A study released Monday by the UC Berkeley Labor Center found that, in spite of Proposition 22 sponsors’ arguments that the law would benefit gig drivers, Uber, Lyft, Grubhub, and other delivery drivers in California earn well below the state’s minimum wage.

But the meager stockpile carried a high human toll as well, as according to a new study the state could have prevented thousands of new infections and even deaths among frontline workers.

The very business model behind social gathering magnets, like restaurants, nightclubs, bars and hotels do not gel with California’s new health standards as they were before the novel coronavirus said Policy Research Specialist Sara Hinkley with the UC Berkeley Labor Center.