Other findings include a 3% increase in reports of physical violence, including threats with a weapon, and a 3% increase in reports of online sexual harassment. The outward effects of the pandemic on health and the economy are just the tip of the iceberg, said Anita Raj, director of the Center on Gender Equity and Health at UCSD and lead researcher on the survey. Less visible effects of the pandemic include more violence, harassment and substance misuse, compounding stress felt in communities across the state. Latinx and Asian Californians are especially likely to witness this increased violence in their communities.
The survey also took into account the rise in political and social activism seen in 2020 and its apparent effects on firearm possession.
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While the first doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine are being administered to California health care workers this week and will be available to the broader public next year Rupert McClendon will not be rushing to get it.
“I would not trust it, in no shape or form,” said 42-year-old McClendon, a special education teacher in Sacramento.
McClendon’s misgivings about vaccines are rooted in family history. His uncle Stanton, who lived with his grandmother in San Francisco, was in and out of prison, and as a result he always had a hard time finding a job. So his uncle would sign up to be part of medical trials in order to make money, McClendon says.
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