Bay Area Most Bay Area counties — including Alameda — to lift indoor mask mandates By Eli Walsh | Bay City News Foundation and Exedra Staff | February 9, 2022 Alameda County's mask requirement has been in place since August 2021, when the Delta variant emerged.
City Tracking COVID in Piedmont | Feb. 7 By Exedra Staff | February 8, 2022 Still a ways from zero COVID but downward trend continues.
COVID-19 New COVID sick leave would leave out at least 1 in 4 California workers By Grace Gedye | CalMatters | February 8, 2022 California lawmakers plan to bring back COVID supplemental paid sick leave, but it won’t cover small business workers.
COVID-19 California to loosen some mandates — and rethink school mask rules By Emily Hoeven | CalMatters | February 8, 2022 California appears to be on the brink of one of its most dramatic shifts in COVID policy: changing school mask mandates.
California Another pandemic malady? It’s called ‘decision fatigue’ By Jenny Gold | Kaiser Health News | February 7, 2022 Pandemic living has come with a barrage of daily choices that, for many, induce a sort of brain freeze.
Bay Area In Contra Costa County, proof of vaccination no longer required for some indoor businesses By Eli Walsh | Bay City News Foundation | February 4, 2022 Requirement lifted because 80 percent of all county residents have now completed their initial vaccination series.
Featured in Category Tracking COVID in Piedmont | Feb. 4 By Exedra Staff | February 4, 2022 Cases start to slow as omicron wave recedes.
California PPIC poll finds Californians split on state’s direction By EdSource Staff | February 4, 2022 Most believe the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is in the past.
California Disabled activist speaks out about feeling ‘disposable’ By Rachel Scheier | Kaiser Health News | February 4, 2022 Alice Wong, a writer and organizer in San Francisco, says the isolation and loss of the pandemic have shown society what it’s like to be disabled.
COVID-19 California eyes endemic COVID strategy as mask mandate nears end By Emily Hoeven | CalMatters | February 3, 2022 The statewide mask mandate is set to expire on Feb. 15, and state health officials may not extend it in an endemic COVID strategy.