One of my last shows...Sudan Archives at Casbah (Taken 2.29.2020) |
Darren and I are once again empty nesting while Nova stays at my parents' house. We thought construction would resume next door, but apparently they failed their first inspection so they have to rehire the tractors and excavators to give us that gentle feeling of 12 hour earthquakes all over again. So I'm gonna keep it short because there's gonna be a lot of news this week and I already have a shitload of links for today.
Besides all of today's reading, we spent some time in the yard, watched Jen Psaki and Newsom's briefings, and made AMAZING tacos with birria we got over the weekend from El Panson. We're now listening to a man who is screaming his head off in the alley so I imagine the police will make another appearance on our street tonight, but hopefully not. It's so hard not knowing the right thing to do...like is he having a mental illness crisis or is he just entertaining himself (Darren thinks he was imitating a sax solo.) And let's be real, wellness checks often don't turn out so well for those being wellness checked.
Anyway, we're like two old people around the house watching late night monologues and having a little house party of two, so I'm gonna cut. But before I do, I want to say that there's a lot of reading if anyone actually clicks around my links, but one of the reasons the aerosol transmission issue is so important is because until the CDC makes it more of a focal point of their guidance, companies, businesses, and schools can continue doing less-effective or non-effective NPIs (non-pharmaceutical interventions) like plexiglass screens, without having to address the real problems of air quality, leaving workers especially vulnerable. Like how can schools open windows and doors when for school shooter protocols, they're supposed to remain locked? Or worse, they don't have windows that can even open? It's frustrating. Nova's school is all modular buildings but so many schools have decades old buildings and air systems that should've been dealt with the last several times school bonds have passed, but instead the money was spent on football fields and lights and new administration buildings while actual classrooms continued to degrade. The whole system needs to be burned down and rebuilt, but shy of that, we deserve to know that our kids safety comes first and right now, it's just a bunch of dancing bologna. Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- Countries call on drug companies to share vaccine know-how - AP News (2.28.21)
“Rich countries, ourselves included, have a moral responsibility when you have a global outbreak like this,” Fauci said. “We’ve got to get the entire world vaccinated, not just our own country.” - Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine to start shipping soon, but early supply could be uneven - STAT News (2.28.21)
- CDC advisors recommend J&J COVID-19 vaccine - CIDRAP (2.28.21)
- FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Third COVID-19 Vaccine
- 5 Pandemic Mistakes We Keep Repeating. We can learn from our failures. - The Atlantic (2.26.21)
- Fauci says U.S. must stick to two-shot strategy for Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines: paper - Reuters (3.1.21)
- Seafaring nightmare: Aerosol transmission drove SARS-CoV-2's spread aboard a star-crossed cruise ship - Medical Xpress (2.26.21)
The new Harvard findings underscore the importance of instituting measures to control small aerosol inhalation along with measures to control large droplet and fomite transmission.
It is important to notice that when we use our best estimates of model inputs, calculated from our PNAS paper, in other environments, such as school classrooms, the contribution of fomite transmission is about 5 percent. This contribution is low but it is not zero. Therefore, we do not recommend that people stop washing their hands. - WHO: ‘Premature,’ ‘unrealistic’ COVID-19 will end soon - AP NEWS (3.1.2021)
- WHO Director-General's statement from the COVID-19 media briefing:
- Today, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire started vaccinating health workers against COVID-19, becoming the first countries to begin vaccination campaigns with doses supplied through COVAX. A further 11 million doses will be delivered this week.
- Between now and the end of May, 237 million doses of vaccines will be allocated to 142 participating economies in COVAX. Tomorrow, COVAX will publish the first round of allocations, covering the majority of economies participating in the COVAX Facility.
- In the past week, the number of reported cases of COVID-19 increased for the first time in 7 weeks. Reported cases increased in four of WHO’s six regions: the Americas, Europe, South East Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean.
- Today marks Zero Discrimination Day – a day to draw attention to the numerous barriers that stand between people and the health services they need. And it’s a timely reminder of our focus on health equality for World Health Day this year, with the theme of “Building a fairer, healthier world.”
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas (This one is a good one worth watching)
- Women's History Month
- Read Across America Day
- National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- National Consumer Protection Week
- American Red Cross Month
- Irish-American Heritage Month
- Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
- Politics:
- Tensions over vaccine equity pit rural against urban America - AP News (2.28.21)
- Local News:
- Deal reached to get California children back in classrooms. Most public school classes have not been held in-person since March of last year because of the coronavirus. - NBC News (3.1.21)
- Chula Vista Residents: Do you need help to schedule a COVID-19 test or vaccination at the South Bay Superstation? City staff are available to assist in English and Spanish! Call (619) 476-2397 Monday through Friday, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. for help in scheduling your test or vaccination. This service is for Chula Vista residents only and is for testing or vaccines given only at the former Sears building. If you wish to visit a different location, please contact 2-1-1.
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 3/1/21 5:23pm):
- 114,417,054 Known Cases
- 2,537,563 Known Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- (JHU)
- 28,659,784 Cases
- 514,333 Deaths
- (COVID Tracking Project):
- 48,092 New Cases/28,399,281 Known Cases (1.7%+ Change over 7 Days)
- 1,241 New Deaths/504,488 Known Deaths
- 46,738 Current COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- 9,595 Currently COVID-19 patients in ICU
- 3,171 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: 20.9%
- R-effective: 0.79
- 3,516 New Cases/3,479,078 Total Cases (0.1% increase)
- 215 New Deaths/52,194 Total Deaths (0.4% increase)
- 12,112,965 Doses Shipped/9,087,899 Doses Administered
- 2.6% 14-day test positivity rate
- 5,409 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-265 patients, -4.9% from prior day)
- 1,518 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-67 patients, -4.4% from prior day)
- -42.1% ICU/Hospitalization decrease over 14-days
- 2,016 ICU beds available (179 from prior day)
- MEDIA BRIEFING PRESS QUESTIONS:
- Several counties moving out of purple tier on Tuesday.
- Schools will still open in counties in purple tier.
- Vast majority of teachers want vaccines. It is their choice if they don't want to, but schools will open either way.
- 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: 19.5%
- R-effective: 0.67
- 262 New Cases/260,353 Total Cases
- 0 Deaths/3,284 Total Deaths
- 16.6 cases/100k population (Assessed on 2/23. Unadjusted Case Rate)
- 5.0% Test Positivity (Assessed on 2/23)
- 7.4% Health Equity Positivity (Assessed on 2/23)
- 504 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-15 patients, -2.9% from prior day)
- 155 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-7 patients, -4.3% from prior day)
- 227 ICU beds available (+22 from prior day)
- County Data:
- 10 Percent Of County Residents Now Fully Vaccinated - County News Center
- 269 New Cases/260,625 Total Cases
- 0 New Daily Deaths/3,303 Total Deaths
- 1,030,705 Doses Shipped/924,150 Doses Administered
- 4% Daily Test Positivity/4.1% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/4% Test Positivity (14-day average)
- 15 cases/100k population (Assessed on 2/23. Adjusted case rate per 100,000 excluding prisons.)
- 93% Case Investigation
- -11.8% Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (475 patients. -64% over 30 days)
- 30% ICU Capacity (147 patients. -61% over 30 days)
- 44 Staffed ICU Beds Available
- 1 New/30 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
- Universities:
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