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I love this puppy. (Taken 4.16.21)

We live on a busy street in Normal Heights. Our street is the access street to all the rest of Normal Heights, so hundreds, maybe thousands of cars pass by every day, usually speeding though the City did install a 25MPH sign after I requested it a few years back. Today the new construction had to cut into the street to connect to the sewer line, leaving steel plates across the roadway that are unavoidable. So now every time a car drives by, the steel hits the asphalt and makes a noise so now my dog is on high alert because the sound resembles a knock on the door. And of course, they stopped working for the weekend, so we get this awesome noise every light cycle for the remainder of the weekend. Super fun. 

It's probably really annoying that I'm always talking about my sleep but I feel so exuberant when I actually fall asleep when I try, and so today was a lovely day. I woke up early, made myself some amazing chilaquiles, watched my press briefings, read my book, got through my email, and now I'm at my parents' house for a little birthday celebration for my sister. So I'm gonna cut. Stay safe out there. 

• COVID-19:
• Ten scientific reasons in support of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 - Lancet (4.15.21)
• Study: COVID much more likely than vaccines to cause blood clots - CIDRAP (4/15/21)
• Nearly half of US states reported an increase in Covid-19 cases this week. Here's what experts say can help stop another surge - CNN (4.16.21)
• The race to curb the spread of COVID vaccine disinformation. Researchers are applying strategies honed during the 2020 US presidential election to track anti-vax propaganda. - nature (4.16.21)
• Study shows double-masking -- medical mask under cloth -- cuts COVID-19 spread - UPI (4.16.21)
• 2 tigers at Virginia zoo test positive for the coronavirus - AP News (4.15.21)
• Politics:
• Biden calls U.S. gun deaths a 'national embarrassment' after Indianapolis shooting - Reuters (4.16.21)
• Mayor Gloria Proposes $4.6 Billion Budget To Help City Recover From COVID-19 - KPBS/City News Service (4.15.21)
• Sentencing of Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists for Unlawful Assembly - State Dept (4.16.21)
• White House: 
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 16, 2021 
• Psaki-Bomb of the Day (YouTube)
• Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the Emergency Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2021
• Fact Sheet: Biden Administration Announces $1.7 Billion Investment to Fight COVID-19 Variants
• Fact Sheet: Biden Administration Invests $4 Billion in American Rescue Plan Funding to Combat COVID-19 in Indian Country
• Statement from President Joe Biden on the Mass Shooting in Indianapolis, Indiana
• Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 1.16.21):
• 139,657,913 Known Cases
• 2,996,496 Known Deaths
• US COVID-19 Stats 
• CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
• JHU
• 31,572,626 Cases
• 566,200 Deaths
• CDC Data Tracker:
• 74,834 New Cases/31,306,928 Known Cases 
• 834 New Deaths/562,296 Known Deaths
• 258,502,815 Doses Delivered/202,282,923 Doses Administered
• Moderna 111,083,900 delivered/89,199,649 administered
• Pfizer 129,777,765 delivered/105,070,417 administered
• Janssen 17,641,150 delivered/7,848,027 administered
• California COVID-19 Stats:
• State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
• Vaccination progress dashboard
• Aggregate California ICU Bed Availability: 31.9%
• R-effective: 0.88
• 30,970,800 Doses Delivered/24,672,255 Doses Administered
• 2,451 New Cases/3,611,349 Total Cases (4.9 new cases/100k)
• 79 New Deaths/59,587 Total Deaths (0.1 new deaths/100k)
• 1.7% 7-day test positivity rate
• 2,186 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-29 patients, -1.3% from prior day)
• 476 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-34 patients, -7.1% from prior day)
• 2,296 ICU beds available (-755 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: 0.92
• 281 New Cases/274,250 Total Cases
• 5 Deaths/3,653 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)
• 195 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (1 patients, 0.5% from prior day)
• 59 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-5 patients, -7.8% from prior day)
• 272 ICU beds available (-19 from prior day)
• County Data:
• San Diego County COVID-19 Update – 4-16-2021 - County News Center 
• 317 New Cases/274,566 Total Cases 
• 9 New Daily Deaths/3,662 Total Deaths
• 2,395,845 Doses Received/2,228,259 Doses Administered
• 2% Daily Test Positivity/2.3% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/1.8% 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 
• 5.2% Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (166 patients. -30% over 30 days)
• 37% ICU Capacity (56 patients. -32% over 30 days)
• 46 Staffed ICU Beds Available
• 3 New/17 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
• Universities:
• SDSU COVID-19, UCSD COVID-19, USD COVID-19, CSU San Marcos, PLNU