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Blueprint for a Safer Economy

Today San Francisco county will move into the yellow tier of the statewide Blueprint for a Safer Economy. The rest of the Bay Area counties will still remain in the more restrictive orange tier. According to the SF Chronicle:
"Data posted by the state Tuesday afternoon showed San Mateo and Sonoma counties had case rates low enough to reach the yellow tier as soon as next week if those figures hold.

Case rates in four other Bay Area counties — Alameda, Contra Costa, Napa and Santa Clara — fell into the orange, or “moderate,” range, meaning they’ll stay in that tier for at least the next two weeks.

Solano County, the last of the region’s nine counties still in the more-restrictive red tier, is also staying put because its case rates remain too high for the orange tier."

For a detailed list of what the color-coded restrictions mean (and what's now permitted in San Francisco), see:
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California’s blueprint for reopening has criteria for loosening and tightening restrictions on activities based on the level of spread of COVID-19. On this page: Current tier assignments Beyond the ...

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Covered California Says Health Insurance Just Got Too Cheap to Ignore

Think health insurance is too costly to enroll? Check again with Covered California. As of May 1, new legislation has added significant funding, especially for those unemployed. If your health insurance comes through Covered California, also check again for savings.

"The new law, signed by President Joe Biden in March, also allocates money to provide virtually premium-free coverage — in 2021 only — for anyone, regardless of income, who receives unemployment benefits at any point during the year. "

"If you are currently enrolled in Covered California, you can keep your plan and take the savings, or you could shop around and save even more — or switch to a higher level of coverage without increasing your monthly bill.

'It’s critical that anybody who buys coverage as an individual take a look, because they may be leaving hundreds if not thousands of dollars on the table,' says Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access, a Sacramento-based consumer advocacy group."

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Californians who passed up health coverage in the past may be pleasantly surprised by the lower prices available thanks to the new federal relief act.

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Low risk of infection in babies born to mothers with COVID-19, study finds

More reassurance for those who were or are pregnant during the pandemic. A Swedish study found "that although babies born of test-positive mothers are more likely to be born early, extremely few were infected with COVID-19. The study, published in _JAMA_, supports the Swedish recommendation not to separate mother and baby after delivery."

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210429112426.htm

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Researchers have studied newborn babies whose mothers tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy or childbirth. The results show that although babies born of test-positive mothers are more likely...

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