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Better days at Bar Pink (Taken 2.17.2020)

For 13 years, Bar Pink has been everything for me: a place to see live music, a place to catch up with friends, a place to have a date night within walking distance of home, a place to catch late night drinks after shows at other venues, a place to people-watch, a place to call home. The way the bar and staff welcomed me over the years (and sponsored this website when nobody else would) will never be forgotten. I don't know specifics about the deal beyond what's been covered in the media, and I don't need to be one of the people pestering Dang or Robin or Tara or Ami or any of the other great people to get an inside scoop, but we're in a pandemic and we know that bars and venues have largely been left behind with stimulus concerns: first to close and last expected to open, besides maybe theme parks, but even then, we don't have the clout nor outdoor options that they do. So today was a really sad day as the news spread. And I'm sure there will be more information and Bar Pink will speak when they're ready instead of letting speculation and gossip run rampant. A sad day indeed. I will be pouring a few tonight in their honor. 

In personal updates, our bathroom is almost done though where the floor meets the tub still looks like shit and I don't know how they're going to resolve that. Darren broke his phone about a week ago and so he's going through the nightmare of trying to transfer his old stuff, but his shoulder is doing better so that's a plus. And we're still quasi-quarantined which has a direct correlation to how much online shopping I've been doing. I've got a newsletter to send out, so I'm gonna peace out and will catch up with you tomorrow. 

• California COVID-19 Stats:
• 3,329 New Cases/858,401 Total Cases (0.4% increase)
• 118 New Deaths/16,757 Total Deaths (0.7% increase)
• 2.6% 14-day test positivity rate
• San Diego County Stats
• State Data:
• 303 New Cases/51,329 Total Cases
• 4 Deaths/844 Total Deaths
• 7.2 cases/100k population (Based on week ending 10/3, Assessed on 10/13. Unadjusted Case Rate Using Linear Adjustment)
• 3.5% Test Positivity (Based on week ending 10/3, Assessed on 10/13)
• 5.7% Health Equity Positivity (Based on week ending 10/3, Assessed on 10/13)
• County Data:
• San Diego County COVID-19 Update – 10-15-2020 - County News Center
• 143  New Cases/51,470 Total Cases 
• 3 New Daily Deaths/847 Total Deaths
• 2% Daily Test Positivity/3.1% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/3% Test Positivity (14-day average)
• 6.8 cases/100k population (Based on week ending 10/3, Assessed on 10/13. County is reporting unadjusted case rate per 100,000 excluding prisons)
• Case Investigation is 96%
• 17 New/47Community Outbreaks (7-day)
• Business settings - 10
• Restaurant/bar - 3 
• Faith-based agency settings - 2 
• Food processing setting - 1 
• Restaurant - 1
• 47 Community Outbreaks in past 7-days:
• restaurant/bar 15
• business 21
• restaurant    3
• grocery 1
• private residences 2
• food processing 1
• hair salon/barber 0
• k-12 school 1
• faith-based agency 3
• Universities:
• SDSU COVID-19:
• 416 on-campus | 789 non-residential (13 faculty, 13 visitors) | 1,205 Total
• Please note: Of the 9 confirmed cases added to the total case count on Oct. 15, 5 are new cases. The remaining 4 cases were previously reported to the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), but only recently identified, through continued cross-referencing between San Diego State University and HHSA, as having an SDSU-affiliation. 
• Check other stats: UCSD COVID-19, USD COVID-19, CSU San Marcos, PLNU
• COVID-19:
• Covid Gives Tourism Chance to Curb Future Environmental Damage: A plunge in visitors allowed nature to recover at overrun hotspots. Now, some countries don't want to go back to the destruction of mass tourism, even when Covid ends. - Bloomberg (10.14.2020)
• Coronavirus: US study reveals risks of virus transmission in playing wind instruments. Study conducted by the University of Minnesota and published in the Journal of Aerosol Science says findings could provide ‘valuable insights’. The playing of trumpet, oboe and bass trombone is considered a ‘high-risk’ activity, while most other wind instruments pose ‘intermediate’ risk. - South China Morning Post (10.14.2020)
• Other News/Reading:
• North Park's Bar Pink Another Victim of the Pandemic - NBC San Diego (10.15.2020)
• In-Depth: Balboa Park's future unfolds during COVID-19 pandemic: Renovations and upgrades abound at San Diego icon - 10News (10.14.2020)

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