Rhett Miller at Music Box (Taken 11.10.2019) |
I've really been trying to trust San Diego's Health Department, but I find it wildly irresponsible that they didn't provide yesterday's stats until today, when we set a new record for daily cases and they identified 16 new community outbreaks yesterday alone. The holidays are coming up, which likely means testing sites won't be as widely available on certain days while we should be ramping up, and just a simple glance at the 'illness onset' chart is so staggering, you don't need to even look at the math to see that if we were purple for the week ending 10.31, then we're likely sticking there for the week ending 11.7 and this week, too. Of course, testing numbers and health equity could change this but I don't see that happening, not with the illness onset numbers as high as they are.
I don't think I've been scared or a "coward" as someone called me on Twitter, but when there are things I can't control, I like to learn as much as possible as I can about them. My family hasn't been 100% locked down...we go shopping often, go to the Zoo and Safari Park frequently, hang out at my parents' backyard every once in awhile, have to use a laundromat since we don't have on-site laundry, and have done takeout more than earlier in the pandemic, though almost always from the same places (Jochi or Tacos El Panson.) Still, we do what we can to mitigate risk. We wear masks and goggles when indoors in public spaces, always wear masks outdoors, I'm like a mom with toddlers constantly making sure my family isn't touching surfaces unnecessarily like railings and crosswalks which can be done with an elbow, washing hands, and minimizing use of public bathrooms, which means we only go on adventures for a few hours max. But I'm still shocked that the messaging is so bad. A foodie Facebook group I'm in seems to have a major blindspot in never even mentioning aerosols in their endless arguments that people who don't feel safe should just stay home while they carry on with their social butterfly lifestyles. "Stay home if you're sick" is not specific enough advice when you could merely have a headache, fever, runny nose, or slight cough...symptoms most of us have worked through (I mean, sounds just like a hangover if we're being honest,) or sent our kids to school with.
All this to say, it's gonna keep getting worse before it gets better. Chicago just gave a 30 day stay home advisory and the State is considering making it mandatory statewide. Several European countries have done the same. I don't think it will happen in San Diego or statewide in California, that's exactly why we have the tiered system, but when they determined that >7/100k was a dangerous number that we'd be climbing to 10, 11, 12, either.
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- 6,927 New Cases/991,609 Total Cases (0.7% increase)* (These numbers report at 11am. JHU shows that we have surpassed 1 million cases today)
- 38 Deaths/18,108 Total Deaths (0.2% increase)
- 3.9% 14-day test positivity rate
- San Diego County Stats
- State Data:
- 661 New Cases/61,746 Total Cases
- 0 Deaths/915 Total Deaths
- 10 cases/100k population (Based on week ending 10/31, Assessed on 11/10. Unadjusted Case Rate Using Linear Adjustment)
- 2.6% Test Positivity (Based on week ending 10/31, Assessed on 11/10)
- 6.5% Health Equity Positivity (Based on week ending 10/10, Assessed on 10/27)
- County Data:
- County Launches COVID-19 Case Rate Map as Cases Set Record - County News Center
- 661 (11.10) 620 (11.11) New Cases/62,334 Total Cases
- 3 (11.10) 0 (11.11) New Daily Deaths/918 Total Deaths
- 3% (11.10) 5% (11.11) Daily Test Positivity/4.1% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/3.7% Test Positivity (14-day average)
- 8.9 cases/100k population (Based on week ending 10/31, Assessed on 11/10. County is reporting unadjusted case rate per 100,000 excluding prisons.
- Case Investigation is 95%
- New Outbreaks: 16 (Nov 10), 7 (Nov 11)/49 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
- restaurant/bar 7
- business 16
- restaurant 5
- grocery 2
- food processing 2
- hair salon/barber 2
- tk-12 school 2
- faith-based agency 1
- gym 1
- healthcare 1
- retail 9
- hotel/resort/spa 1
- Universities:
- Politics:
- Hello Joe! We've been Biden our time for a good leader - Irish Examiner (11.12.2020)
- Why Americans vote against their interests, and why it's just going to get worse. - Huffington Post 11.12.2020
- Sam Alito Delivers Grievance-Laden, Ultra-Partisan Speech to the Federalist Society. The justice railed against COVID restrictions, same-sex marriage, abortion, and the alleged persecution of conservatives. - Slate (11.12.2020)
- COVID-19:
- I keep repeating this. I mean it more seriously than ever. - Slate (11.12.2020)
- San Diego Has Sunk Back To Purple Tier. What Does That Mean? - KPBS (11.12.2020)
- The Pandemic’s Winter Surge Is Here. The numbers are rising. Our leaders must react quickly to prevent unnecessary deaths. - The New Yorker (11.12.2020)
- Music News:
- Ticketmaster Announces Plan to Check Coronavirus Vaccine Statuses Before Concerts - Pitchfork (11.11.2020)
- An Update on The Casbah, posted by Tim Mays today on Facebook:
We were actually getting ready to team up with a food vendor and open the patio and back bar area at Casbah for socially distanced dining. Not going to happen now and as Zack mentions, don't see anything changing til spring at the earliest what with holiday gatherings for the next couple months. I agree with Matt Hoyt on the insurance issue - but am not optimistic about anything happening on that front. As for indoor dining, if a restaurant is compliant and maintaining safeguards re: masks, social distancing, and employee sanitizing protocols, it's potentially safe and can come down to a person's choice to dine indoors or not, but the staff at these establishments do not have a choice, so it's a sticky issue. There are definitely a great number of restaurants and bars that have remained open without any regard to following protocols to the detriment of everyone else. There is a certain dive bar in my neighborhood that has been open the entire time from 10am - 10pm with absolutely no food service - go figure. All that being said, I won't be hosting live music at Casbah until I feel safe to attend myself. - Other News/Reading:
- 250 recommendations on how to stop “infodemics” - Forum on Information and Technology
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