would be really a shameful thing,” Lofgren said, chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesman with the White House Office of Management and Budget defended the administration’s response, and said Congress has enough information to avoid the furloughs, which are expected to last between one and three months. [aside tag=\"immigration\" label=\"more coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Administration has formally requested the resources necessary to keep USCIS running,” said the OMB spokesman in a statement. “Our hope is that Congressional Democrats accept our proposal to keep the lights on in a responsible manner.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>USCIS has proposed to pay back to the U.S. Treasury the $1.2 billion it seeks by adding a 10% surcharge to applications paid by U.S. employers, U.S. citizens and immigrants. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.afge.org/article/bipartisan-bill-introduced-to-fund-uscis-to-avoid-furloughs/\">bill\u003c/a> introduced by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo) this month would do that. But Lofgren and other Democrats have been lukewarm to the idea of raising fees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike most federal agencies, USCIS \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-proposes-to-adjust-fees-to-meet-operational-needs\">funds\u003c/a> its operations with immigrant application fees. After the agency halted in-person services due to the pandemic and the worldwide travel shutdown, its earnings collapsed by half, starting in March, according to officials. Offices began to \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/uscis-office-closings\">reopen\u003c/a> last month, but revenues are still lagging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This dramatic drop in revenue has made it impossible for our agency to operate at full capacity,” said a USCIS spokesperson. “Without additional funding from Congress before August 3, USCIS has no choice but to administratively furlough a substantial portion of our workforce.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But critics say that the agency was already on shaky financial ground well before the coronavirus tore through the country. 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[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Ur Jaddou']‘This is an insidious, bureaucratic way of achieving many of the policies that this administration has implemented since the beginning’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/senate_letter_uscis_appropriations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter\u003c/a> to Congress last month, DHS Watch and 100 other immigrant and human rights organizations wrote that USCIS has “squandered millions of dollars” as the Trump administration transformed the historically customer-service focused agency into an immigration enforcement arm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The advocates want any Congressional bailout to be conditioned on changes at the agency, including prohibiting immigration enforcement arrests at USCIS offices and suspending proposed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11745013/free-immigration-applications-may-become-harder-to-get-under-federal-proposal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fee increases\u003c/a> that would double the price of naturalization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland-based immigration attorney Jesse Lloyd said many of his clients are already experiencing delays in getting their work permits, due to the agency’s financial problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Furloughs that further delay work permits would mean that many Bay Area immigrants could lose their ability to work legally, and that could cost them their jobs, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are households with U.S. citizen spouses. 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"content": "\u003cp>This year was supposed to be a comeback year for Kyle Schulz and the College Republicans at Cal Poly Pomona, in eastern Los Angeles County. In 2018, the House district in which the campus resides was caught up in the Blue Wave — sending freshman Democrat Gil Cisneros to Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We got our butts kicked, to be honest,” Schulz said, the club’s spokesman and former president. “To work on that, we were doing a lot more campaigning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the club’s plans for hosting campus events, canvassing the district and registering voters came to a screeching halt in mid-March, when Cal Poly Pomona — like schools around the state — shifted to virtual learning in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The school’s College Republicans didn’t meet for the rest of the semester.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the pandemic is threatening to scatter students away from campuses in the fall, when California will mail a ballot to every registered voter as a COVID-19-safe alternative to voting in person. The closures could discourage the efforts of campus groups, and make the prospects of turning out the college vote, already a difficult proposition in normal times, even more complicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to be pretty bad, to be honest,” Schulz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A decline in turnout could have a significant impact in the Pomona Valley and nearby northern Orange County, an area home to a large college population, where a decline in the student vote could affect competitive races up and down the ticket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"David Becker, Center for Election Innovation and Research\"]‘As we (question) whether college campuses are going to open up in the fall, the ability to do outreach to large numbers of people is going to be severely limited.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates for democratic engagement on college campuses are urging higher education leaders and faculty to take creative approaches to encourage voting, while students are adapting their get-out-the-vote methods for the Zoom age.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As difficult as it is for someone like me to vote during a pandemic, the college student population is a particularly difficult one,” said Adam Gismondi, director of impact at the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at the Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because most students are mobile, they often move addresses while they’re in college. So it’s a really tangled web right now to work through.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, California set a record for turnout in a primary election, fueling hopes of another surge in participation this fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then came the virus, and closures that dashed plans for voter registration efforts at university student centers, shopping malls and front doors across the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Voter Registration Challenges\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>New voter registrations across the country plummeted in the spring, according to data compiled by the \u003ca href=\"https://electioninnovation.org/new-voter-registrations-in-2020/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Center for Election Innovation and Research, \u003c/a>in Washington. Registrations in California were down sharply in April, compared to the same month in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike four years ago, California’s primary was already over by April. But the top reason for the registration drop-off was closures at the state’s DMV offices, where drivers license and state ID transactions automatically trigger a voter registration, said David Becker, the center’s executive director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An early study of the DMV automatic voter registration program \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/wp-content/uploads/implementing-automated-voter-registration-in-california.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">didn’t find wide adoption\u003c/a> by younger voters. But the pandemic could also pose challenges for a physically distanced form of sign up: online voter registration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s fundamentally a fairly passive tool, people need to know to look for it,” Becker said. “And as we have questions about whether college campuses are going to open up in the fall, the ability to do outreach to large numbers of people is going to be severely limited.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if registration efforts improve, the curtailed openings of campuses in the state present a hurdle for ensuring a smooth voting experience for many undergraduates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829865\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1642px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11829865\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/DMV-voter-registration.jpg\" alt=\"A man walks in front of a DMV office in San Francisco on May 8, 2020.\" width=\"1642\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/DMV-voter-registration.jpg 1642w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/DMV-voter-registration-800x509.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/DMV-voter-registration-1020x649.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/DMV-voter-registration-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/DMV-voter-registration-1536x978.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1642px) 100vw, 1642px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man walks in front of a DMV office in San Francisco on May 8, 2020. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>College students are a mobile population in general, with many moving between dorms, off-campus housing and their childhood homes. Students who are registered to vote may need to update their information in order to receive a ballot at the correct address.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If more students can vote at home, it reduces the chance of long lines at in-person ballot sites, which could be fewer in number than in previous years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The need to communicate with voters is going to be particularly crucial in this year,” Becker said. “Having good information on the voter lists is the core of that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Bigger Impact on Southern California Races?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The student vote could be especially important in the districts stretching north from Orange County, through Fullerton and La Habra, to the Los Angeles County cities of Diamond Bar and Pomona.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There, more than 100,000 students attend Cal State Fullerton, Mt. San Antonio College, Cal Poly Pomona and Fullerton College.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the November ballot, voters in the area will decide on a rematch between Democratic Congressman Gil Cisneros (D-Yorba Linda) and Republican Young Kim, the former state Assemblywoman who lost to Cisneros by fewer than 8,000 votes in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the similarly shaped 29th State Senate District, Sen. Ling-Ling Chang (R-Diamond Bar) will defend her seat against Democrat Josh Newman. Newman defeated Chang in the 2016 election, but was recalled by voters in June of 2018, with Chang regaining the seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in the 55th Assembly District, incumbent Phillip Chen (R-Brea) is facing a challenge from Andrew Rodriguez, a Democratic councilman from Walnut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='More Politics' tag='politics']In these tight races, Democratic candidates are relying on a boost from reliably liberal college voters. According to the California Target Book, “precincts adjacent to college campuses that have high concentration of voters between the ages of 18 to 34 can easily award over 90% of their votes to a Democratic candidate in a typical D vs. R race, and net the Democratic candidate thousands of raw votes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The College Democrats at Cal State Fullerton planned to spend the year focusing on those three races, said Andrew Levy, the group’s president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, \u003ca href=\"http://news.fullerton.edu/2019fa/student-voting-rates.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voter engagement surged\u003c/a> on the Fullerton campus, with the voting rate increasing by nearly a third over the previous mid-term election. The 2,627 CSU Fullerton students who \u003ca href=\"https://caballotbowl.sos.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">registered to vote\u003c/a> marked the second-highest total of any public school in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We planned on having a lot of people go and phone bank at the local (California Democratic Party) office and canvass in addition to that,” Levy said of the group’s plans for 2020. “But once COVID-19 hit, it was just kind of a bummer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Orange County is one of 15 counties that already mail every voter a ballot, which could help the transition to November’s largely vote-by-mail election. And the hurdle of constantly shifting student addresses could be eased, in part, by the decision of \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/2020/07/06/community-college-state-budget-enrollment-impact.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">many incoming freshmen\u003c/a> to stay home and attend a community college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We actually are seeing a huge increase in the number of students who are registering for classes for Fullerton College, for Mount SAC, for Orange Coast, so there’s a lot of students who aren’t going to be moving,” said Jodi Balma, a professor of political science at Fullerton College.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But it’s a very transient population as far as moving apartment to apartment to dorm to apartment to back home,” Balma said. “And so we do want to make sure that people update their registration data.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Like Everything Else, Getting Out the Vote Moves Online\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Student organizers are hoping to convey this information to their fellow undergrads by adapting their plans to the distanced reality of the fall; with virtual phone banking and social media campaigns replacing registration tables and door-knocking trips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The strategy is still the same: ask every student and create cultures of voting on campus. Students helping students vote through peer-to-peer contact has been shown to be the most effective,” said Nic Riani, a rising senior at UCLA and the board chair of the California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) Students, which helps run the state’s Students Vote Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Obviously, we can’t do any of our usual in-person tactics, like waving to students as they walk to class to help them register to vote or going into classes and passing out forms,” Riani said. “But we can hop into Zoom lectures to make announcements and build a network of students that are committing to voting and then call and text those students to help them make a plan to vote.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=about_15238 label='Take Our Survey']CALPIRG is running a summer internship program, collecting pledges to vote from more than 3,000 college students in California, Riani said. The group plans to call those students in the fall to make sure they are registered to vote at an address where they can receive their mail ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>College administrators and faculty will also have an important role in ensuring a successful student vote in the fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Presidents and chancellors can serve as powerful lobbying voices as state and county officials decide on the location of polling places and vote centers. And during distanced learning, professors and faculty will have the most direct access to students, Gismondi said, whose Institute for Democracy & Higher Education has a forthcoming report with recommendations to increase student voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Faculty members, no matter what happens in the fall, will be the most important contact point for college students, because they’re really the one group on the university’s side that will have guaranteed contacts with students,” Gismondi said, who encourages professors to facilitate political conversations and spend class time on the mechanics of voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We think that a lot of the things that colleges and universities can and should do under normal circumstances can still happen,” Gismondi added. “It’s going to require some flexibility, it’s going to require some adaptability and it’s going to take some creativity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>As of July 17, more than 2,000 people incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and 12 have died, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/population-status-tracking/\">according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation COVID-19 tracker\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adnan Khan — who spent the last four years of his prison sentence at San Quentin — has emerged as a vocal advocate for incarcerated people still inside during the outbreak, and for their families. Last year, he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11720792/my-intentions-were-not-to-kill-adnan-khan-is-first-to-be-released-from-prison-under-new-law\">the first person to be released\u003c/a> when \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1437\">a new state law\u003c/a> challenged the criteria that allowed prosecutors to convict him for a murder he did not commit during the robbery of a marijuana dealer. Khan was sentenced to 25 years to life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While at San Quentin he founded \u003ca href=\"https://restorecal.org/firstwatch/\">FirstWatch\u003c/a>, a filmmaking project where incarcerated men tell stories about life inside prison. Khan is also the founder and executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://restorecal.org/\">re:Store Justice\u003c/a>, which promotes restorative justice workshops and provides legal help to people who are incarcerated. Khan joined \u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\">The California Report Magazine\u003c/a> host Sasha Khokha from his home in Los Angeles to discuss the COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This conversation has been edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829430\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11829430 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/headshot-1-800x688.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/headshot-1-800x688.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/headshot-1-1020x877.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/headshot-1-160x138.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/headshot-1-1536x1321.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/headshot-1-2048x1761.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/headshot-1-1920x1651.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Khan is the founder and executive director of re:Store Justice, which aims to re-imagine and reform our justice system. He is also founder of FirstWatch, a storytelling project by people incarcerated at San Quentin. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Adnan Khan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>On When He Learned About the Outbreak at San Quentin\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>When the pandemic started back in March, my fears immediately went to the prisons, because the CDC’s guidelines are not applicable to correctional settings. Six foot physical distancing and hand sanitizer — even the ability to wash your hands with soap — is limited in prisons. But somehow, COVID stayed out of San Quentin for about three months. When the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11823976/botched-outbreak-of-covid-19-at-san-quentin-was-preventable-lawmaker-says\">botched transfer\u003c/a> (of inmates from Chino) happened, that just blew us away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor’s Note: San Quentin had remained COVID-free until 121 inmates were transferred from California Institute for Men in Chino on May 30. The men had not been recently tested for COVID-19 leading up to their transfer to San Quentin.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11815458\" label=\"Ways to Take Action\" hero=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS42986_GettyImages-1210888268-qut-1020x680.jpg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>On the Vulnerability of Prisoners Inside\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>First of all, San Quentin is the oldest prison in California. The ventilation is absolutely poor. It is dirty. There’s mold. It is very antiquated. And on top of that, the demographic of people that are incarcerated in San Quentin are elderly or have chronic illnesses. There’s a huge population — including a huge transgender population — that we continue to forget, so there are men and women incarcerated at San Quentin, as well as correctional officers and medical staff and kitchen cooks who all live there. A lot of people feel like, ‘Oh, that’s just prison. Whatever happens inside stays there.’ But by neglecting prisons inside, we infect our society.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>On Being Released Before \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>San Quentin’s O\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>utbreak \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>I do feel helpless and I do feel survivor’s guilt. A lot of us were serving life sentences and we either went to the parole board or were commuted by governors. In my situation, a piece of legislation changed and I was immediately released. I really feel like I escaped death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now a year later, there is this deadly virus that’s eating people up. It’s not just about surviving. It’s not just about who dies and who lives. People haven’t seen or heard from their families in four months. It’s devastation that we’re seeing — not just what’s happening inside — but as an extension, what’s happening to their families. And so when people say, ‘We’re on lockdown,’ I understand people’s journeys are completely different. For me, I’m just so happy to do this lockdown from the comfort of my home with a cellphone, a laptop and a Netflix subscription. People in (prison) don’t have anywhere near that. It’s just this feeling of helplessness. How do we help our friends? What power do we have to help? It’s hurtful knowing how limited that power is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829412\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11829412\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/DSC02723-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/DSC02723-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/DSC02723-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/DSC02723-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/DSC02723-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/DSC02723-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/DSC02723-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Khan is the founder of FirstWatch, a project out of San Quentin State Prison featuring storytellers who are incarcerated. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Adnan Khan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>On Advocating for People Still Inside\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>I have spent hours and hours in self-help groups (at San Quentin) listening to and sharing people’s deepest traumas. I know what that did for the trajectory of their life. I know crimes that people committed and the remorse and they feel towards their crimes. I know what making amends looks like. That’s what really breaks my heart. And that’s what society does not see. We’re talking about people who’ve been through a lot and who continue to suffer. We’re talking about human beings, after all. So when people say, ‘So what? They committed a crime. Do the crime, do the time.’ That’s not a public safety response. I always say I went from an eight-year-old Little League Baseball player to an 18-year-old with a life sentence. None of us are born armed and dangerous. The state should have a higher moral authority than the people it condemns.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>When Being an ‘Essential Worker’ Is a Prison Job\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>I recently received a call from one of my good friends in San Quentin. His name is Anthony Ammons, but I know him better as “Ant.” He is an essential hospital worker getting paid $1 an hour to clean COVID-19 areas. He couldn’t refuse to clean because he would get written up, which would affect his parole board hearing. Ant gave me a call and told me that he wasn’t getting showers after coming back from work. He and his cellmate contracted COVID because of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/akhan1437/status/1279955768247087104?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have not heard back from Ant and I don’t know what’s happening. Is he okay now? Is he in the hospital? Is he on a ventilator? Is he going back to work and cleaning COVID areas again? I just don’t know. I haven’t heard from him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>On How the California Department of Corrections Has Handled COVID-19\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It feels like it’s all over the place. I know from living in prison for 16 years that safety and security always eclipses any type of medical decision. I know people who tested positive and were put back in a cell with people who tested negative. After a lot of media pressure, they finally brought tents on the yard. People in dorms were told to sleep in opposite directions because — according to corrections, not medical — being diagonal creates six foot distance. Those are not health solutions. Those are not CDC guidelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Adnan Khan\"]‘This is not just a San Quentin problem. This is a problem for our entire nation if we’re trying to flatten the curve.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now we’re only talking about San Quentin, but they haven’t kept it out of the rest of the prison system. CDCR has blatant procedures to continue transferring people, and we know other prisons have been infected by transfers. A lot of people feel like, ‘Oh, that’s just prison. Whatever happens inside happens inside stays there.’ That’s how we infect our society out here by neglecting prisons inside. This is not just a San Quentin problem. This is a problem for our entire nation if we’re trying to flatten the curve.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>On Newsom’s Plan to Release 8,000 Incarcerated People by August\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>August is too far. When you need an urgent response to a pandemic, you do it immediately. If (Gov. Gavin Newsom) were to say that we’re releasing 2,000 people out of San Quentin, that would be a public health response. The only reason we have a COVID problem (inside prisons) is because we have a mass incarceration problem. There are so many people in prison, and prisons are architecturally designed to have the smallest spaces with the highest amount of people. So mass incarceration and COVID-19 go hand-in-hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>On Incarcerated People Losing Visits and Phone Calls With Family During COVID-19\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In my very strong opinion, the essence of rehabilitation is love and family reunification. (The prison system) is built to sever ties intentionally and limit the access to love, care and comfort. For mothers who haven’t seen their sons, whose children haven’t seen their fathers or mothers, it is excruciating. And now family members are just wondering, ‘What’s going on?’\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What we’re hearing is that people are taken to the hospital, they may have heard from their family a month or two ago when (San Quentin was still) running phones. Now, it’s just a disappearance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/akhan1437/status/1283169249335230464\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lot of mothers and family members are (asking me) in emails and texts and DMs, ‘Can you find out if my son or my dad is in the hospital?’ They just don’t know. 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But even with that joy and happiness, it’s sad. I don’t know what society he’s going to grow up in. The best I can do is give him what wasn’t given to me, which is consistent support, love and care. But as far as the world that he’s going to grow up in, I can’t control that. I need to find a better balance to provide him the attention that he deserves, as well as attention that the movement and our better world deserves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor’s Note: KQED asked CDCR for a comment on the claims made in Khan’s interview. They offered a comment as to why not all names of those who’ve died have been released: “Health care status of individual inmates is protected by medical privacy laws. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As of July 17, more than 2,000 people incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and 12 have died, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/population-status-tracking/\">according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation COVID-19 tracker\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adnan Khan — who spent the last four years of his prison sentence at San Quentin — has emerged as a vocal advocate for incarcerated people still inside during the outbreak, and for their families. Last year, he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11720792/my-intentions-were-not-to-kill-adnan-khan-is-first-to-be-released-from-prison-under-new-law\">the first person to be released\u003c/a> when \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1437\">a new state law\u003c/a> challenged the criteria that allowed prosecutors to convict him for a murder he did not commit during the robbery of a marijuana dealer. Khan was sentenced to 25 years to life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While at San Quentin he founded \u003ca href=\"https://restorecal.org/firstwatch/\">FirstWatch\u003c/a>, a filmmaking project where incarcerated men tell stories about life inside prison. Khan is also the founder and executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://restorecal.org/\">re:Store Justice\u003c/a>, which promotes restorative justice workshops and provides legal help to people who are incarcerated. Khan joined \u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\">The California Report Magazine\u003c/a> host Sasha Khokha from his home in Los Angeles to discuss the COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This conversation has been edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829430\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11829430 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/headshot-1-800x688.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/headshot-1-800x688.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/headshot-1-1020x877.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/headshot-1-160x138.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/headshot-1-1536x1321.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/headshot-1-2048x1761.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/headshot-1-1920x1651.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Khan is the founder and executive director of re:Store Justice, which aims to re-imagine and reform our justice system. He is also founder of FirstWatch, a storytelling project by people incarcerated at San Quentin. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Adnan Khan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>On When He Learned About the Outbreak at San Quentin\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>When the pandemic started back in March, my fears immediately went to the prisons, because the CDC’s guidelines are not applicable to correctional settings. Six foot physical distancing and hand sanitizer — even the ability to wash your hands with soap — is limited in prisons. But somehow, COVID stayed out of San Quentin for about three months. When the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11823976/botched-outbreak-of-covid-19-at-san-quentin-was-preventable-lawmaker-says\">botched transfer\u003c/a> (of inmates from Chino) happened, that just blew us away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor’s Note: San Quentin had remained COVID-free until 121 inmates were transferred from California Institute for Men in Chino on May 30. The men had not been recently tested for COVID-19 leading up to their transfer to San Quentin.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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