COVID-19 Archives - Oakland Voices

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How Has COVID and the Pandemic Impacted Your Life?

March 28, 2024 Ryan Barba and Debora Gordon

Oakland Voices writers reflect on four years since the beginning of the pandemic.

How Has COVID and the Pandemic Impacted Your Life?

March 26, 2024 Sara Rowley, Brandy Collins and Katharine Davies Samway

Oakland Voices alum reflect on four years since the beginning of the pandemic. Some found new hobbies – mushroom foraging, for example – while others were at turning points in their careers.

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An Unprecedented Pandemic: A Lookback to Three Years Ago

March 21, 2023 Oakland Voices

Three years ago this month, we went into a lockdown. Schools and many workplaces closes. Restaurants shut down. What many thought was a short-term situation that would last maybe a few weeks — or a

Alameda County in Medium COVID-19 Tier

December 13, 2022 Momo Chang

Update as of Tuesday, December 20, 2022: The City of Oakland reinstates mask mandate inside all city buildings, effective until March 31, 2023. City buildings include “libraries, City senior centers, senior adult care facilities, recreation

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Alameda County Reinstates Indoor Masking

June 3, 2022 Momo Chang

Alameda County is reinstating an indoor masking mandate starting today, Friday, June 3, 2022. (The mandate does not apply to the City of Berkeley, which has its own health department). “Rising COVID cases in Alameda County

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COVID Cases Rise in the Bay Area; Free COVID Tests Mailed to Home

May 18, 2022 Momo Chang

COVID cases are rising in the Bay Area, and health officials are asking people to exercise caution. Even though masks are no longer required in indoor spaces, Alameda County public health officials and the state

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Managing and Adapting to Change During the Pandemic: Kevonna Taylor

March 3, 2022 Kevonna Taylor

We asked our Oakland Voices alumni community members and correspondents: How has pandemic life changed your habits and your outlook? How have you navigated public spaces and health risks now that we are in a

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COVID Zooming, Blooming, and Mostly Not Dooming

March 1, 2022 Debora Gordon

“In some ways, phone, email, text and Zoom have increased my contact with friends.”

Some Unexpected Outcomes of the Pandemic: Katharine Davies Samway

February 25, 2022 Katharine Davies Samway

We asked our Oakland Voices alumni community members and correspondents: How has pandemic life changed your habits and your outlook? How have you navigated public spaces and health risks now that we are in a

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How My Life Has Changed Since the Pandemic: Amelah El-Amin

February 15, 2022 Amelah El-Amin

We asked our Oakland Voices alumni community members and correspondents: How has pandemic life changed your habits and your outlook? How have you navigated public spaces and health risks now that we are in a