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From KQED.

From KQED.

From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, this is Forum.

I'm Farida, Javala Romero.

Low-wage frontline workers have kept Californians fed and vulnerable populations cared for since the start of the pandemic.

But how well have we cared for them?

We'll hear about people working in restaurants,

grocery stores, home health care, and other industries who feared losing income or their jobs

if they took time off to recover from COVID-19. And as the state moves toward a full reopening

next month, we'll look at the lessons that came out of the pandemic on how we can

better protect low-wage frontline workers we depend on. That's next on Forum right after this news.

Welcome to Forum. I'm Faridava Romero. Low-wage frontline workers have faced a high

risk while at work lately. In the first 10 months of the pandemic, deaths among the state's

essential workers made up almost 90% of additional deaths among working-age Californians compared to the year before,

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