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| Inhlonipho, a new bull at the San Diego Zoo to form a bachelor herd (Taken 4.29.21) |
Last night I was looking at the press page for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and learned that there were two new elephants, with the goal of starting a bachelor herd. This explains why we saw the keepers "practicing" with the transport cage a few days after that dude went into Shaba's enclosure. One came from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park and one came from Tucson. We skipped the elephants the last few trips, so I guess this news was from last week and I had to see them today. We also spend some time with the Bairds Tapir who was taking a nice swim with some ducklings.
As you leave the Zoo, to add to the annoyance of the lady's collecting money for "charity", there's now an anti-vax COVID-is-a-hoax guy with an 8 foot vinyl sign that looks like the kind unions use when they're boycotting a developer. While he has the right to free speech, I wouldn't be sad if someone kicks his ass. I was watching the news and there are maskholes harassing workers at the Trader Joe's in Carmel Mountain and I will probably be going to jail for assault before this whole thing is over because I have no tolerance for these maskholes. At all.
It was a pretty good day overall though my email took me forever today, so I'm sorry this post is so late tonight. Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- How rich countries are making the pandemic last longer. A program called Covax wants to distribute vaccines fairly. Is it working? - Vox (4.28.21)
- Politics:
- The Funniest Tweets about Biden's Speech to Congress - Paste (4.28.21)
- White House:
- Remarks by President Biden in Address to a Joint Session of Congress
- FACT SHEET: 100 Days In, Biden-Harris Administration Makes History with Presidential Appointees
- Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Aboard Air Force One En Route Plains, GA
- FACT SHEET: The American Families Plan Will Support Children, Teachers, and Working Families in Rural America
- FACT SHEET: The American Families Plan Advances Equity and Racial Justice
- News:
- Escondido Police Release Bodycam Footage of Homeless Man Shot, Killed by Officer. The video released includes portions of the 911 call, surveillance cameras, photographs of the scene and footage from body-worn cameras from officers at the scene. - NBC San Diego (4.29.21)
EVERYONE should be outraged at this shooting. The cop who shot him took justice into his own hands and could've done a hundred different things to defuse the situation. And also, he shot SEVEN bullets from SEVEN feet away but only hit him SIX times? That cop needs to be fired and never allowed to work in law enforcement ever again. - Texas Enabled the Worst Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Catastrophe in Recent U.S. History - ProPublica (4.29.21)
- City Council Meeting Results Summary - Meeting 4/27/21
- Fun News:
- Two Juvenile Male African Elephants Take Up Residence at the San Diego Zoo. One Elephant traveled from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, the other from Reid Park Zoo in Tucson - San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (4.23.21)
- San Diego music scene starts coming back in a big way: 20 new concert and festival dates announced - San Diego Union Tribune (4.28.21)
- Living Coast Discovery Center: Reopening Weekends Starting May 1. Open Saturday & Sunday, 10am-5pm. Private tours available M-F.
- Disneyland & Disney California Adventure reopens on April 30. Ticket and reservation required.
- Other Reading:
- How to Stop Anti-Science — Science literacy isn't watching YouTube - MedPage Today (4.27.21)
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU11:20pm 4.29.21):
- 150,532,861 Known Cases
- 3,165,999 Known Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- JHU
- 32,288,909 Cases
- 575,999 Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +53,051 New Cases/32,031,068 Cases
- +876 New Deaths/571,297 Deaths
- 305,478,495 Doses Delivered/237,360,493 Doses Administered
- Moderna 129,801,200 delivered/103,272,188 administered
- Pfizer 157,786,395 delivered/125,540,172 administered
- Janssen 17,890,900 delivered/8,166,410 administered
- California Governor Newsom Media Briefing
- 58% of Californians have at least one dose.
- "Not close enough to herd immunity."
- This disease is as deadly as it's ever been.
- Only state to send oxygen, vents, and supplies to India.
- Cannot spike the ball, be mindful of the moment we're in.
- Governor Newsom Signs Bill Giving Small Business a $6.2 Billion Tax Cut
- waiving ABC licenses for 2 years
- waiving startup tax
- waiving fees
- offering grants and loans for small business owners
- Golden State Stimmies going out soon. $3.7B
- 'Best days behind us" is nonsense
- 52% of sequenced virus were California variants. 21% are UK variant. Both are double than they were. California has 9 variants in the state.
- This hilarious moment when Danny Trejo denounces recall effort. "First of all, I wanna say, I don't know what the recall is all about because this guy's been trying to save our lives.... Oh, I've been fully vaccinated. (removes mask) This guy's been trying to save our lives since this shit----ohhh---since this pandemic started, you know what I mean? We're at war with this virus...Stop being silly."
- 6,000 houses in Operation Homekey. State has a strategy and a plan to work with mayors to deal with helping the unhoused. Big things to come.
- "We're gonna defeat the recall. We're going to focus on getting people back to work. We're gonna focus on people getting back fully to in-person instruction in our schools, we're gonna get this economy moving again, and more important than anything else, we're gonna get vaccines in people's arms so we can do all of that faster."
- Expects to meet the June 15 mark but ONLY if vaccinations continue at current pace and cases stay low.
- 100k or 140k new jobs were in entertainment/hospitality/tourism
- Still discouraging interstate travel. Out of state visitors should be vaccinated.
- New initiatives addressing hesitancy will kick off next week. State has planned and prepared for hesitancy.
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Aggregate California ICU Bed Availability: 31.3%
- R-effective: 0.85
- 37,500,880 Doses Delivered/29,262,215 Doses Administered
- 6,279,166 Partially Vaccinated/12,113,161 Fully Vaccinated
- 1,457 New Cases/3,636,235 Total Cases (4.4new cases/100k)
- 89 New Deaths/60,362 Total Deaths (0.1 new deaths/100k)
- 1.3% 7-day test positivity rate
- 2,053 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+1 patients, +0.05% from prior day)
- 452 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (+11 patients, +2.5% from prior day)
- 2,361 ICU beds available (+74 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%
- R-effective: 0.86
- 160 New Cases/275,412 Total Cases
- 4 Deaths/3,692 Total Deaths
- 6.4 cases/100k population (Assessed on 4/27. Unadjusted Case Rate)
- 2.3% Test Positivity (Assessed on 4/27)
- 3.0% Health Equity Positivity (Assessed on 4/27)
- 174 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (+1 patients, +0.6% from prior day)
- 49 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+2 patients, +4.3% from prior day)
- 254 ICU beds available (+17 from prior day)
- County Data:
- San Diego County COVID-19 Update – 4-29-2021 - County News Center
- 140 New Cases/275,960 Total Cases
- 2 New Daily Deaths/3,700 Total Deaths
- 3,012,545 Doses Received/2,694,018 Doses Administered
- 1,462,199 First Dose/1,024,416 Fully Vaccinated
- (Actual is .8%) < 1% Daily Test Positivity/2.1% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/1.5% Test Positivity (14-day average)
- 6.2 cases/100k population (Assessed on 4/27. Adjusted case rate per 100,000 excluding prisons.)
- 99.6% Case Investigation
- -5.8% Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (145 patients. -10% over 30 days)
- 38% ICU Capacity (43 patients. -27% over 30 days)
- 49 Staffed ICU Beds Available
- 1 New/19 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
- Universities:
San Diego Zoo Taken 4.20.21
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