I did not sleep at all last night. I was up all night long and then the painting crew did the rear of the house, which happens to be our bedroom wall and windows and they were blaring their radio and singing along and it was 7:11 in the morning and I was just not having it. Eventually I fell asleep and got maybe 5 hours of sleep. My butterfly was back in the yard today as I listened to the daily briefings. Sometimes the City ones are unnecessary as they are just a bunch of shout-outs and thank yous. Worthy to the people being thanked but a waste of time for the rest of us. I would imagine the City starts to wind-down the briefings and maybe reduce them to just a few times a week. I've been "rehired" or "unfurloughed" from the Casbah, which means I'll have to report earnings to UI. I'm one of the people who is currently making more on UI than my normal paycheck because of the $600/week CARES bonus, but it's a requirement of the PPP if the Casbah wants the loan to be forgiven so hopefully that means more for everyone else. Or maybe Darren's will kick in. Who knows. Anyway, today's reads and briefings are after the jump.
- The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying - The Atlantic (5.8.2020)
- The Risks - Know Them - Avoid Them (Long read, but worth it)- Dr. Erin Bromage
- 44% of community transmission is by asymptomatic carriers
- Successful Infection = Exposure to Virus x Time
- More aspiration, more risk. ie, yelling, singing, talking, exercise/heavy breathing all increase particles in the air
- Outdoor activity is much safer than indoor
- Indoor facilities: get in/get out
- Indoor spaces, with limited air exchange or recycled air and lots of people, are concerning from a transmission standpoint
- State of California Daily Briefing:
- Issuing May budget revision to January's budget at noon on Thursday
- Preparing for "fire season" although they occur year-round
- January-May 2020: California has already had 1135 wildfires
- Most open land in California is Federally managed
- State is increasing oversight of IOUs (Investor Owned Utilities)
- California is investing in Response/Prevention/Preparedness of fires
- Payment for testing shouldn't be an impediment to testing
- San Diego County Daily Briefing:
- Safe reopening of some county offices starting Friday
- Those offices will observe sanitation protocols, protective gear when necessary, hygiene/vigorous hand washing, temperature checks & symptom screening, modifying workspaces to observe social distancing
- Child support services, food inspections, others County services will roll out
- Always call ahead or check County website for openings and hours
- Continuing to open the right way so we don't have to close back down
- Moving forward as one region as best we can
- Drive-thru events: churches, protests, graduations are allowed by state but must follow safety protocol.
- No exiting vehicles
- No concessions
- No restrooms
- No spectators
- Same household in vehicles only
- Testing continues increasing, positive tests trending down
- Gatherings are not allowed
- County does not approve of casinos reopening
- Casinos claim they're going above and beyond CDC reopening guidelines
- Tribal nations have the right to work on their own timeline, but county is going to reach out to CDC and casinos directly to try and stop them
- According to Supervisor Desmond, only 6 deaths have had no underlying health condition. Dr. Wooten says County doesn't separate the deaths. Lives are not less valuable because they have underlying conditions.
- County is concerned when people are not following the health order requiring facial covering. Continue to address it by distributing coverings.
- County is planning for other emergencies during pandemic (fires/earthquakes/etc)
- Well over 50% of the general population has "underlying conditions" which include heart disease, diabetes, COPD, cancer, chronic lung illness, compromised immune system, neurological conditions, HIV, AIDS, obesity and more. Information can be found on community health statistics website.
- Most identified deaths in San Diego from Covid-19 had underlying conditions. 54% Hypertension. 36% Dementia/Alzheimers. 31% Diabetes. 30% Cardiac Disease. 20% Chronic Kidney Disease. 11% COPD/Asthma. 9% Immune compromised. 7% Only underlying was hypertension. 6% Obsesity. These align with what's being seen across the country. Percentages add up to over 100% as many patients have multiple underlying conditions (see CDC for more data).
- San Diego City of San Diego Briefing:
- SDG&E was first to have a Covid "grid stability" plan
- No new announcements, mostly shoutouts to utilities and union workers
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