August 13, 2020 -
Daily Mail
At least 15,800 essential workers would NOT have contracted COVID-19 if California had stockpiled enough masks and PPE – and the state could have saved $93 MILLION in unemployment claims, new study finds
UC Berkeley researchers believe 35 percent of these infections could’ve been avoided. It was estimated that the cost of PPE would’ve only been 17% of what it has taken to battle coronavirus infections now due to inflated rates.