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Shaba The Good Elephant at San Diego Zoo (Taken 4.11.21)

People were already reeling from the insane video of the cops pepper spraying Lt. Caron Nazario in the face in Virginia, and today another Minnesota cop killed another black man who was pulled over for having a dangling air freshener from his rear view mirror. It's hardly news anymore when these things happen because they happen so frequently. If you didn't read this article the last time I posted it, I highly recommend the read from GQ from December: "Visible Men: Black Fathers Talk About Losing Sons to Police Brutality" Police reform cannot come soon enough. These men, because it's almost always men though in this case it was a woman, should have their badges taken, should be unable to join any other law enforcement agency, and should lose all benefits. I've included a petition to sign below that addresses racism and extremism in law enforcement. Also, the cops are now claiming that they pulled Daunte Wright over because of his outstanding warrant, but they initially called it in as a traffic stop as confirmed by Wright's mom who was on the phone with him during the police encounter.

We had a really quiet weekend around here. Darren and I tied one on in the speakeasy and we went to the last day of the San Diego Zoo's extended hours. Nova goes back to in-person school Tuesday for two days a week. Her best pal isn't going back, so her excitement is somewhat muted, though I know she's really looking forward to high school in the fall. She's been reading Hoover's website extensively and decided she wants to try lacrosse, so this weekend she and Darren picked up some sticks and have been playing catch in the yard. My guess is this is her way of differentiating from me and Darren, playing a sport neither of us have played. Probably helps that we went to a handful of Seals games in the before-times. 

I'm watching the news but it is so annoying. The chyron says, "will vaccine supply meet new demand?" NO. No it won't. If it did, we would already be done vaccinating all Americans. Stop it with the ridiculousness already. 187k+ doses have been administered nationwide. On Saturday alone, 4.63 doses were administered. Everybody will get a turn. And then we'll all be ready for boosters if they're necessary. But is it going to all happen at once? No. The news needs to stop playing to the lowest common denominator and be better. Last week, the state of California got nearly 4 million shots. We'll get there, slowly but surely. 

Stay safe out there. 

• COVID-19:
• Coronavirus: South African variant can ‘break through’ Pfizer vaccine, Israeli study says. Among patients who had received two doses of the vaccine, the variant’s prevalence rate was eight times higher than those unvaccinated – 5.4 per cent versus 0.7 per cent. This suggests the vaccine is less effective against the South African variant, compared with the original coronavirus and a variant first identified in Britain. - South China Morning Post (4.11.21)
• Pfizer asks FDA to expand COVID vaccine authorization to adolescents - Axios (4.11.21)
• Pfizer and BioNTech Request Regulatory Agencies Expand. Emergency Use of Their COVID-19 Vaccine to Adolescents - Pfizer Press Release (4.9.21)
• One in three COVID-19 survivors diagnosed with neurological or mental health conditions, study finds — Here's What Covid Does to Your Brain - CBS News (4.7.21)
• Pfizer requests FDA clearance for vaccine in kids ages 12 to 15
  The FDA's review process will probably take several weeks, experts say. The move would make Pfizer's vaccine available to the widest age range. - NBC News (4.10.21)
• Politics:
• Petition: Tell The DOJ to Investigate the Infiltration of Local Law Enforcement by white supremacist groups
  The Department of Justice must investigate the infiltration of local law enforcement by white supremacist groups starting with the 275 sheriffs in 39 states who are openly coordinating with a designated hate group in order to spread disinformation about immigrants. - Source:MoveOn/RuralOrganizing.org
• Clyburn offers Manchin history lesson to clear Senate path for Biden reforms. Majority whip faces up to West Virginia senator on filibuste. Georgia voting law is ‘new Jim Crow’, congressman insists. - The Guardian (4.11.21)
• News:
• San Diego Restaurant Week is happening April 11-18. Check out their site which breaks down participating restaurants by food type, neighborhood, and by dining options. 
• Officer accused of force in stop of Black Army officer fired - AP News (4.11.21)
• Police fatally shoot Black man in traffic stop near Minneapolis, protests erupt - Reuters 4.11.21)
• Other Reading:
• Americans looking to get out set stage for gasoline comeback - Stars and Stripes/Bloomberg (4.11.21)
• Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 4.11.21 9:21pm):
• 135,877,350 Known Cases
• 2,935,460 Known Deaths
• US COVID-19 Stats 
• CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
• JHU
• +68,012 New Cases/31,197,511 Cases
• 562,066 Deaths
• CDC Data Tracker:
• 30,965,577 Known Cases 
• +750 New Deaths/558,843 Known Deaths
• 237,796,105 Doses Delivered/187,047,131 Doses Administered
• Moderna 102,932,700 delivered/83,847,244 administered
• Pfizer 118,670,955 delivered/96,586,783 administered
• Janssen 16,192,450delivered/6,453,740 administered
• California COVID-19 Stats:
• State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
• Vaccination progress dashboard
• Aggregate California ICU Bed Availability: 31.0%
• R-effective: 0.88
• 28,121,700 Doses Delivered/22,777,893 Doses Administered
• 4,954 New Cases/3,600,178 Total Cases (4.8 new cases/100k)
• 105 New Deaths/59,218  Total Deaths (0.1 new deaths/100k)
• 1.6% 7-day test positivity rate
• 2,170 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+13 patients, +0.6% from prior day)
• 491 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-27 patients, -5.5% from prior day)
• 2,328 ICU beds available (+68 from prior day)

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Posted by County of San Diego - Government on Sunday, April 11, 2021

• 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: 32.1%
• R-effective: 0.87
• 202 New Cases/272,697 Total Cases
• 8 Deaths/3,600 Total Deaths
• 5.8 cases/100k population (Assessed on 4/6. Unadjusted Case Rate)
• 2.3% Test Positivity (Assessed on 4/6)
• 2.6% Health Equity Positivity (Assessed on 4/6)
• 173 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-3 patients, -1.7% from prior day)
• 51 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-7 patients, -12.1% from prior day)
• 274 ICU beds available (+7 from prior day)
• County Data:
• 229 New Cases/273,286 Total Cases 
• 8 New Daily Deaths/3,621 Total Deaths
• 2,183,475 Doses Received/2,049,356 Doses Administered
• 2% Daily Test Positivity/2.5% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/2.1% Test Positivity (14-day average)
• 5.8 cases/100k population (Assessed on 4/6. Adjusted case rate per 100,000 excluding prisons.) 
• 99% Case Investigation 
• -10.1% Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (145 patients. -46% over 30 days)
• 32% ICU Capacity (53 patients. -42% over 30 days)
• 54 Staffed ICU Beds Available
• 1 New/16 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
• Universities:
• SDSU COVID-19, UCSD COVID-19, USD COVID-19, CSU San Marcos, PLNU

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