April 21, 2020

UC San Diego Launching COVID-19 Antibody Testing Program, Daycare Supposed To Open For Essential Workers, But That’s Not The Case, And Journalism In Age Of Pandemic

43 minutes

UC San Diego is launching an antibody testing program to find out who may have been infected, without experiencing any symptoms, and recovered from COVID-19. Also, testing abilities for the coronavirus in San Diego have grown more quickly than needs and some hospitals are relaxing their criteria to test more people. Plus, the city of San Diego is reopening some parks for passive use. We’ll break down what that means. And, daycare centers are supposed to be open for essential workers, such as doctors and nurses, but some of those workers say they are being denied services because of their potential exposure to the coronavirus. Finally, as more people are turning to their local news outlets for the latest on the COVID-19 pandemic, advertising revenues are plummeting, threatening the viability of local journalism.

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