COVID-19

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County Offering Free Flu Vaccines To Prevent COVID-19 And Influenza 'Twindemic'

John Carroll

The county said on Thursday that preventing a so-called 'twindemic' where people get COVID 19 and the flu is imperative. They announced free flu clinics and urged everyone to get vaccinated.
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FDA Approves First COVID-19 Drug: Antiviral Remdesivir

Marilynn Marchione / Associated Press

Gilead Sciences Inc., said Thursday that Remdesivir is approved for people at least 12 years old who need hospitalization for their coronavirus infection. A large U.S. study found it cut the time to recovery by five days — from 15 days to 10 on average.
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San Diego County Reports 263 COVID-19 Cases, Six Deaths

City News Service

The numbers came as officials reminded county residents the region is "too close for comfort" to the most-restrictive purple tier in the state's four-tier coronavirus monitoring system.
KPBS Evening Edition

Court Orders California To Cut San Quentin Inmates By Half

Don Thompson / Associated Press

A California appeals court has ordered state corrections officials to cut the population of one of the world’s most famous prisons to less than half of its designed capacity.
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Pandemic’s Death Toll 66% Higher Than Official Counts, inewsource Finds

Jill Castellano

Mary Plummer

Turns out, far more people have died during the pandemic than previously known. Our latest story uncovers new details about the death toll in San Diego County.
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Here’s Why We Wrote About Pandemic Deaths After The County Pushed Back

Jill Castellano

Mary Plummer

Epidemiologists have used this calculation for more than a century to estimate the death toll of hurricanes, heat waves, virus outbreaks and other disasters. We consulted with eight epidemiologists and mortality researchers for this story and its methodology.
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Are The Risks Of Reopening Schools Exaggerated?

Anya Kamenetz / NPR

New research has found few links between in-person K-12 schooling and COVID-19 case rates. "There is not a consistent pattern," one study author said.
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'All You Want Is To Be Believed': Sick With COVID-19 And Facing Racial Bias In The ER

April Dembosky / NPR

When a Latina woman went to a Bay Area hospital, a doctor was dismissive of her COVID symptoms. Is unconscious bias one reason people of color are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus?
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California Will Allow Fans In Stadiums But Not In Theme Parks

The Associated Press

California will allow fans to attend outdoor professional sporting events in areas at less risk for the coronavirus even as it prohibits larger theme parks from reopening.
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High Testing Rates Keep San Diego In Red Tier As COVID-19 Cases Continue To Rise

City News Service

Despite an unadjusted daily COVID-19 case rate of 7.8 per 100,000 population, San Diego County was again able to avoid being pushed into the most restrictive purple tier of California's four-tier reopening system Tuesday.