California's public bus and urban transit workers have caught COVID at a rate more than 5 times higher than all other industries-- CDC report

California's public bus and urban transit workers have caught COVID at a rate more than 5 times higher than all other industries, CDC report says The CDC said California public bus and urban transit workers have contracted COVID at more than 5 times the rate of other industries. YahooNews

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Essential worker" status has come with heightened risk during the pandemic — and possibly no higher than that faced by public transportation workers.

In California, that risk has translated into public bus and urban transportation employees contracting COVID-19 at rate of 5.2 times higher than all other industries in the state, according to a report last week published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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