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| A Pic of Funani and Amahle at San Diego Zoo For National Hippo Day (Taken 11/20/2019) |
I had such a nice extended weekend. We got some backyard time without construction noise and Darren's cooking has been especially impressive of late. We went for a short little hike through the canyons around the 25th Street park with Ficus which was really nice and reminded me that there's a whole world outside our yard that may finally be more accessible as these vaccines continue to roll out. We also took Nova to my parents' house where she'll stay for the rest of the week so she can do her distance-learning in peace.
Of course I also watched my news binges for the day. That weather across the country is insane! Happy to pay the sunshine tax to live in this beautiful state. And while I'm thinking about California, I'm already so sick of hearing about the recall efforts. The news keeps giving airtime to this Hitler-looking guy behind the campaign named Orrin Heatlie who is a real piece of shit, sitting in front of his American flag to let us know the nationalist that he is incase it wasn't clear. Governor Newsom is far from perfect but this recall effort really pisses me off because the republicans know they would never win this state in an actual real election. Fuck all of them and I hope everyone registered makes sure to vote NO whenever this special election happens. Never forget that Faulconer didn't do shit for San Diego.
Stay safe out there. California's R-effective was green for the first time this weekend but it's now gone back up, so we may already be seeing that variant spreading which would be no bueno for sure.
- COVID-19:
- YouTube: New Variant Linked To Nigeria Found in British Colombia - CPAC (2.12.2021)
- YouTuber: Next Coronavirus Surge Won't Be What You Think--A Doctor Explains Why (2.7.2021)
- ‘I don’t want friends who put others at risk’: has lockdown wrecked friendships?Fighting over lockdown rules, clashing about coronavirus lies, or just stuck on endless boring Zoom calls: will your mates still be your mates after the pandemic? - The Guardian (2.15.2021)
- You Think The U.S. Has Vaccine Issues? 130 Countries Haven't Even Started Vaccinating - NPR (2.14.2021)
- Challenges in Ensuring Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines: Production, Affordability, Allocation, and Deployment - The Lancet (2.12.2021)
- WHO lists 2 additional COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use and COVAX roll-out. AstraZeneca/Oxford-developed vaccines to reach countries in the coming weeks. - WHO (2.15.2021)
- Virus variant first detected in the U.K. has been deadlier, study confirms- The Washington Post (2.13.2021) (Here's the study)
- WHO Director-General's statement from the COVID-19 media briefing on 15 February
- The number of reported cases of COVID-19 globally has now declined for the fifth consecutive week. What matters now is how we respond to this trend.
- Today WHO gave emergency use listing to two versions of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, giving the green light for these vaccines to be rolled out globally through COVAX.
- We now have all the pieces in place for the rapid distribution of vaccines. But we still need to scale-up production, and we continue to call for vaccine developers to submit their dossiers to WHO for review at the same time as they submit them to regulators in high-income countries.
- Last week an outbreak of Ebola was detected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Yesterday, authorities in Guinea declared a separate outbreak of Ebola in the town of Gouéké, in the southeast of the country. WHO is working closely with health authorities.
- Politics:
- Agency founded because of 9/11 adjusts to face threat of domestic terrorism - Stars and Stripes (2.14.2021)
- News:
- Other Reading:
- (Shocker) At Least 9 Far-Right Insurrectionists Have A History Of Violence Against Women. A HuffPost investigation found that multiple men arrested for the U.S. Capitol insurrection have restraining orders against them over domestic violence accusations. Others have faced charges and served prison time for sexual assault. - Huffington Post (2.9.2021)
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 2/15/21 10:24pm):
- 109,156,737 Known Cases
- 2,407,921 Known Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- (JHU)
- 27,693,062 Cases
- 486,321 Deaths
- (COVID Tracking Project):
- 55,077 New Cases/27,484,573 Known Cases (2.3%+ Change over 7 Days)
- 1,078 New Deaths/476,906 Known Deaths
- 65,455 Current COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- 13,799 Currently COVID-19 patients in ICU
- 4,454 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: 13.6%
- R-effective: 0.71
- 6,487 New Cases/3,406,365 Total Cases (0.2% increase)
- 200 New Deaths/47,043 Total Deaths (0.4% increase)
- 4.3% 14-day test positivity rate
- 9,299 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-337 patients, -3.6% from prior day)
- 2,650 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-83 patients, -3.1% from prior day)
- 1,530 ICU beds available (+102 from prior day)
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| CA Risk Decreased as of 2/15/2021 Source: CovidActNow |
- San Diego County COVID-19:
- Free Testing Sites and Schedule in San Diego
- VaccinationSuperstationSD
- Vaccination Dashboard
- State Data:
- Southern California ICU Bed Availability: 10.6%
- R-effective: 0.78
- 568 New Cases/252,247 Total Cases
- 28 Deaths/3,037 Total Deaths
- 35.4 cases/100k population (Assessed on 2/9. Unadjusted Case Rate)
- 9.1% Test Positivity (Assessed on 2/9)
- 12.1% Health Equity Positivity (Assessed on 2/9)
- 842 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-20 patients, -2.3% from prior day)
- 283 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-15 patients, -5.0% from prior day)
- 181 ICU beds available (+20 from prior day)
- County Data:
- 693 New Cases/252,943 Total Cases
- 0 New Daily Deaths/3,037 Total Deaths
- 703,200 Doses Shipped/651,450 Doses Administered
- % Daily Test Positivity/% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/% Test Positivity (14-day average)
- 34.2 cases/100k population (Assessed on 2/9. Adjusted case rate per 100,000 excluding prisons.)
- Universities:
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