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| Backlit Balboa Park Fountain and California Tower (Taken 5.10.21) |
I got up bright and shiny this morning, hoping to get the FDA's announcement that 12-15 year olds would be eligible for the Pfizer vaccine. That announcement ended up not coming until the afternoon, but now that the FDA has given the emergency use authorization, it will still need to be considered by a CDC committee which isn't meeting until Wednesday. If they approve it then the CDC would authorize, while concurrently the Western States Advisory Committee would have to approve and then the County has to give the go-ahead. So the tweens may be eligible as soon as Thursday or Friday, but I wouldn't expect it until Monday, and hopefully SDUSD will continue the clinics, particularly at Hoover or City High so we can get that shot in Nova's arm as soon as possible.
We spent the late afternoon at the San Diego Zoo but I've been having shoulder pain, so I took it easy on the photography and the ones I did take sucked balls so I'll just skip posting pics today. But we did walk from the Zoo to the Moreton Bay Fig and the new platform which is pretty cool in spite of me not really seeing the project as a priority for the park when it was proposed. From there, we walked through the Prado and over the pedestrian bridge to the rose garden and succulent/native plant garden before heading home for the night.
Today's media briefings were mostly uneventful. Lots of questions about the conflict in Isreal-Palestine, the ransomware hacks, and more harping on the jobs report with Fox news trying to emphasize people choosing to stay home and Jen having no patience for it. As has been covered extensively, thousands of unemployed people have changed industries to find better jobs, with better pay and less contact with asshole customers and asshole bosses, parents still have to watch kids who aren't in school or childcare fulltime, and many industries, like mine, still haven't reopened. It also takes a lot of fucking nerve for businesses to complain about EDD and support workers are receiving when they all got bailouts, PPP, taxbreaks, waived licensing and permitting, and other grants to sustain their businesses all last year. It is frankly appalling and galling. Meanwhile, the Governor proposed a massive "California Comeback Plan" which would still have to work through the legislature but would give more stimmies to tax filers earning up to $75k. Some of those details are linked below, too.
And just because I think these are fun, here's another anti-vax email:
Why are you promoting people getting a vax that are still in testing stages? Use to love your venue but not if your promoting shit like this. The vaccine does not protect anyone. Does it really make sense to have a mask on then take it off at your table? You guys are brainwashed. Please remove me from your list!Uh, no problem. You are removed. Stay safe out there. Contrary to this person, vaccines protect all of us and there are now dozens of studies to show it (including this one), including the fact that US cases dropped below 25k which as far as I can tell is the lowest daily case rate since June 18.
- COVID-19:
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use in Adolescents in Another Important Action in Fight Against Pandemic - FDA (5.10.21)
- May 10, 2021 - FDA In Brief: FDA to Hold Meeting of its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee to Discuss Pediatric Use of COVID-19 Vaccines - FDA (5.10.21)
- First COVID Vax Authorized for Younger Teens— More data should be available at upcoming ACIP meeting - MedPage Today (5.10.21)
- FDA authorizes Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for use in adolescents - STAT (5.10.21)
- There’s federal money available to house the homeless. No one’s taking it. FEMA is reimbursing cities that want to relieve homelessness, but only 23 local governments have signed up. - Grist (5.10.21)
- WHO Director-General COVID-19 media briefing
- Based on current data, the COVID-19 vaccines remain effective at preventing disease and death in people infected with the B.1.617 variant
- Globally, we are now seeing a plateauing in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths, with declines in most regions including the Americas and Europe, the two worst-affected regions. But it’s an unacceptably high plateau, with more than 5.4 million reported cases and almost 90 thousand deaths last week.
- Politics:
- "California Roars Back" Governor Newsom's $100B California Comeback Plan (This is a Budget Proposal that must be approved through the California Legislature)
- Newsom's Plan To Deliver Immediate Relief for Californians (Factsheet)
- $600 direct payments to all taxpayers who make up to $75,000 a year and did not receive a first payment
- Additional $500 in direct payments to families with dependents
- Additional $500 in direct payments to undocumented families
- *To get stimulus you MUST file 2020 taxes. Free help is available.
- California Roars Back: Governor Newsom Announces Largest State Tax Rebate in American History
- Two-thirds of Californians set to benefit from Golden State Stimulus checks amounting to nearly $12 billion in total – the largest state tax rebate in American history
- Billions in funding for rental relief and water and utility assistance
- Part of the Governor’s $100 billion California Comeback Plan, a comprehensive recovery plan to tackle five of California’s most persistent challenges
- Governor Newsom Expands Drought Emergency to Klamath River, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Tulare Lake Watershed Counties
- 41 counties now under drought state of emergency to protect communities and the environment, representing 30 percent of the state’s population
- Governor Newsom Announces $5.1 Billion Package for Water Infrastructure and Drought Response as Part of $100 Billion California Comeback Plan
- Package includes billions for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, with a focus on small and disadvantaged communities
- Part of the Governor’s $100 billion California Comeback Plan, a comprehensive recovery plan to tackle five of the state’s most persistent challenges
- Media Briefing Questions:
- Expect the allowance for distance learning to lapse on June 30th. Will be reflected in budget, but Fall school should/will be open full time/in-person only.
- (Lots of in-the-weeds budget questions)
- Confident we'll it the June 15 target of reopening
- White House:
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Homeland Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, and Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technologies Anne Neuberger, May 10, 2021
- Discussed Columbia Pipeline shutdown and need for critical infrastructure support on the Federal level to "harden our defenses" with private sector infrastructure
- Remarks by President Biden on the Economy
- FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Additional Steps to Help Americans Return to Work
- News:
- Reporters Committee statement on report that Trump Justice Department secretly obtained journalists’ phone records - Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press (5.7.21)
- HHS Announces Prohibition on Sex Discrimination Includes Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity - HHS (5.10.21)
- Office for Civil Rights will interpret and enforce Section 1557 and Title IX’s prohibitions on discrimination based on sex to include: (1) discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation; and (2) discrimination on the basis of gender identity.
- Other Reading:
- Leo Leonard, PSA co-founder who pushed to reopen probe of deadly 1978 crash, dies - LA Times (5.6.21)
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 5.10.21 10:20pm):
- 158,955,775 Known Cases
- 3,303,858 Known Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- JHU
- 32,743,437 Cases
- 582,150 Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +24,080 New Cases/32,543,257 Known Cases
- +280 New Deaths/578,945 Known Deaths
- 329,843,825 Doses Delivered
- 261,599,381 Doses Administered
- 152,819,904 Partially Vaccinated
- 115,530,780 Fully Vaccinated
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Aggregate California ICU Bed Availability: 32.8%
- R-effective: 0.91
- 40,942,280 Doses Delivered/32,669,323 Doses Administered
- 5,321,693 Partially Vaccinated/14,361,281 Fully Vaccinated
- 1,377 New Cases/3,655,922 Total Cases (3.7 new cases/100k)
- 13 New Deaths/61,241 Total Deaths (0.06 new deaths/100k)
- 1.0% 7-day test positivity rate
- 1,830 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-30 patients, -1.6% from prior day)
- 413 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-22 patients, -5.1% from prior day)
- 2,425 ICU beds available (+135 from prior day)
- San Diego County
- State Data:
- Southern California ICU Bed Availability: 34.4%
- R-effective: 0.86
- 190 New Cases/277,950 Total Cases
- 0 Deaths/3,725 Total Deaths
- 5.5 cases/100k population (Assessed on 5/4. Unadjusted Case Rate)
- 2.2% Test Positivity (Assessed on 5/4)
- 2.7% Health Equity Positivity (Assessed on 5/4)
- 160 COVID-19 hospitalized patients ( patients, % from prior day)
- 45 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+5 patients, +12.5% from prior day)
- 217 ICU beds available (+11 from prior day)
- County Data:
- San Diego County COVID-19 Update – 5-10-2021 - County News Center
- 233 New Cases/278,182 Total Cases
- 0 New Daily Deaths/3,725 Total Deaths
- 3,568,195 Doses Received/3,186,803 Doses Administered
- 1,783,615 Partially Vaccinated/1,260,031 Fully Vaccinated
- (Population of 16+ is 2,689,348. Goal is 75%. This number will change when 12-15 year olds are added to eligibility)
- 4% Daily Test Positivity/1.6% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/1.5% Test Positivity (14-day average)
- 5.0 cases/100k population (Assessed on 5/4. Adjusted case rate per 100,000 excluding prisons.)
- 97.3% Case Investigation
- -1.4% Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (138 patients. -5% over 30 days)
- 32% ICU Capacity (39 patients. -26% over 30 days)
- 54 Staffed ICU Beds Available
- 2 New/16 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
- Universities:
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