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California Weighs New Stay-at-Home Order As It Prepares to Distribute First Vaccine Doses

California Weighs New Stay-at-Home Order As It Prepares to Distribute First Vaccine Doses

If projections hold, the state’s intensive care units could be overloaded by mid-December and hospitals could be dangerously full by Christmas.

KQED's Forum

December 2, 202055m 32s

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As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surge across California and much of the nation, Gov. Gavin Newsom is considering a second stay-at-home order on top of the nightly curfew for nearly all of the state’s residents. If projections hold, the state’s intensive care units could be overloaded by mid-December and hospitals could be dangerously full by Christmas. The sobering projections come as the state is set to receive 327,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine this month, but questions remain about who gets the vaccine first, and when.

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