Weekly Edition: December 23, 2020

The best California Healthline coverage from the week.

Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here. Not a subscriber? Sign up   WEEKLY Edition A service of the California Health Care Foundation Wednesday, December 23, 2020 Check California Healthline online for the latest news Note to readers: California Healthline Weekly Edition is going on holiday break. Look for it again in your inbox on Jan. 8. Happy holidays. COVID Vaccines Appear Safe and Effective, but Key Questions Remain By Bernard J. Wolfson The federal government expects vaccinations to be available to everyone who wants them by summer — though glitches are inevitable. If enough of us get vaccinated, we could wave goodbye to the pandemic in 2021. As the Terror of COVID Struck, Health Care Workers Struggled to Survive. Thousands Lost the Fight. By Christina Jewett and Robert Lewis At least 2,900 health workers have died since the pandemic began. Many were minorities with the highest levels of patient contact. California's COVID Enforcement Strategy: Education Over Citations By Angela Hart Gov. Gavin Newsom said in July that California would target businesses that flagrantly violate public health orders. But the state's strategy of education over enforcement means that businesses that don't comply face few — if any — consequences. 'Nine Months Into It, the Adrenaline Is Gone and It's Just Exhausting' By Anna Maria Barry-Jester A UCSF emergency room physician reflects on California's response to COVID-19 and on lessons learned — or not — as the coronavirus makes its second devastating surge. California Healthline is an editorially independent service of the California Health Care Foundation. It is produced by KHN, an editorially independent program of the KFF. (c) 2020 Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved. Follow us on Twitter | Facebook You are subscribed to this email alert as awesomeblogger71.lificletter@blogger.com. Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive. Or, permanently unsubscribe from all emails. If you need help or have questions, please send an email to subscriptions@californiahealthline.org Please do not reply to this email as this address is not monitored.   California Health Care Foundation | 1438 Webster Street | Oakland, CA 94612