Bonobo at San Diego Zoo (Taken 10.27.2020) |
I like to keep things up to date around here, I'm a little behind on email. My mom brought Nova home today, so we hung out in the backyard and catio for a while. After she left, Darren got tacos from El Panson and we spent the afternoon on the catio working and reading and whatnot. By late afternoon, Darren and I made our way to CVS so I could get my Pfizer vaccine. I certainly think the tier system is not really fair, but I also know that all the experts say to get one when you can, so I did. I feel fine, but I'm gonna log off so we ca have some family TV time.
Since we spent most of the day outside, I only caught part of the White House briefing and part of the Governor's Zoom with state senators to sign AB/SB 86 to get kids in schools. I kept seeing the story about the San Diego Zoo's great apes getting COVID vaccines, so I shared that here, and there's other weekend reading, including an interview about post-COVID agoraphobia and anxiety. I also included the revised Activity and Business Tiers based on the new equity goals, including theme parks and stadium openings. I included those as jpegs at the end of this post. I'll work through the rest of my email this weekend and share if there's anything noteworthy that I missed. In the meantime, stay safe out there, and #rocktheshot as soon as you can.
- COVID-19:
- California Updated the Blueprint for a Safer Economy- Activity and Business Tiers
- California Stadiums, Theme Parks Could Reopen in April With Restrictions. They'll be subject to strict conditions, including capacity limits based on a county's rate of COVID-19 spread and required mask-wearing. - NBC San Diego (3.5.21)
- Great Apes At The San Diego Zoo Are The First Non-Humans To Receive COVID Vaccines - CBS News (3.4.21)
- Great apes at the San Diego Zoo got coronavirus vaccines: ‘These animals are incredibly precious’ - Washington Post (3.4.21)
- San Diego Zoo Apes Receive Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine - kpbs (3.4.21)
- Estimated SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Among Persons Aged <18 Years — Mississippi, May–September 2020 - CDC MMWR (3.5.21)
"(Blood tests) suggested that approximately 113,842 (16.3%) of 698,420 young persons in Mississippi might have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 by mid-September 2020, and only 8,993 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases among young persons had been reported"-- More than 12x more positive cases than tested/reported. - Covid-19 death rates 10 times higher in countries where most adults are overweight, report finds - CNN (3.5.2021)
(Remember that not only are fat people more likely to have health conditions, but we also breathe out more aerosols and are super-spreaders.) - Exhaled aerosol increases with COVID-19 infection, age, and obesity - PNAS (2.23.21)
- The Study: COVID-19 and Obesity: The 2021 Atlas - World Obesity Federation (March 2021)
- Outcomes and Mortality Among Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19 at US Medical Centers - JAMA (3.5.21)
Among 192 550 adults hospitalized with COVID-19 who were discharged from 555 US medical centers, 101 089 (52.5%) were men, 83 567 (43.3%) were White, and 125 543 (65.2%) had Medicare or Medicaid insurance. The most common comorbidities included hypertension (118 418 [61.5%]), diabetes (73 939 [38.4%]), and obesity (52 759 [27.4%]) - Politics:
- California AG office withholding data on gun sales, restraining orders from researchers - The Sacramento Bee (3.4.21)
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, March 5, 2021
- Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
- The current numbers remain concerning. Cases and deaths are still too high and have now plateaued for more than a week at levels we saw during the late summer surge following six weeks of steady declines.
- Researchers found that increases in both daily death rates and COVID cases and deaths slowed significantly within 20 days of putting masks mandates into place. And protective effect of the mask mandates grew stronger over time. In contrast, increases in daily death rates of COVID-19 cases and deaths grew more quickly within 40 to 80 days following restaurants being allowed to resume on-premises dining.
- News:
- County Surpasses 1 Million COVID-19 Vaccinations - County News Center (3.5.21)
- Today Governor Newsom signed AB/SB 86 via Zoom.
- Other Reading:
- Scared and anxious about returning to offices, restaurants, and other public places? You’re not alone - KCRW (3.2.21)
- Let this be a cautionary tale for San Diego/Balboa Park. Remember that the SF Sky Wheel was pitched as temporary. Now it will likely be there four years. Once it's there that long, why wouldn't they just make it a permanent attraction?
SkyStar Observation Wheel in SF's Golden Gate Park reopens - Bay Area ABC7 (3.4.21) - The American Dream is dying, and it’s taking democracy with it - The Washington Post (3.5.21)
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 3/5/21 8:23pm):
- 116,061,296 Known Cases
- 2,580,050 Known Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- (JHU)
- 28,890,034 Cases
- 522,761 Deaths
- (COVID Tracking Project):
- 68,787 New Cases/28,654,639 Known Cases (1.5%+ Change over 7 Days)
- 2,221 New Deaths/512,629 Known Deaths
- 42,541 Current COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- 8,634 Currently COVID-19 patients in ICU
- 2,889 COVID-19 patients currently on ventilator
- California COVID-19:
- Blueprint For a Safer Economy: Equity Focus (Updated 3.4.21)
- Interim guidance for Ventilation, Filtration, and Air Quality in Indoor Environments - CDPH (2.26.21)
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Aggregate California ICU Bed Availability: 25.2%
- R-effective: 0.68
- 4,659 New Cases/3,493,126 Total Cases (0.1% increase)
- 400 New Deaths/53,448 Total Deaths (0.8% increase)
- 2.4% 14-day test positivity rate
- 4,714 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-253 patients, -5.4% from prior day)
- 1,236 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-91 patients, -7.4% from prior day)
- 2,049 ICU beds available (+54 from prior day)
- San Diego County
- Free Testing Sites and Schedule in San Diego
- VaccinationSuperstationSD
- Vaccination Dashboard
- San Diego County Of Education School Reopening Dashboard
- State Data:
- Southern California ICU Bed Availability: 25.3%
- R-effective: 0.64
- 508 New Cases/261,858 Total Cases
- 0 Deaths/3,342 Total Deaths
- 11.3 cases/100k population (Assessed on 3/2. Unadjusted Case Rate)
- 4.2% Test Positivity (Assessed on 3/2)
- 6.0% Health Equity Positivity (Assessed on 3/2)
- 424 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-29 patients, -6.4% from prior day)
- 130 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-15 patients, -10.3% from prior day)
- 250 ICU beds available (+16 from prior day)
- County Data:
- San Diego County Update - County News Center
- 499 New Cases/262,360 Total Cases
- 12 New Daily Deaths/3,371 Total Deaths
- 1,108,085 Doses Received/1,026,775 Doses Administered
- 4% Daily Test Positivity/3.5% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/3.4% Test Positivity (14-day average)
- 10.8 cases/100k population (Assessed on 3/2. Adjusted case rate per 100,000 excluding prisons.)
- 92% Case Investigation
- -12.1% Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (381 patients. -68% over 30 days)
- 30% ICU Capacity (125 patients. -64% over 30 days)
- 67 Staffed ICU Beds
- 4 New/29 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
- Universities:
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