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Her daughter still has weak lungs due to COVID and has had to go to the hospital another two times due to the disease’s long-term effects. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just wish that there would be some laws and protection that would allow survivors to take the time off,” Maurice said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also worries that many people are already forgetting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we just have a short-term memory,” Maurice said of the feeling that many Americans have mentally moved beyond the pandemic. “All the struggles we went through as a nation — everybody’s starting to forget.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maurice participated in a virtual event on June 12 called “Summer 2021 COVID Survivor Summit,” a gathering for people who’ve had direct experiences with COVID-19, like getting sick from the virus and suffering long-term effects, or who’ve lost a loved one to coronavirus virtually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>COVID Survivors for Change, which organized the event, is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirusliveupdates/news/11877829/covid-survivors-call-for-financial-support-for-memorials-medical-leave\">calling for national paid family and medical leave, funds for COVID memorials and programs supporting COVID survivors\u003c/a>, including scholarships for children impacted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have been over 62,500 COVID-19 deaths as of June 16 in California since the start of the pandemic, according to the California Department of Public Health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nation and the pandemic are “at an inflection moment,” said Chris Kocher, an event organizer with COVID Survivors for Change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is this emotional shift in the nation. People are looking to move on,” he said. “We hear a lot about this ‘get back to normal,’ right? These are very heartbreaking terms that are not available for millions of Americans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11877992 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/0692021_ReopeningJune15_PU_Sized_15-1020x680.jpg']“Yes, the pandemic is beginning to come to an end,” Kocher added. “But 40,000 children have lost a parent, [and] millions of Americans are living with the symptoms of long-COVID.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the summit on Saturday, survivors expressed concerns about lifting COVID restrictions, like masking and social distancing requirements, especially when young children remain unvaccinated and when it’s still unclear how to check an unmasked person’s vaccination status. Summit participants also learned how to lobby lawmakers and organize local marches and awareness campaigns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would have liked the reopening to happen with a little more caution,” Maurice told KQED on June 15, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11877992/whats-actually-changed-in-california-now-the-state-has-reopened\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California’s reopening day\u003c/a>. “I would have liked it better if there were more people being vaccinated and more education around the vaccine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Maurice, the impacts of COVID on her family are still being felt today and she wishes everyone would do their part to take care of one another. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wish people would do something to be an advocate for positive change for the whole country,” she said. “We’ve been saying that we’re in this together, but people now are acting like they’re not in this together anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878067/la-gran-reapertura-de-california-que-ha-cambiado-y-que-no-el-15-de-junio\">Leer en español\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s grand reopening day is finally here, but it comes with a few asterisks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This Tuesday, our 15-month-long ordeal of public health restrictions, mandates, bans and color-coded tiers to stem the COVID-19 pandemic will finally come to an end. As Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11868240/newsom-announces-plan-to-open-up-business-as-usual-in-california-by-june-15\">said in April\u003c/a> and reaffirmed in May, June 15 is when “we can start to open up…business as usual.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as that much-touted date approaches, the governor’s promise of a sudden milestone is colliding with the loophole-ridden gradualism of California labor law, local control and the imperatives of fighting a diminishing — but not defeated — virus that has killed 62,500 Californians and counting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some mixed messages along the way have added to the confusion. So what will — and won’t — actually happen on Tuesday? Many of your questions, answered.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Will I be able to sit inside a bar, work out at a gym or go to the movies?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Probably.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average Californian can expect things to look fairly back-to-normal in most of the ways that matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moving “\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Beyond-Blueprint-Framework.aspx\">beyond the blueprint\u003c/a>,” to use the state’s branding, and instead using federal health guidance for public places means that most businesses can dispense with social distancing requirements, capacity limits and forced closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s a difference between “can” and “must.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties will still be free to impose their own public health restrictions if they choose to — but only if they’re stricter than what the state is requiring. So far, no counties have said that they’ll part ways with the state’s rules, though a few, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/coronavirus/what-will-the-bay-area-look-like-when-california-reopens-on-june-15/2561205/\">like San Francisco\u003c/a>, say they’re still mulling over their options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even so, businesses aren’t taking any chances. On Tuesday, more than 35 business groups sent a letter to county governments across the state begging them to stick to the statewide rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though business groups, who don’t relish the idea of getting sued, are hoping for consistent, cheap and easy-to-follow standards, your favorite restaurant, movie theater or hair salon is also free to impose its own public health restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means you shouldn’t be surprised if you still spot a few “No Mask, No Service” signs after June 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Can I go to a concert?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Depends. Are we talking open mic at the local bar or Beyoncé at an arena?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has said it will \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Beyond-Blueprint-QA.aspx\">impose additional restrictions on “mega events.”\u003c/a> That’s defined as anything that draws more than 5,000 people indoors or 10,000 outside. (Sorry, nameless dude playing a melodica into a loop pedal, you are not a mega event).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the most recent state guidance, concerts, conventions and other indoor mega events will only be open to people who can prove that they’ve either been vaccinated (by showing a vaccination card, a photo of the card, or documentation from a doctor) or that they tested negative for the coronavirus in the last 72 hours. That kind of proof won’t necessarily be required at outdoor events such as baseball games, but the state is recommending that stadiums either impose such a rule or require masking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11878044\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11878044\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1233049916-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Three people sitting inside a bar without facemasks.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1233049916-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1233049916-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1233049916-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1233049916-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1233049916-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1233049916-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1233049916-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fully vaccinated customers gather at the bar inside Risky Business, a private members-only club in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on May 21, 2021. \u003ccite>(Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Once I’m inside the bar, gym or movie theater, can I finally take this mask off?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Yes, if you’re vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s public health officials confirmed Wednesday that along with relaxed social distancing, the state will also drop its mask mandate on June 15 and instead adopt the recommendations of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Dr. Mark Ghaly, Health and Human Services Secretary\"]‘We are not requiring businesses to, for example, have somebody at the door checking for vaccine status as a way to comply with this.’[/pullquote]That means vaccinated adults should feel free to go mask-less in most public spaces. There are still exceptions for venues where the potential for many vulnerable people congregating in a confined place is high: hospitals and other health care settings, school classrooms, prisons and jails, public transit and nursing homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re unvaccinated, you’ll still be required to wear a mask indoors in most public places, though it’s not entirely clear if or how that will be enforced. On Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly said that businesses can require masks of all customers, implement a vaccination verification system or simply go with the honor system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not requiring businesses to, for example, have somebody at the door checking for vaccine status as a way to comply with this,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11878051\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11878051\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/0682021_ReopeningJune15_PU_Sized_08.jpg\" alt=\"Two people working at the grill of a restaurant.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/0682021_ReopeningJune15_PU_Sized_08.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/0682021_ReopeningJune15_PU_Sized_08-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/0682021_ReopeningJune15_PU_Sized_08-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/0682021_ReopeningJune15_PU_Sized_08-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Armstrong, 51 and his wife, Paula Armstrong, 45, prepare pick up orders during lunch hour at their Long Beach restaurant, VBurger, on June 8, 2021. ‘It’s been very challenging for us, but we couldn’t back out,’ said Armstrong of opening mid-pandemic last year. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>What about when I’m at work?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For anyone who has a job, doesn’t work from home and spends their work hours with other human beings, this Q&A just got a lot more complicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since last November, the state’s workplace safety regulator has been requiring most employees across the state to mask up and maintain 6 feet of distance from one another when possible. They’ve also required stores, restaurants and other employers to provide personal protective equipment to their staff, offer testing when necessary and, in some cases, set up pathogen-blocking furnishings such as plexiglass shields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those requirements seem to be on the way out, but not on June 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Rachel Michelin, president of the California Retailers Association\"]‘We can’t be the mask police. This totally contradicts the messaging that came out of the governor’s office, which was June 15, we’re opening up the economy.’[/pullquote]Wednesday night, the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Board agreed to take the new state public health mask guidance into account and vote on new workplace rules on June 17. If affirmed, those rules wouldn’t ordinarily become official policy until June 28. But on Monday, Newsom vowed to sign an executive order putting the rules into effect immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board unanimously voted to revoke a vote last week to adopt new workplace rules that would let workers go without a mask, but only so long as they and all their colleagues are vaccinated. Employers would have also been required to provide N95 masks to staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That idea did not go over well with the state’s business interests. How, they asked, is an employer supposed to find out which workers are not vaccinated? What if vaccinated employees, chafing at their masks, begin harassing their unvaccinated colleagues? How expensive are all these masks going to be?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='Related Coverage' tag='coronavirus']“We can’t be the mask police,” said Rachel Michelin, president of the California Retailers Association. “This totally contradicts the messaging that came out of the governor’s office, which was June 15, we’re opening up the economy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s business interests lobbied the governor directly, asking him to do an end run around the state’s workplace safety regulators and issue an executive order to “align” workplace guidelines with guidance from the state public health department and federal CDC. They renewed that request after the Cal/OSHA decision Wednesday night, urging Newsom to provide all employers with “consistency and certainty.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom declined on Friday to say whether he would act on that request. On Wednesday, Ghaly said the administration was “in no way predisposing or pushing for one outcome over the other” but for now was simply leaving it up to the workplace safety board.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Presumably state agencies will be abiding by the state public health guidelines?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>You might think that. And that might very well be the case. But at least for now, it appears to be up to the agencies themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday night — just hours before the state’s reopening at midnight — the California Department of Human Resources sent an advisory to department heads across state government. State offices that serve the public directly, like offices and stores across the state, will not be required “to inquire about a member of the public’s vaccine status.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, the advisory read, agencies “should provide notice to all customers, guests and members of the public that face coverings are required for unvaccinated individuals. If an individual without a face covering enters a state building, the department should assume the individual is complying with the requirement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State employers are also being told to keep their flexible work-from-home policies in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11878049\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11878049\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1233471456-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1233471456-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1233471456-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1233471456-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1233471456-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1233471456-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1233471456-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1233471456-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a press conference to discuss the state reopening at Universal Studios in Hollywood, California on June 15, 2021. California will let fully vaccinated workers go maskless after June 17, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday. \u003ccite>(Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Is the state still going to be in a state of emergency?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Yes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Does that mean the state isn’t actually going to reopen?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the governor was asked on Friday whether, come June 15, he would also rescind the state of emergency proclamation that he issued in the early days of the pandemic in March 2020, Newsom — to the surprise of many and dismay of some — said that he would not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So how can the state possibly reopen for “business as usual” when it’s simultaneously under an emergency?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answer might be that the definition of “state of emergency” under California law doesn’t necessarily mean “emergency” in the everyday “something is on fire” sense of the word.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Brandon Stracener, California Constitution Center at UC Berkeley\"]‘Abruptly terminating the emergency would cancel all that wholesale … A gradual transition process that involves the Legislature is far better, and permits a rapid response to any unexpected surge in the pandemic.’[/pullquote]While the California Emergency Services Act does give the governor exceptionally broad powers to govern by fiat during a period of crisis, in practice the governor has evoked that power during the pandemic to administer various public health and economic relief programs and to collect federal aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Abruptly terminating the emergency would cancel all that wholesale,” said Brandon Stracener, research fellow at the California Constitution Center at UC Berkeley. “A gradual transition process that involves the Legislature is far better, and permits a rapid response to any unexpected surge in the pandemic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With executive orders empowered by the proclamation, Newsom has loosened regulations to allow more people to administer vaccines, banned water shut-offs on homes with delinquent utility bills, given cities the ability to freeze commercial evictions, allowed local governments and courts to conduct public hearings over Zoom and given businesses on state roads the freedom to set up parklets and other street-side services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor is hoping to extend some of the programs long past June 15 — either as long as the effects of the pandemic coursing through the state last, or until the Legislature can make it permanent by statute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On June 2, for example, the governor’s office assured local governments that they would still be allowed to hold meetings remotely. “The Governor recognizes,” Cabinet Secretary Ana Matosantos wrote in an open letter, “the importance of an orderly return to the ordinary conduct of public meetings of state and local agencies and boards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some local governments are deciding to return somewhat to normal; San Francisco Mayor London Breed presided over four weddings at City Hall to mark its reopening Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans in the Legislature have long bristled at the governor’s unprecedented use of executive power during the pandemic, and are now attacking him leading up to an all-but-certain recall election this fall. On Monday, Assemblymembers Kevin Kiley of Rocklin and James Gallagher of Yuba City and state Sen. Melissa Melendez from Riverside County demanded that the administration explain what justified the continued proclamation of the emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some emergencies from recent wildfires and past droughts are still active, Newsom’s office notes. State law does give the Legislature the ultimate check on the governor’s emergency powers. All they need to do is pass a resolution declaring the emergency to be over. But they haven’t. And with Democrats enjoying supermajorities in both the Assembly and Senate, they aren’t likely to anytime soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11859270\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11859270\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS46696_011_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"State Capitol in Sacramento\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS46696_011_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS46696_011_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS46696_011_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS46696_011_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS46696_011_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fence lines the perimeter of the state Capitol building in Sacramento on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>What about the state Capitol?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The halls of state government will be reopening on June 15, too. But befitting a deliberative body, it’ll be doing so at a slower pace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Starting on Tuesday, the building will be open to a maximum of 500 members of the public. Masks will still be required and social distancing guidelines will still be in effect. After that, the rules committees in both the Assembly and Senate will “continue to assess increasing capacity to a total of 1,000 members of the public as soon as the week of June 21st,” according to a statement released Friday by legislative leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the beginning of the pandemic, lobbyists, reporters and the general public have been permitted to enter the Capitol only under very limited and supervised conditions.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Many of your questions, answered.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Will I be able to sit inside a bar, work out at a gym or go to the movies?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Probably.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average Californian can expect things to look fairly back-to-normal in most of the ways that matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moving “\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Beyond-Blueprint-Framework.aspx\">beyond the blueprint\u003c/a>,” to use the state’s branding, and instead using federal health guidance for public places means that most businesses can dispense with social distancing requirements, capacity limits and forced closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s a difference between “can” and “must.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties will still be free to impose their own public health restrictions if they choose to — but only if they’re stricter than what the state is requiring. So far, no counties have said that they’ll part ways with the state’s rules, though a few, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/coronavirus/what-will-the-bay-area-look-like-when-california-reopens-on-june-15/2561205/\">like San Francisco\u003c/a>, say they’re still mulling over their options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even so, businesses aren’t taking any chances. On Tuesday, more than 35 business groups sent a letter to county governments across the state begging them to stick to the statewide rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though business groups, who don’t relish the idea of getting sued, are hoping for consistent, cheap and easy-to-follow standards, your favorite restaurant, movie theater or hair salon is also free to impose its own public health restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means you shouldn’t be surprised if you still spot a few “No Mask, No Service” signs after June 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Can I go to a concert?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Depends. Are we talking open mic at the local bar or Beyoncé at an arena?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has said it will \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Beyond-Blueprint-QA.aspx\">impose additional restrictions on “mega events.”\u003c/a> That’s defined as anything that draws more than 5,000 people indoors or 10,000 outside. (Sorry, nameless dude playing a melodica into a loop pedal, you are not a mega event).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the most recent state guidance, concerts, conventions and other indoor mega events will only be open to people who can prove that they’ve either been vaccinated (by showing a vaccination card, a photo of the card, or documentation from a doctor) or that they tested negative for the coronavirus in the last 72 hours. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>That means vaccinated adults should feel free to go mask-less in most public spaces. There are still exceptions for venues where the potential for many vulnerable people congregating in a confined place is high: hospitals and other health care settings, school classrooms, prisons and jails, public transit and nursing homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re unvaccinated, you’ll still be required to wear a mask indoors in most public places, though it’s not entirely clear if or how that will be enforced. On Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly said that businesses can require masks of all customers, implement a vaccination verification system or simply go with the honor system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not requiring businesses to, for example, have somebody at the door checking for vaccine status as a way to comply with this,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11878051\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11878051\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/0682021_ReopeningJune15_PU_Sized_08.jpg\" alt=\"Two people working at the grill of a restaurant.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/0682021_ReopeningJune15_PU_Sized_08.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/0682021_ReopeningJune15_PU_Sized_08-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/0682021_ReopeningJune15_PU_Sized_08-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/0682021_ReopeningJune15_PU_Sized_08-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Armstrong, 51 and his wife, Paula Armstrong, 45, prepare pick up orders during lunch hour at their Long Beach restaurant, VBurger, on June 8, 2021. ‘It’s been very challenging for us, but we couldn’t back out,’ said Armstrong of opening mid-pandemic last year. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>What about when I’m at work?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For anyone who has a job, doesn’t work from home and spends their work hours with other human beings, this Q&A just got a lot more complicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since last November, the state’s workplace safety regulator has been requiring most employees across the state to mask up and maintain 6 feet of distance from one another when possible. They’ve also required stores, restaurants and other employers to provide personal protective equipment to their staff, offer testing when necessary and, in some cases, set up pathogen-blocking furnishings such as plexiglass shields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those requirements seem to be on the way out, but not on June 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Come mid-June, life in California may start to look a whole lot more like pre-pandemic normal again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In just over three weeks, the state will scrap its social distancing requirements and allow businesses to operate at full capacity, California's top health official announced Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Mark Ghaly, the state's health director, said the dramatic statewide decline in COVID-19 case rates and hospitalizations, and the increase in vaccinations, is a solid indicator that it will be safe to remove nearly all restrictions by June 15, when the state is planning to \"fully reopen.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Dr. Mark Ghaly, California Health and Human Services secretary\"]'The big message today is we're at a place with this pandemic when those requirements of the past are no longer needed for the foreseeable future.'[/pullquote]\"Something very important happens on June 15 in California. We are now at a point, given our metrics that we’ve been watching, that California is at a place where we can begin to talk about moving beyond the blueprint,” Ghaly said, referring to the state's color-coded, \u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/\">four-tier system \u003c/a>that has restricted activities based on each county’s virus prevalence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The big message today is we're at a place with this pandemic when those requirements of the past are no longer needed for the foreseeable future,\" Ghaly said. Limits on how many people can be inside businesses at any one time, “which have been a hallmark” of the safety plan, will disappear, he said. \"Physical distancing: There will no longer be restrictions for customers in business sectors.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state's workforce regulators are in the process of developing safety rules that will apply to employers, Ghaly added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this won't mean an abrupt end to mask-wearing, he said. 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And there will not be an option to come in if you're neither of those,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ghaly made clear that California has no plans to create or require a vaccination \"passport” or other formal system of verification. Health officials, he said, will instead advise businesses and other organizations that require verification to do so \"in a way that doesn't discriminate.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On June 15, the state also plans to adopt the CDC's looser guidelines on domestic and overseas travel, Ghaly said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means the lifting of all travel restrictions unless there are certain countries experiencing outbreaks where travel is explicitly discouraged, he said. 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Her boss, Gov. Gavin Newsom, is facing a recall election this fall driven in large part by those frustrated with the restrictions he put in place during the pandemic and the state's relatively slow pace of reopening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Restrictions around eating and drinking, open bars, buffets, things like that will all go away,\" she said, noting that people can now plan with certainty for events like weddings, conventions and large sporting events. \"So that was a really important milestone as we move forward and try to accelerate the reopening and accelerate economic activity. But also doing so safely. And I think the environment is right for that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]California was the first state to issue shutdown orders as the virus erupted in March 2020. And at the start of this year, the state was the nation’s epicenter for the disease, which has now killed nearly 62,000 residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But throughout the spring, that outlook has changed dramatically, as cases and hospitalizations have plunged. Several times in the last week, new daily cases have ducked below 1,000, Ghaly said, with just over 1,300 people across the state \u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/state-dashboard/\">currently hospitalized\u003c/a> with the virus. The state is now reporting a case rate of 2.9 per 100,000, and a test positivity rate of under 1%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more than a month, Newsom and state health officials have repeatedly floated June 15 as the date they expect to lift most coronavirus-related requirements, assuming cases remain low and vaccine availability abundant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've gotten to that place,\" Ghaly said, touting the state's vaccination progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vaccine rollout in California, which earlier this year got off to a rocky start to the detriment of the Newsom administration, has since picked up considerable speed. Anyone who now wants a vaccine, should now able to easily get one, Ghaly said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Vaccines are widely available and we're proud of where we are — really among the leading states in the nation with not just the number of doses, but the percentage of our population who has gotten one dose,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state of 40 million people has to date administered nearly 35.5 million vaccine doses, and more than three-quarters of residents over age 65 — generally considered the most vulnerable population — have received at least one dose. More than 40% of the entire state has been fully vaccinated, with rates beginning to grow among children as young as 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, Ghaly said, \"We still have work to do\" in increasing vaccination rates among communities that have been hard hit by the pandemic, acknowledging that millions of eligible residents in the state have yet to sign up for appointments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today's announcement, I hope, for individuals who are considering to get vaccinated, just maybe down on the road, today gives them a chance to say this is the right time. Let me get vaccinated,\" Ghaly said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also acknowledged that California's plan carries some definite risks, noting that 10 counties remain in the state's red reopening tier, indicating \"substantial\" risk. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>The state will still recommend that organizers of outdoor events with more than 10,000 people have systems in place for attendees to verify their vaccination status or show a negative test — and encourage those without verification to wear masks. But, Ghaly stressed, \"This again, is not a requirement, it is a recommendation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for large indoor events with more than 5,000 people, he said, stricter guidelines will remain in place for the foreseeable future. \"We are requiring, not recommending the vaccine verification [or] negative test. And there will not be an option to come in if you're neither of those,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ghaly made clear that California has no plans to create or require a vaccination \"passport” or other formal system of verification. Health officials, he said, will instead advise businesses and other organizations that require verification to do so \"in a way that doesn't discriminate.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On June 15, the state also plans to adopt the CDC's looser guidelines on domestic and overseas travel, Ghaly said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means the lifting of all travel restrictions unless there are certain countries experiencing outbreaks where travel is explicitly discouraged, he said. It also means lifting all voluntary quarantines when people return to California from other states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11874798\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11874798\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/GettyImages-1232611626-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/GettyImages-1232611626-1.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/GettyImages-1232611626-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/GettyImages-1232611626-1-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/GettyImages-1232611626-1-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors enter Disneyland on the day of the park's re-opening on April 30, 2021, in Anaheim. \u003ccite>(Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"I think our shared objective has always been to get the economy open as quickly as we can by safely doing so,\" Dee Dee Myers, director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, said during Friday's press call. Her boss, Gov. Gavin Newsom, is facing a recall election this fall driven in large part by those frustrated with the restrictions he put in place during the pandemic and the state's relatively slow pace of reopening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Restrictions around eating and drinking, open bars, buffets, things like that will all go away,\" she said, noting that people can now plan with certainty for events like weddings, conventions and large sporting events. \"So that was a really important milestone as we move forward and try to accelerate the reopening and accelerate economic activity. But also doing so safely. And I think the environment is right for that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>California was the first state to issue shutdown orders as the virus erupted in March 2020. And at the start of this year, the state was the nation’s epicenter for the disease, which has now killed nearly 62,000 residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But throughout the spring, that outlook has changed dramatically, as cases and hospitalizations have plunged. Several times in the last week, new daily cases have ducked below 1,000, Ghaly said, with just over 1,300 people across the state \u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/state-dashboard/\">currently hospitalized\u003c/a> with the virus. The state is now reporting a case rate of 2.9 per 100,000, and a test positivity rate of under 1%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more than a month, Newsom and state health officials have repeatedly floated June 15 as the date they expect to lift most coronavirus-related requirements, assuming cases remain low and vaccine availability abundant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've gotten to that place,\" Ghaly said, touting the state's vaccination progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vaccine rollout in California, which earlier this year got off to a rocky start to the detriment of the Newsom administration, has since picked up considerable speed. Anyone who now wants a vaccine, should now able to easily get one, Ghaly said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Vaccines are widely available and we're proud of where we are — really among the leading states in the nation with not just the number of doses, but the percentage of our population who has gotten one dose,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state of 40 million people has to date administered nearly 35.5 million vaccine doses, and more than three-quarters of residents over age 65 — generally considered the most vulnerable population — have received at least one dose. More than 40% of the entire state has been fully vaccinated, with rates beginning to grow among children as young as 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, Ghaly said, \"We still have work to do\" in increasing vaccination rates among communities that have been hard hit by the pandemic, acknowledging that millions of eligible residents in the state have yet to sign up for appointments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today's announcement, I hope, for individuals who are considering to get vaccinated, just maybe down on the road, today gives them a chance to say this is the right time. Let me get vaccinated,\" Ghaly said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also acknowledged that California's plan carries some definite risks, noting that 10 counties remain in the state's red reopening tier, indicating \"substantial\" risk. He emphasized that after mid-June, when those tier assignments disappear, local jurisdictions can still choose to implement guidelines stricter than those dictated by the state if deemed necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Those who have decided not to be vaccinated may remain vulnerable to transmission and to some of the concerning outcomes. And we’re going to be watching that very closely,\" he said. \"But I think we are in a place statewide where we have a significant number of people vaccinated and protected.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Monica Gandhi, a UCSF professor of medicine, applauded the state's decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think this is a good thing,\" she said. \"The CDC guidance is extremely sound. It's really based on how incredibly effective these vaccines are.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the pandemic, Gandhi added, California has been more restrictive and cautious than almost any other state — among only a few yet to adopt the CDC's new guidelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But increased vaccination rates in California along with the natural immunity many residents gained during the winter surge have \"really profoundly changed the trajectory of the pandemic,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Underscoring that point, Gandhi noted that San Francisco General Hospital reported having zero COVID-19 patients on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We knew [the vaccines] were going to be effective, but we didn't dream it would happen this fast,\" she said. \"It is really exciting, and we should be celebratory, and we should open and prove that immunity works.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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