CoViD-19: Stay Home Sunday | California Reports 50,141 Cases, 1/3 Of New US Cases | HR 133 Signed Including COVID-19 Relief |

 

My parents have a strange collection of musical stuffed animals (Taken 12.25.2020)

It has been another cozy day at home. I'm in my Christmas pajamas and Santa snuggie and a pair of fuzzy socks. We've been enjoying the tamales we picked up from MexMart, and have been working through Christmas leftovers all weekend in our lounginess. I've even started enjoying football again, which is unexpected. Have you ever noticed how the enthusiasm level of the announcers for the Chiefs and Seahawks games is super elevated and they sound like they're being punished when they have to do Chargers games? It's kinda funny when you catch it. 

I'm posting a little earlier than usual because there was recent *breaking news* that the covidiot-in-chief signed HR133 which is the massive bill that keeps the government running through September, is a general spending bill, and the inclusion of the $900b stimulus/pandemic relief program. So it appears there was no reason for the delay except abject cruelty and political stunting. I'm watching the stupid dumbasses on KUSI and it is unbelievable they can even call themselves news. Their misrepresentation of information and facts makes me irate.  

Speaking of information, numbers are a little funny right now...some testing sites were down for the holidays so the San Diego positivity rate is really high, some Government departments were closed, and judging by current county job postings, San Diego is short of needed medical examiners and is even looking for a Public Health Medical Officer. There was below average national testing, resulting in California representing 1 in 3 cases nationally. The fact that three friends lost their dads in the past week makes me think that numbers will be really grim as the data catches up. Be safe out there, and don't forget that you're supposed to quarantine travelled during the holiday. 

• COVID-19:
• Test Positivity Is a Bad Way to Measure Covid’s Spread. So why do policymakers keep using it? - Wired (12.22.2020)
• Fauci shares Biden's concern that 'darkest days' may be ahead in Covid-19 fight - CNN (12.27.2020) 
• For Scientists Who Study Virus Transmission, 2020 Was A Watershed Year - NPR (12.26.2020)
• Oregon Hospitals Didn't Have Shortages. So Why Were Disabled People Denied Care? - NPR (12.21.2020)
• CDC issues new guidance about vaccinations for people with underlying health conditions - The Hill (12.26.2020)
• Politics/News:
• Trump signs massive measure funding government, COVID relief - AP News (12.27.2020)
• Statement from the Office of the Press Secretary
• Governors on Covid-19 policies: 'We were all trying to figure this thing out as we went' - Politico (12.27.2020)
• Other Reading:
• Charles Hatfield Made It Rain in San Diego. The Problem Was He Couldn’t Make It Stop. - Daily Beast (12.27.2020)
• Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 12/27 5:22pm):
• 80,728,170 Known Cases
• 1,763,715 Known Deaths
• US COVID-19 Stats (COVID Tracking Project):
• 152,461 New Cases/18,907,656 Known Cases (7.1%+ Change over 7 Days)
• 1,395 New Deaths/324,796 Known Deaths
• 118,720 Current COVID-19 Hospitalizations
• 22,447 Currently COVID-19 patients in ICU
• 7,878 COVID-19 patients currently on ventilator
• California COVID-19 Stats:
• Aggregate California ICU Bed Availability: 0.0%
• 50,141 New Cases/2,122,806 Total Cases (2.4% increase)
• 237 New Deaths/24,220 Total Deaths (1% increase)
• 12.3% 14-day test positivity rate
• 29,059 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+262 patients, +1.3% from prior day)
• 4,214 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (+83 patients,+2.0% from prior day)
• 1,475 ICU beds available (+83 from prior day)
• San Diego County Stats
• State Data:
• Southern California ICU Bed Availability: 0.0%
• 2,686 New Cases/142,644 Total Cases
• 0 Deaths/1,402 Total Deaths
• 67.1 cases/100k population (Based on week ending 12/15, Assessed on 12/22. Unadjusted Case Rate)
• 10.9% Test Positivity (Assessed on 12/22)
• 17.2% Health Equity Positivity (Assessed on 12/22)
• 1,481 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (+24 patients, +1.6% from prior day)
• 397 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+27patients, +7.3% from prior day)
• 171 ICU beds available (+1 from prior day)
• County Data:
• 3,132 New Cases/145,779 Total Cases 
• 0 New Daily Deaths/1,402 Total Deaths
• 27% Daily Test Positivity/12.3% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/10.4% Test Positivity (14-day average)
• 36.3 cases/100k population (Assessed on 12/22. Adjusted case rate per 100,000 excluding prisons.) 
• 52% Case Investigation (under 70% goal)
• 5% Increasing Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (1,458 COVID-19 Patients, 142% increase over 30 days)
• 18% ICU Capacity (under 20% Trigger. 370 COVID-19 Patients, 116% increase over 30 days)
• 10 New/60 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
• Universities:
• SDSU COVID-19, UCSD COVID-19, USD COVID-19, CSU San Marcos, PLNU