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Like in so many places across the U.S., the coronavirus pandemic crept up on the San Joaquin Valley. Some of the region’s first official cases were linked to outbreaks on cruise ships that came into port in March, but as we later learned, the virus was already circulating long beforehand. Then began the slow-moving disaster. Cities and counties issued emergency orders, Governor Newsom instituted a statewide lockdown, and schools and businesses shuttered. Meanwhile, the death toll at nursing homes steadily rose and it became apparent that essential workers, many of whom are people of color, were risking their health and sometimes their lives to keep stores stocked and packages delivered to our doorsteps. This week’s COVID-19 update brings us back to March 2020 and explores some of the pandemic’s biggest effects on the San Joaquin Valley, with a focus on hospitals, food and ag, and prisons, as well as the whiplash we all felt under constantly shifting health guidelines and reopening
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