This article, written by Dr. Dipti S. Barot, a primary care physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, was originally published by the San Francisco Chronicle on Oct. 15, 2021. It offers a clear and thorough description of the health protection of full vaccination from...
It is now almost the middle of October, and we’ve been back at school since the beginning of August. The Oakland School District had the entire summer to prepare for our return in the middle of a pandemic, but little was done to guarantee the safety of students and...
From Speak Out Now’s public services newsletter in the San Francisco Bay Area At a growing number of workplaces there have been moves towards mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for employees — a source of controversy in some cases. For some, the idea of mandating...
According to FBI data, the United States experienced an increase of 29% in murder rates in 2020 – the largest increase since record-keeping began in 1960. This increase is not regional but national – seen in 34 large cities across the country. The FBI data reported an...
It’s been six weeks since the start of the school year in Oakland Unified School District, and many COVID safety measures are still not in place. There are only 10 Covid testing sites across the entire district, and many schools lack equipment for safe outdoor eating...
