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| Happy National California Day! (Taken 6.15.2021) |
Today is National California Day, so it felt appropriate to post a pic of our California Sea Lions, but I haven't been to La Jolla since we pulled Nova from soccer, so hopefully our numbers continue to drop and I can start leaving the house a little more regularity and with a little less paranoia.
But while I'm on that, can we get back to mask basics? The State of California requires you to wear a mask when you're out in public around other people, whether you're inside or outside. A mask should be worn over your mouth and nose. The CDC is now recommending double masking (disposable surgical-type mask underneath a cloth mask on top). This means that those early days when we were making masks out of bandannas or using neck gaiters are inadequate. Pulling down your mask to use binoculars or take photos, as I saw yesterday at San Diego Zoo Safari Park, defeats the purpose, as does pulling it down to yell, or cough, or sneeze. This really isn't that complicated. Old Navy sells cute, cheap masks which go on sale all the time. You can order cheap procedure masks from Costco and it could be on your door in a day or two. If you don't have Costco, Avacare Medical is another good site. I know there's this whole pressure cooker situation where everyone wants everything to go back to normal, but masking and distancing aren't going away anytime soon, so if you haven't gotten used to it after a year, you better get used to it now.
Around here it was a low-key Monday, just the way I like, after me and Darren had a speakeasy night. We don't have anything really going on at all when the kid isn't around, but it is Darren's birthday this week, so maybe we'll find a special way to celebrate. Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- Nursing Home Workers Had One of the Deadliest Jobs of 2020. An analysis of incomplete data shows they had a death rate higher than that of loggers and may have rivaled fishers for the most perilous profession - Scientific American (2.18.2021)
- Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
- Covid vaccines - 'spectacular' impact on serious illness - BBC News (2.20.21)
- Hospitalizations fall for 40 consecutive days; masks may be needed in 2022, Fauci says — 6 COVID-19 updates - Becker's Hospital Review (2.22.21)
- Politics:
- Feds OK’d Export of Millions of N95 Masks as U.S. Workers Cried for More - KHN (2.19.2021)
- Dr. Fauci: Trump Let ‘Terrible Things’ Happen After Our COVID-19 Disagreements. The infectious disease specialist recalled the moment he lost influence with the former president, who instead acted “like there was no outbreak.” - HuffPo (2.22.21)
- Biden leads Americans in moment of silence to mourn 500,000 U.S. COVID-19 deaths - Reuters (2.22.21)
- Remarks by President Biden on the More Than 500,000 American Lives Lost to COVID-19
- A Proclamation on Remembering the 500,000 Americans Lost to COVID-19
- New PPP Guidelines:
- News:
- New Policy Dictates San Diego Police Response To Protests - KPBS (2.21.21)
- In Kern County, Governor Newsom Announces New Central Valley Vaccine Initiatives Serving Hardest-Hit Communities - Office of Gavin Newsom (2.22.21)
- State and county partners to launch up to 11 Central Valley vaccination sites within the next week
- State is increasing vaccine allocations to the Central Valley by almost 60 percent above last week
- An additional 34,000 doses will be made available to vaccinate food and agricultural workers through mobile teams
- Other Reading:
- Remembering Gonzalo Cardona, Protector of the Yellow-eared Parrot. The Colombian conservationist was murdered in January after counting the birds he helped save from extinction. - Audobon (2.19.21)
- Press Secretary Jen Psaki Media Briefing:
- President Biden honoring 500,000 lives lost to COVID with ceremony and flags at half staff for 5 days.
- Many confirmation hearings this week.
- "All Hands On Deck" response to COVID
- Relief for businesses with fewer than 20 employees
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 2/22/21 8:23pm):
- 111,709,452 Known Cases
- 2,473,742 Known Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- (JHU)
- 28,188,311 Cases
- 500,236 Deaths
- (COVID Tracking Project):
- 52,530 New Cases/27,932,810 Known Cases (+1.6% Change over 7 Days)
- 1,235 New Deaths/490,382 Known Deaths
- 55,403 Current COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- 11,536 Currently COVID-19 patients in ICU
- 3,804 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: 17.2%
- R-effective: 0.69
- 4,665 New Cases/3,446,611 Total Cases (0.1% increase)
- 233 New Deaths/39,338 Total Deaths (0.5% increase)
- 3.3% 14-day test positivity rate
- 7,165 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-148 patients, -2.1% from prior day)
- 2,010 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-63 patients, -3.1% from prior day)
- 1,816 ICU beds available (134 from prior day)
- San Diego County
- Free Testing Sites and Schedule in San Diego
- VaccinationSuperstationSD
- Vaccination Dashboard
- State Data:
- Southern California ICU Bed Availability: 14.8%
- R-effective: 0.71
- 517 New Cases/257,027 Total Cases
- 2 Deaths/3,190 Total Deaths
- 25.9 cases/100k population (Assessed on 2/16. Unadjusted Case Rate)
- 6.4% Test Positivity (Assessed on 2/16)
- 9.7% Health Equity Positivity (Assessed on 2/16)
- 658 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-14 patients, -2.1% from prior day)
- 205 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-9 patients, -4.2% from prior day)
- 223 ICU beds available (+4 from prior day)
- County Data:
- COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics Coming to Lemon Grove, Otay Mesa - County News Center
- 321 New Cases/257,351 Total Cases
- 0 New Daily Deaths/3,189 Total Deaths
- 822,150 Doses Shipped/742,169 Doses Administered
- 3% Daily Test Positivity/4.8% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/4.7% Test Positivity (14-day average)
- 22.2 cases/100k population (Assessed on 2/16. Adjusted case rate per 100,000 excluding prisons.)
- 93% Case Investigation
- -14.1% Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (612 patients. -59% increase over 30 days)
- 29% ICU Capacity (199 patients. -53% increase over 30 days)
- 55 Staffed ICU Beds
- 1 New/22 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
- Business 12
- Retail 1
- Grocery 2
- Government 1
- Daycare/preschool 1
- Construction 2
- Emergency Services 1
- Higher Ed 1
- Warehouse/Distribution 1
- Universities:
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