'We're risking our lives': California's slow vaccine rollout leaves essential workers exposed

Millions who cannot afford to stay home still lack access to inoculation, even as their work puts them in harm's way

Pharmacy workers helping maskless customers. Uber drivers transporting coughing passengers. Janitors cleaning contaminated workspaces.

Amid California's slow Covid-19 vaccine rollout, millions of essential workers in high-exposure jobs are still waiting to get the life-saving doses, with many uncertain when or how they will get access.