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Baby Golden Takin (Taken 4.28.21)

There is so much news today. I'll have more to say after I get a chance to watch President Biden's speech to Joint Session of Congress and after I get through my email but even beside that, there's a lot of stuff. We went to the San Diego Zoo this afternoon and now Nova is at Derby United, but I feel like I've been online for hours today already and my brain might explode. I'm not going to share my pictures today because our trip was so brief and I spent most of the time waiting to see the baby Tapir but she didn't really make much of an appearance. 

Some things of note today is that the murderers in the Ahmaud Arbery were indicted for hate crimes, Rudy Guiliani's apartment was searched because of the investigation with his involvement with Ukraine, and today is Workers Memorial Day which should highlight all of the frontline and essential workers who died due to the pandemic who had inadequate safeguards, PPE, and lack of protocol. In other things I read today, there's some anecdotal evidence that vaccines may fuck with your period slightly (which I can definitely vouch,) but it is no reason not to get vaccinated or raise concerns. The County of San Diego opened a new bike pump track by my mom's house and a new campground in the Tijuana River Basin and The Handmaid's Tale returns this week (finally). Also, in Nathan Fletcher's media briefing he said that they're looking into 24-hour vaccination sites, so it's good to know he's reading my tweets. But the biggest news we barely heard about this week was that the the International Commission of Inquiry on Systemic Racist Police Violence Against People of African Descent in the United States issued their 188 page report and called cop on black violence a crime against humanity. I'm gonna dive into it, but the Guardian did a good piece on it and PBS Newshour had important reporting on police conflict here.
We have a very, very long way to go. Stay safe out there. 

• COVID-19:
• You Don't Have To Suffer To Benefit From COVID Vaccination — But Some Prefer It - NPR (4.27.21)
• Does the COVID Vaccine Affect Your Period? Survey Launched After Some Report Changes to Menstruation - NBC San Diego (4.27.21)
• On A Day To Mourn Workers Who Died On The Job, COVID-19 Looms Large. As we mark Workers Memorial Day, a time to remember those killed or injured on the job, OSHA faces pressure to adopt coronavirus-related measures. - Center for Public Integrity (4.28.21)
  Workers' Memorial Day, also known as International Workers' Memorial Day or International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured, takes place annually around the world on April 28, an international day of remembrance and action for workers killed, disabled, injured, or made unwell by their work. - Wiki
• News:
• County Opens Unique Campground and Newest Bike Park in South Bay - County News Center (4.28.21) (Watch Video)
• Police killings of Black Americans amount to crimes against humanity, international inquiry finds. In devastating report, human rights experts call on international criminal court prosecutor to open an immediate investigation - The Guardian (4.28.21)
• Report of the International Commission of Inquiry on Systemic Racist Police Violence Against People of African Descent in the United States (Full Document)
• US indicts 3 on hate crime charges in death of Ahmaud Arbery - AP News (4.28.21)
• Other Reading:
• What’s really fueling the service industry labor shortage - Washington Beer Blog (4.27.21) 
  Short Answer: Maskholes 
  “Wages aren’t worth the risk or hassle of dealing with anti-maskers.”
• For the hospitality industry, struggling to recover, it’s a moment of reckoning. ‘The idea that we should go back to normal is kind of whack,’ says an advocate - Boston Globe (4.4.21)
• The Fascist Face Of Charlottesville Joined The Military. Then He Got Kicked Out. A rare example of the military taking proactive steps to keep an extremist — the man in a viral photo from the deadly 2017 white supremacist rally — out of its ranks. - HuffPost (4.28.21)
• Elisabeth Moss Promises The Handmaid's Tale Fans Will Get "What They've Been Waiting For" - E! Daily Pop (4.28.21)
• Elisabeth Moss Teases Season 4 of The Handmaid's Tale | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (YouTube 4.21.21)
• Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 4.28.21 6:20pm):
• 149,197,932 Known Cases
• 3,146,119 Known Deaths
• US COVID-19 Stats 
• CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
• JHU
• 32,228,141 Cases
• 574,313 Deaths
• CDC Data Tracker:
• +50,061 New Cases/31,976,888 Known Cases 
• +556 New Deaths/570,421 Known Deaths
• 301,857,885 Doses Delivered/234,639,414 Doses Administered
• Moderna 128,025,600 delivered/102,356,935 administered/40,700,202 Fully Vaccinated
• Pfizer 156,168,285 delivered/123,980,028 administered/49,242,768 Fully Vaccinated
• Janssen 17,664,000 delivered/8,124,392  administered/8,057,660 Fully Vaccinated
• 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
• Doses Delivered/Doses Administered
• 1,593 New Cases/3,634,778 Total Cases (4.5 new cases/100k)
• 65 New Deaths/60,273 Total Deaths (0.07 new deaths/100k)
• 1.3% 7-day test positivity rate
• 2,094 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+4 patients, +0.2% from prior day)
• 478 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (+0 patients, +0% from prior day)
• 2,281 ICU beds available (-94 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: 33.0%
• R-effective: 0.93
• 144 New Cases/275,685 Total Cases
• 0 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)
• 167 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (+6 patients, +3.7% from prior day)
• 48 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+3 patients, +6.7% from prior day)
• 243 ICU beds available (-20 from prior day)
• County Supervisor Media Briefing:
• Vaccinations available at all County-run vaccination centers (except supercenters which remain appointment only)
• County will roll out extended hours to 8pm at certain sites in upcoming weeks
• County is looking at feasibility for 24-hour sites in upcoming weeks
• Vaccine distribution jumped significantly last week (4/5- 204,740. 4/12 310,110. 4/19 292,950)
• VA has disclosed about 69k San Diegans vaccinated which will add to County total. DOD is going to disclose numbers as well in upcoming weeks. 
• There may be higher daily testing than reported, but County ONLY counts PCR tests, not antigen tests. 
• County hasn't seen any major concerns about missed 2nd doses. 
• 16-19 year olds may have low vaccination rates because 16-17 year olds can only get Pfizer. Appointments still challenging; have only been widely eligible over a week. 190,000 total individuals in that age group. 45,163 vaccinated. 24% (Wilma said that's only 3.3% of the population as can be seen on the dashboard, they only make up 9.4% of TOTAL County population)
• Breakthrough Cases: 234 cases .023% of vaccinated. 55% were asymptomatic. No hospitalizations. No deaths. Mostly among healthcare workers who are testing regularly. Not enough viral load to sequence most breakthroughs. 
• No vaccine passports nationally, statewide, or locally. Entities have guidance on how to check when vaccination is required, i.e. vaccinated sections at a baseball games. 
• 109 positive cases among k-12. Not necessarily contracted at school. 
• Lowest vaccine uptake in East County. 
• County Data:
• San Diego County Update - County News Center 
• Summary of Variant Cases
• B1.1.7. - 687 Cases
• B.1.427 - 56 Cases
• B.1.429 - 159 Cases
• P.1 - 64 Cases
• 136 New Cases/275,820 Total Cases 
• 6 New Daily Deaths/3,698 Total Deaths
• 2,958,045 Doses Received/2,685,455 Doses Administered
• 1,447,272 Partially Vaccinated/1,006,392 Fully Vaccinated
• 1% Daily Test Positivity/2.1% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/1.6% Test Positivity (14-day average)
• 6.2 cases/100k population (Assessed on 4/27. Adjusted case rate per 100,000 excluding prisons.) 
• 99% Case Investigation 
• -9.9% Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (147 patients. -12% over 30 days)
• 36% ICU Capacity (46 patients. -29% over 30 days)
• 48 Staffed ICU Beds Available
• 5 New/23 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
• Universities:
• SDSU COVID-19, UCSD COVID-19, USD COVID-19, CSU San Marcos, PLNU