Billy Eilish at Soma. Eilish is doing a livestream this weekend for $30. (Taken 11.17.2018) |
It's been another low-key week around my household. Nova and I are slowly working through Interior Design Masters on Netflix, and the other night I binged Social Distance, also on Netflix, alone while everyone slept. It was actually pretty good. Every episode is a separate story so you don't have to watch every episode or in any particular order. Now I'm starting Grand Army The only time I left the house today was to drop Nova at derby. We took the dog so she could run around at Chollas Lake, but we kept it short because a sign said the gate gets locked at 6pm.
There's a lot of reading to take in today, but the summary is that COVID numbers are up, people need to maintain vigilance, voting is going to be super safe but your polling place won't be the same as in normal times, the WHO didn't say we shouldn't have lockdowns, and the US has had 100,000 "excess" deaths, which means it's possible that COVID or COVID-tangential deaths (like people not going to the doctor or hospital for necessary treatments) are underreported by 80,000-100,000. Also, Dr. Wooten explained that we were moved from 7.1 to 7.0 because the state had counted two cases that were actually prisoners who are supposed to be excluded from the data.
Thursday is gonna suck because of the confirmation and debate, but we'll get through it and keep chugging along as we must. Maybe I'll get outside a little bit more and skip the news altogether.
- California COVID-19:
- 3,707 New Cases/877,784 Total Cases (0.4% increase)
- 35 New Deaths/17,027 Total Deaths (0.2% increase)
- 2.7% 14-day test positivity rate
- San Diego County Media Briefing and Stats
- The only way the county stayed in Red Tier was because of increased testing, especially in underserved areas. People must continue to be vigilant.
- Health equity metric is improving
- State added indoor operations
- Voting:
- San Diego will have super-polls will be open October 31-November 3
- Poll-workers
- Screening: Temperature, Questions, Symptoms
- 2 day training (compared to normal 2 hour training)
- Testing
- PPE will be provided to all 235 superpoll locations
- Cleaning and Disinfecting Protocols
- Voters:
- Signs & Messages
- Sanitizing Stations at entrance/exit
- Voters will be offered masks and gloves
- Social distancing room layout
- Multiple check-in stations
- May register and vote on the same day
- Six Recommendations to Voting In-Person
- Vote early
- Mark your sample ballot
- Go to your assigned polling place
- Bring your mask
- Be ready to social distance
- Bring patience
- County submitted Health Equity Investment Plan last week
- County Flu Vaccine events start October 22
- If there is rain in the county, some of the COVID testing sites may be closed. Check with 211 before to get updated on which sites are open/available.
- Media Questions:
- State numbers included 2 federal or state inmates. Once those were removed, county was able to drop from 7.1 to 7.0
- Too early to make predictions about the flu season or vax rates
- County has seen small upticks in cases from 0-19 years old as kids return to school and sports. Not a specific outbreak, but worth extra effort on prevention.
- We can't test our way out of COVID-19.
- State Data:
- 265 New Cases/22,750 Total Cases
- 4 Deaths/857 Total Deaths
- 7.8 cases/100k population (Based on week ending 10/10, Assessed on 10/20. Unadjusted Case Rate Using Linear Adjustment)
- 3.3% Test Positivity (Based on week ending 10/10, Assessed on 10/20)
- 5.5% Health Equity Positivity (Based on week ending 10/10, Assessed on 10/20)
- County Data:
- San Diego County COVID-19 Update – 10-21-2020 - County News Center
- 263 New Cases/53,263 Total Cases
- 6 New Daily Deaths/ 863 Total Deaths
- 3% Daily Test Positivity/3.3% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/2.8% Test Positivity (14-day average)
- 7.0* cases/100k population (Based on week ending 10/10, Assessed on 10/20. County is reporting unadjusted case rate per 100,000 excluding prisons.
- Case Investigation is 96%
- 6 New/32 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
- 2 business
- 2 restaurant
- 1 restaurant/bar
- 1 healthcare
- Confirmed cases with School Related Exposures (Pre-schools, K-12, University): 125 (10/4-10/17)| 793 6/5-10/17
- Confirmed cases with K-12 Schools Exposures: 39 (10/4-10/17)| 166 6/5-10/17
- Universities:
- COVID-19:
- Excess Deaths Associated with COVID-19, by Age and Race and Ethnicity — United States, January 26–October 3, 2020 - CDC MMWR (10.20.2020)
- Will San Diego's Live Music Scene Survive Pandemic? - NBC San Diego (10.20.2020)
- UCSD Researchers Build Database To Predict Future COVID-19 Deaths, Cases - KPBS (10.20.2020)
- Dr. Fauci Has Some Stern Warnings About Thanksgiving Gatherings This Year. It’s time to “double down” on safety protocols. - Self (10.21.2020)
- It’s Time to Talk About Covid-19 and Surfaces Again: In the early days, we furiously scrubbed, afraid we could get sick from the virus lingering on objects and surfaces. What do we know now? - Wired (10.20.2020)
- WHO Warning About Covid-19 Coronavirus Lockdowns Is Taken Out Of Context - Forbes (10.13.2020)
- CDC expands definition of who is a ‘close contact’ of an individual with covid-19. The new guidance is likely to have the biggest impact on schools, workplaces and other group settings since more people are likely to be considered at risk. - The Washington Post (10.21.2020)
- Other News/Reading/Watching:
- Don’t Buy into the Telephone Game. ‘Orders’ during the pandemic are ever-changing, and confusing for anyone. Keeping up with all the press conferences and CDC guidelines is not easy. It’s really becoming a game of telephone, from one friend to another who missed the conference. At the end of the day, make your own executive decision for you and your family and do your own research if needed.
- Dealing with friend/family barriers. With the upcoming election, there are already barriers and eggshell walks when views are different in your friend/family groups, add a pandemic to it. Not every parent is doing the same thing right now. Some parents are getting kids back into school, some parents are homeschooling. Some parents are still practicing strict social distancing, and some parents are keeping their kids home. All decisions being made have the best intentions, but if you do not agree with another parent and their choices, that’s OK.
- Covid Peer-pressure is a thing. There are many parents being peer-pressured to do what they are not comfortable doing right now. New moms especially, it’s OK to stay home in your bubble, enjoy the time with your family, do not feel pressured to expose you and your family to anything if you do not feel comfortable, It's OK to SAY NO.
- Getting a Cold Is OK. Right now, everyone that coughs, sneezes or has an unexpected runny nose seems to get banned. Kids get runny noses all the time. This is their way of building an immune system. We cannot add more stress to our lives thinking the worst, the more positivity we have during the circumstances the more better chance we have to stay strong through it all. Try not to overreact as that affects everyone around you. Now is best to get yourself and your family healthy, so put all the extra love you can into living a healthy lifestyle.
- Take Advantage of a Quiet Holiday Season. This is the one year that you actually have an excuse to get out of family functions during the holidays, so take advantage. Everyone will still be there, when you decide to make decisions in your own time.
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