L.A. and Oregon disclose workplace outbreaks. Most Bay Area health officers won't. Why?
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A Safeway distribution center in Tracy experienced an outbreak in April. California does not require public disclosure of such incidents.Daymond Gascon / The Chronicle 2020
Is it safe to go to the grocery store? Why did that restaurant close its doors for a day?
A year after officials identified the first case of the coronavirus in the Bay Area, local health departments mostly aren’t saying which businesses have seen infections at work. A patchwork of rumor, employee notifications and media reports have taken the place of the systematic reporting seen elsewhere.