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I've been thinking a lot about the past year: what's changed, what we learned, new routines, old and new habits, and all that kinda stuff in general. There are still so many projects and things I thought I'd do if ever given a year off that I haven't even touched. One of the things I'm thinking about is email. Do I keep subscribing to all these newsletters and how do I plan a transition back to music and stuff, and honestly, I don't know that I will go back the way it was before. I'm already getting requests and stuff for calendar listings and I still cringe. I'm not ready.
In the meantime, I get all these COVID and health related newsletters and one I really like comes from Kaiser Health News, which sends a daily recap of the news topics and a grip of articles related to that topic. But sometimes its infuriating. Like I swear there are links to like twenty articles --in one day--about vaccine hesitancy in rural, white, evangelical communities, especially in light of the pause of the J&J vaccine. I understand it is topical but sometimes the amplification itself is the problem. There's a reason Facebook makes so much money off sharing false and bad information. I know I'm isolated and live in a liberal bubble, but I have not met one single person who doesn't want to get vaccinated. So while the news loves the extremes--the lack of vaccines and appointments, and then endless stories about vaccine hesitancy, my head might explode. So I'm gonna cut out early and call it a night. By the way, I'm currently reading “You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories About Racism,” by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar and it's a quick read but they're so funny and the stories are both unbelievable and sadly totally true and believable.
Lots of news today on Russia, vaccine eligibility expanded to all Californians 16 and up, CDC released breakthrough virus numbers and ore
- COVID-19:
- States ranked by COVID-19 test positivity rates: April 15 - Becker's Hospital Review (4.15.21)
California still has the lowest positivity rate in the United States at 1.5% - So far, 5,800 fully vaccinated people have caught Covid anyway in US, CDC says - CNN Health (4.15.21)
78 people died. Out of 77M people fully vaccinated in US. - Politics:
- Indigenous and Environmental Groups Warn Biden Not to Trust Bolsonaro. “Do not let this man negotiate the future of the Amazon.” - Mother Jones MoJo Wire (4.15.21)
- Holding Russia To Account - Sec Blinkin, Secretary of State (4.15.21)
- U.S. Department of the Treasury is issuing a directive prohibiting U.S. financial institutions from conducting transactions in the primary market for new ruble or non-ruble denominated bonds issued after June 14, 2021. This Executive Order also provides authority for the U.S. Government to expand sovereign debt sanctions on Russia as appropriate.
- U.S. Department of State is expelling 10 officials
- U.S. Department of the Treasury is announcing sanctions against entities and individuals involved in election interference and against companies that support the malign activities of the Russian intelligence services responsible for the SolarWinds intrusion and other recent cyber incidents.
- White House:
- Remarks by President Biden on Russia
- FACT SHEET: Imposing Costs for Harmful Foreign Activities by the Russian Government
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 15, 2021
- Released $39B from ARP to states for childcare
- 3.5M vaccinations administered yesterday
- Readout of Oval Office Meeting with Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Leadership
- Remarks by President Biden Before Meeting with the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Executive Committee
- FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces American Rescue Plan Funding to Rescue the Child Care Industry so the Economy Can Recover
- News:
- San Diego City Council meetings have been long and I haven't watched in a minute, but I was curious to see what happened with the City moving to replace EMR with Falck for ambulance service. The council voted unanimously with all present to move forward. It takes a couple days for the results summary to pop up online, but you can find it here.
Item 331: Authorizing an Agreement with Falck Mobile Health Corp., to provide emergency ambulance service, 9-1-1 response, advanced life support transport and standby services - Global shortage of innovative antibiotics fuels emergence and spread of drug-resistance - WHO (4.15.21)
- California re-opens enrollment for health insurance coverage - AP News (4.12.21)
- Mayor Gloria Signs Short-Term Rental Ordinance Into Law - KPBS/City News Service (4.14.21)
- Other Reading:
- Post-traumatic growth: How COVID helps us change for the better and refocus priorities - KCRW (4.14.21)
- CalHOPE Connect offers safe, secure, and culturally sensitive emotional support for all Californians who may need support relating to COVID-19.
- The Humble Shrub That’s Predicting a Terrible Fire Season. Chamise may not look (or smell) like much, but it's actually a kind of crystal ball for understanding how badly California might burn. - Wired (4.15.21)
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 4.15.21 9:20pm):
- 138,858,768 Known Cases
- 2,984,626 Known Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- JHU
- 31,495,164 Cases
- 565,283 Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +73,622 New Cases/31,231,869 Known Cases
- +831 New Deaths/561,356 Known Deaths
- 255,400,665 Doses Delivered/Doses Administered
- Moderna 109,906,600 delivered/87,539,652 administered
- Pfizer 127,853,115 delivered/102,877,491 administered
- Janssen 17,640,950 delivered/7,736,781 administered
- California Governor Newsom Media Briefing:
- in 24 hours, CA administered over 517k doses, 2.4M in past week
- State has lowest positivity rate in the country
- 20% of sequenced cases in CA are B.1.1.7 UK variant
- 50% of sequenced cases are "West Coast" variants B.1.4.27 and B.1.4.29
- State vaccines will be flat or decrease over next 3 weeks, but that's because Federal distribution is being more direct to clinics, pharmacies, etc.
- This week: 1.9M doses to the state; 1.5M doses to clinics
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Aggregate California ICU Bed Availability: 31.9%
- R-effective: 0.89
- 30,450,640 Doses Delivered/24,163,906 Doses Administered
- 2,016 New Cases/3,608,898 Total Cases (4.9 new cases/100k)
- 136 New Deaths/59,508 Total Deaths (0.12 new deaths/100k)
- 1.7% 7-day test positivity rate
- 2,215 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+36 patients, +1.6% from prior day)
- 510 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (+5 patients, +1.0% from prior day)
- 3,051 ICU beds available (727 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: 33.3%
- R-effective: 0.91
- 260 New Cases/273,969 Total Cases
- 25 Deaths/3,648 Total Deaths
- 6.3 cases/100k population (Assessed on 4/13. Unadjusted Case Rate)
- 2.5% Test Positivity (Assessed on 4/13)
- 3.0% Health Equity Positivity (Assessed on 4/13)
- 194 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (+6 patients, +3.2% from prior day)
- 64 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+6 patients, +10.3% from prior day)
- 291 ICU beds available (-13 from prior day)
- County Data:
- San Diego County COVID-19 Update – 4-15-2021 - County News Center
- 281 New Cases/274,429 Total Cases
- 5 New Daily Deaths/3,653 Total Deaths
- 2,359,175 Doses Received/2,187,788 Doses Administered
- 2% Daily Test Positivity/2.3% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/1.9% Test Positivity (14-day average)
- 6.0 cases/100k population (Assessed on 4/13. Adjusted case rate per 100,000 excluding prisons.)
- 99% Case Investigation
- +8.5% Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (164 patients. -37% over 30 days)
- 39% ICU Capacity (56 patients. -29% over 30 days)
- 48 Staffed ICU Beds Available
- 3 New/17 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
- Universities:
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