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San Diego Zoo (Taken 2.2.2021)

Like a lot of people, we watched the game today. Or rather I did and Nova and Darren did everything possible not to be in the room at any time. Darren is still outraged about the NFL's treatment of domestic abuse in the league. We hadn't watched games for years because of their despicable racism and exploitation and poor attempts at social justice, and then Darren kinda started watching again and made me love Mahomes, and so here I was watching the dumb game alone. As expected, it was an awful game, it brought no joy in our house, and even the ads were subpar. But at least my new popcorn maker came in clutch. 

This week is going to be kinda nuts with the impeachment starting and teacher conferences and an upcoming four-day weekend. I've got a couple upcoming San Diego Zoo and Safari Park reservations, too, so hopefully we can get out of the house a little more now that we can return to a mask-controlled outdoor environment with relatively low-risk again.

Stay safe out there.   

 

• COVID-19:
• 'I’ve been called Satan': Dr Rachel Clarke on facing abuse in the Covid crisis - The Guardian (2.6.2021)
• Why Opening Restaurants Is Exactly What the Coronavirus Wants Us to Do - ProPublica (2.6.2021)
• The Indoor-Dining Debate Isn’t a Debate at All - The New Yorker (2.5.2021)
• U.K. Coronavirus Variant Spreading Rapidly in U.S. as Cases Double Every 10 Days - Slate (2.7.2021)
• Genomic epidemiology identifies emergence and rapid transmission of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 in the United States - medRxiv (2.7.21)
  As of January of 2021, the highly transmissible B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2...has gained a strong foothold across the world...We sequenced 212 B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2 genomes collected from testing facilities in the U.S. from December 2020 to January 2021. We found that while the fraction of B.1.1.7 among SGTF samples varied by state, detection of the variant increased at a logistic rate similar to those observed elsewhere, with a doubling rate of a little over a week and an increased transmission rate of 35-45%...Our study shows that the U.S. is on a similar trajectory as other countries where B.1.1.7 rapidly became the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant, requiring immediate and decisive action to minimize COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. 
• 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)
• Politics:
• Finally, an Interesting Proposal for Section 230 Reform. A new bill directly targets the most egregious excesses of online platform immunity. - Wired (2.5.2021)
• New Section 230 reform bill would have sweeping unintended consequences. We have to oppose it. - Fight For the Future (2.5.2021)
• News: 
• MADD requests meeting with Chiefs owners after crash leaves young girl hospitalized - The Kansas City Star (2.7.2021)
• Other Reading/Watching: 
• The NFL’s domestic violence policy is broken beyond repair. The lack of punishment for Tyreek Hill is the ultimate proof. - Think Progress (7.20.2019)
• Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 2/7/2021 7:22pm):
• 106,136,103 Known Cases
• 2,316,702 Known Deaths
• US COVID-19 Stats 
• CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
• (JHU)
• 27,004,715 Cases
• 463,437 Deaths
• (COVID Tracking Project):
• 96,003 New Cases/26,796,705 Known Cases (+3.2% Change over 7 Days)
• 1,474 New Deaths/454,314 Known Deaths
• 81,439 Current COVID-19 Hospitalizations
• 16,616 Currently COVID-19 patients in ICU
• 5,342 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: 0.76
• 15,064 New Cases/3,335,926 Total Cases (% increase)
• 295 New Deaths/43,942 Total Deaths (% increase)
• 6.1% 14-day test positivity rate
• 12,476 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-661 patients, -5.3% from prior day)
• 3,339 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-140 patients, -4.2% from prior day)
• 1,300 ICU beds available (-14 from prior day)
• San Diego County 
• Free Testing Sites and Schedule in San Diego
• VaccinationSuperstationSD
• Vaccination Dashboard
• State Data:
• Southern California ICU Bed Availability: 9.1%
• R-effective: 0.79
• 1,265 New Cases/245,331 Total Cases
• 35 Deaths/2,812 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)
• 1,117 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-21 patients, -1.8% from prior day)
• 336 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-3 patients, -0.9% from prior day)
• 179 ICU beds available (-3 from prior day)
• County Data:
• 1,230 New Cases/246,564  Total Cases 
• B117 Variant: 137 Cases  20-49 Year Olds: 59.8%
• 9 New Daily Deaths/2,821 Total Deaths
• 597,925 Doses Shipped/466,035 Doses Administered
• 6% Daily Test Positivity/9.1% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/7.2% 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 
• -10.2% Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (1,072 patients. -37% over 30 days)
• 18% ICU Capacity (325 patients. -20% over 30 days)
• 44 Staffed ICU Beds 
• 10 New/73 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
• Universities:
• SDSU COVID-19, UCSD COVID-19, USD COVID-19, CSU San Marcos, PLNU