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Balancing Health and the Economy During COVID-19

Balancing Health and the Economy During COVID-19

KQED's Forum vor 6 Jahren

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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted this week to ask the
state to provide the city with more latitude in moving up dates for
reopening things like bars, indoor dining, and hair salons.
San Francisco is one of only six counties in the state that had not
yet sought this flexibility around reopening. The move comes
at a time when officials are working to strike a balance between
keeping residents safe and COVID-19 hospitalizations manageable
while gradually reopening the economy. More than 243,000
Californians filed for unemployment last week, and while many San
Franciscans are struggling to stay afloat, the pandemic has also
exposed long-term economic inequities. In this hour, we talk
with San Francisco health and economy officials about how they
balance those concerns.