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| Matthew Caws of Nada Surf (Taken 1.18.2020) "Never Not Together" Dropped on 2.7.2020 |
Today I put on a pair of jeans and then about an hour later, I was like "what was I thinking?" and went right back to my loungy comfy pants. After we dropped the kid off at my mom's last night, Darren and I had some drinks and after he went to sleep, I had some more, and I had myself a little binge watch party. I watch the New York Times presents series from FX on HULU. I watched the Pandemic episode and the Britney Spears episode. Then I started watching the Megyn Kelly movie Bombshell, but couldn't get through it. Even watching fictionalized Fox News people was just too much for me and was killing my buzz.
There was a lot to watch today, with Jen Psaki and the COVID task force, and what Darren called "The Superfriends Episode" which was a press conference with Governor Gavin Newsom, Supervisor Nathan Fletcher, Mayor Todd Gloria, State Health Secretary Dr. Ghaly, and County Health Director Dr. Wilma Wooten. For sure Newsom is on a campaign to remind Californians all that he's done through the pandemic so people vote against the recall, but it was still kinda cute to see them all gush about each other. And anyway, FUCK KEVIN FAULCONER. He's a piece of shit and did nothing but leave destruction behind him and duck away to let everyone else handle everything so he could try to keep his own hands clean. There will be no recall votes coming from this household.
Besides all that, I am still slowly working through my email, so you may get another post tonight or a super long one tomorrow. Till then, stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- What’s the risk of dying from a fast-spreading COVID-19 variant? Deaths linked to the B.1.1.7 variant are rising, but questions remain about what is causing them. - Nature (2.5.2021)
- SARS-CoV-2 evolution during treatment of chronic infection - Nature (2.5.2021)
...Chronic SARS-CoV-2 with reduced sensitivity to neutralising antibodies in an immune suppressed individual treated with convalescent plasma, generating whole genome ultradeep sequences over 23 time points spanning 101 days. - Politics:
- House Democrats Renew Investigation Into Trump-Era COVID-19 Response - NPR (2.8.2021)
...includes details of an effort to end testing of asymptomatic infections over concerns that people who test positive would quarantine and suppress the economy... (Definitely watch Totally Under Control on HULU) - House panel renews probe into Trump administration’s interference with covid-19 response. Top Democrat makes new allegations of political appointees muzzling scientists. - The Washington Post (2.8.2021)
- Other Reading/Writing:
- The Super Bowl’s Woke Capitalism. The NFL is desperate to showcase Black talent in an effort to get us to ignore its treatment of Black people. - The Nation (2.8.2021)
- Asian Americans Are Calling on Allies in Response to a Wave of Violence. Three recent attacks of senior citizens show the continued rise of anti-Asian racism during the COVID-19 pandemic. - Vice (2.8.2021)
- Inclusionary Housing and Middle-Income Housing Study for the County of San Diego - San Diego County
- Media Briefing with Jen Psaki:
- House markups on American Rescue Plan expected this week.
- Administration will continue to reach out directly to American people:
- 100 interviews on TV & Podcasts
- 300 calls with staff on the Hill
- Media Briefing with Governor Gavin Newsom, Supervisor Nathan Fletcher, Mayor Todd Gloria, and the Padres guy:
- February 15th Blue Shield and Kaiser vaccination administration will launch
- 1,060,000 doses arrived in CA last week, about the same coming this week, slightly scaling up in two weeks
- Only 594,000 were first doses
- Anticipating J&J approval by end of Feb, will manufacture 100 million by June
- Media Questions:
- Flexibility is challenging when there is scarcity. Priority was to vaccinate the vaccinators and those most likely to die.
- Working with legislature to get schools open as soon as possible. Prioritizing K-2, disadvantaged kids, kids with developmental disabilities, foster kids, etc, then K-6, Hoping early action plan will be released this week.
- Aged-based criteria was only 65+ within the tier system.
- Details of Kaiser/Blue Shield contracts will be transparent and hopefully released this week.
- Homebound seniors will be vaccinated with county system to get to people's homes.
- LA County has prioritized 2nd doses over 1st doses. Guidance on 1st and 2nd doses will be a priority as Kaiser and Blue Shield come online.
- Vaccine distribution was initially based on population of frontline workers, thus Central Valley didn't get as many as large counties with large health care sectors. Distribution will change as more tiers are reached.
- 110 community organizations received grants to educate, provide support for vaccinations
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 2.8.2021 10:22pm):
- 106,475,358 Known Cases
- 2,325,381 Known Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- (JHU)
- 27,094,014 Cases
- 464,941 Deaths
- (COVID Tracking Project):
- 77,737 New Cases/26,875,063 Known Cases (3%+ Change over 7 Days)
- 1,309 New Deaths/455,455 Known Deaths
- 80,055 Current COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- 16,174 Currently COVID-19 patients in ICU
- 5,260 COVID-19 patients currently on ventilator
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Aggregate California ICU Bed Availability: 11.7%
- R-effective: 0.78
- 10,414 New Cases/3,346,340 Total Cases (0.3% increase)
- 153 UK Variant in California. 138 in San Diego.
- 1,203 West Coast Variants in CA (No Brazil, South Africa Variants in CA)
- 208 New Deaths/44,150 Total Deaths (0.5% increase)
- 5.8% 14-day test positivity rate
- 12,085 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-391 patients, -3.2% from prior day)
- 3,313 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-26 patients, -0.8% from prior day)
- 1,377 ICU beds available (+77 from prior day)
- San Diego County
- Free Testing Sites and Schedule in San Diego
- VaccinationSuperstationSD
- Vaccination Dashboard
- State Data:
- Southern California ICU Bed Availability: 0%
- R-effective: 0.79
- 1,230 New Cases/246,561 Total Cases
- 9 Deaths/2,821 Total Deaths
- 50.5 cases/100k population (Assessed on 2/1. Unadjusted Case Rate)
- 10.5% Test Positivity (Assessed on 2/1)
- 14% Health Equity Positivity (Assessed on 2/1)
- 1,079 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-38 patients, -3.4% from prior day)
- 328 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-8 patients, -2.4% from prior day)
- 173 ICU beds available (-6 from prior day)
- County Data:
- San Diego County Update - County News Center
- 698 New Cases/247,262 Total Cases
- 0 New Daily Deaths/2,821 Total Deaths
- 680,000 Doses Shipped/489,287 Doses Administered
- 7% Daily Test Positivity/8.8% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/7.0% Test Positivity (14-day average)
- 42.5 cases/100k population (Assessed on 2/1. Adjusted case rate per 100,000 excluding prisons.)
- 97% Case Investigation
- -10.1% Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (1,040 patients. -39% over 30 days)
- 20% ICU Capacity (320 patients. -20% over 30 days)
- 38 Staffed ICU Beds Available
- 8 New/70 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
- Business 35
- Retail 4
- Restaurant 1
- Faith-based Setting 4
- Government 4
- Daycare/preschool 3
- Healthcare 4
- Construction 3
- tk-12 school 2
- Warehouse/Distribution 1
- Adult Daycare 1
- Gym 2
- Hotel/Resort/Spa 2
- Comm-Based Org 3
- Social Club 1
- Universities:
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