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| Lioness Etosha at San Diego Zoo Safari Park (Taken 5.25.21) |
Having a 14 year old around is funny. For one, I'm constantly reminded how I was when I was that age, and even though this kid shares none of my DNA, I've been in her life for more than half of it and she's a totally sarcastic know-it-all just like me and Darren. She also seems constantly bored. She could be reading or watching TV or gardening or at the Zoo and she just looks totally bored. Maybe it's the pandemic, but maybe it's just being fourteen.
Which is why I was surprised when I asked what to do today, she chose the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. We had some magical moments, but naturally we got there late and stayed late and stopped at H Mart on the way home and then cooked the food we'd picked up at H Mart and so I still have an inbox bulging with emails, so I thought I'd get to today's basics and then since I'm gonna stay up for the Super Flower Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse I'll get another post in. Fingers crossed for clear skies.
Stay safe out there.
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| Credit: NASA |
- 1 Year Anniversary of the Murder of George Floyd
- There is a lot of discussion about what has changed, if anything, in the year since George Floyd was murdered at the hands of police officer Derek Chauvin. For one thing, the officer was found guilty of murder and faces sentencing, which happens almost never. Masses of people rose through the streets to protest police brutality and while change is slow among local jurisdictions and nationally in the refusal of Republicans to pass police reform into law, since things have changed and are worthy of noting.
- This is a constant national conversation. It goes to every precinct in the country: you are on notice.
- Many states, counties, and cities have outlawed chokeholds and ways of apprehending a suspect.
- We've seen more body camera footage revealed than ever before.
- Citizens take a stand and interfere at their own peril of aggressive uses of force or video such incidents.
- Citizens are fighting police budgets across the country, and the purchase of militarized artillery for use against American citizens.
- People may be more wary about calling police for property crimes.
- People VOTED, particularly in Georgia, bringing a democratic majority to the Senate to attempt to get things done.
- There is still so much to do...so much wrong with policing and incarceration in this country, and racism is so rampant in this country but there is momentum and that is something.
- “He Died Like an Animal”: Some Police Departments Hogtie People Despite Knowing The Risks. The U.S. Department of Justice in 1995 warned that people may die when police tie handcuffed wrists to bound ankles. - The Marshall Project (5.24.21)
- Floyd killing prompts some states to limit or ban chokeholds - AP News (5.23.21)
- Rallies, moments of silence honor George Floyd a year later - AP News (5.24.21)
- COVID-19:
- Moderna Announces TeenCOVE Study of its COVID-19 Vaccine in Adolescents Meets Primary Endpoint and Plans to Submit Data to Regulators in Early June
- The economic obstacles to vaccination - Population Information (5.25.21)
- White House:
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, May 25, 2021
- Statement by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the Meeting Between President Joe Biden and President Vladimir Putin of Russia
- Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
- Today, US will hit 50% of adults fully vaccinated
- 25 States with more than 50% vaccinated
- 9 States 70% with at least one shot
- 7-day case average is 22,877 (down ~25% from prior week)
- 7-day average hospitalizations 3,080 (down ~17% from prior week)
- Memorial Day guidance is the same if you're not vaccinated
- Cases, hospitalizations, deaths are all down, but still a way to go
- Text ZIP Code to 438829 (GETVAX) or go to any of 20,000 walk-in vaccination locations
- Vaccines are FREE, no insurance needed, no documentation required
- Statement by President Joe Biden on the First Anniversary of George Floyd’s Murder
- Statement by Vice President Kamala Harris on Meeting with the Family of George Floyd
- FACT SHEET: Biden Administration Opens Pacific Coast to New Jobs and Clean Energy Production with Offshore Wind Development
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 5.25.21 10:20pm):
- 167,848,565 Known Cases
- 3,485,787 Known Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- JHU
- 33,165,911 Cases
- 590,925 Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +16,116 New Cases/32,969,905 Known Cases
- +358 New Deaths/587,830 Known Deaths
- 359,004,955 Doses Delivered
- 287,788,872 Doses Administered
- 164,378,258 Partially Vaccinated
- 131,078,608 Fully Vaccinated
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Aggregate California ICU Bed Availability: 33.3%
- R-effective: 0.78
- 45,372,990 Doses Delivered/36,511,557 Doses Administered
- 4,444,017 Partially Vaccinated/16,778,072 Fully Vaccinated
- 618 New Cases/3,674,662 Total Cases (2.6 new cases/100k)
- 8 New Deaths/61,770 Total Deaths (0.04 new deaths/100k)
- 0.8 % 7-day test positivity rate
- 1,466 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-47 patients, -3.1% from prior day)
- 323 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-9 patients, -2.7% from prior day)
- 2,503 ICU beds available (+66 from prior day)
- San Diego County
- State Data:
- Southern California ICU Bed Availability: 34.6%
- R-effective: 0.68 (First Time In Green!!)
- 25 New Cases/279,715 Total Cases
- -2 Deaths/3,749 Total Deaths (Deaths Removed After Audit)
- 3.2 cases/100k population (Assessed on 5/25. Unadjusted Case Rate)
- 1.5% Test Positivity (Assessed on 5/25)
- 1.8% Health Equity Positivity (Assessed on 5/25)
- 127 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-5 patients, -3.8% from prior day)
- 38 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-6 patients, -13.6% from prior day)
- 256 ICU beds available (+21 from prior day)
- County Data:
- San Diego County Update - County News Center
- COVID-19 Watch
- 1,749 Cases in last 2 weeks
- 127 Bars and Restaurants
- 291 Workplaces
- 282 Household Exposures
- 128 Education-related Exposures
- 154 Travel-related Exposures
- 71 New Cases/279,785 Total Cases
- 3 New Daily Deaths/15,385 Total Deaths
- 4,062,425 Doses Received/3,568,527 Doses Administered
- 1,902,948 Partially Vaccinated/1,470,889 Fully Vaccinated
- 0.9% Daily Test Positivity/1.3% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/1.0% Test Positivity (14-day average)
- 2.4 cases/100k population (Assessed on 5/25. Adjusted case rate per 100,000 excluding prisons.)
- 99.6% Case Investigation
- -10.3% Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (90 patients. -39% over 30 days)
- 41% ICU Capacity (32 patients. -27% over 30 days)
- 55 Staffed ICU Beds Available
- 0 New/14 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
- Universities:
- COVID-19 Pandemic Response update - WHO (5.25.21)
- Relaxing measures prematurely has contributed to the surge we have seen through 2020 and the first quarter to 2021. Maintaining strong public health and social measures in every community and thoughtfully adjusting them based on local epidemiology and capacities is absolutely critical for epidemic and pandemic control of COVID-19 for the weeks and months ahead.
- Ultimately, it is in communities, at the frontline, where epidemic and pandemic prevention and control begins and ends. Communities, health workers, facilities facing COVID-19 must be informed, engaged, trained, equipped, protected and supported.
- Operationally, WHO works with a huge range of partners but is always ready to be the first mover, and the provider of last resort.
- On critical supplies, I would like to recognize our partners in the UN supply chain taskforce. We collectively delivered an overwhelming $1.2 billion worth of supplies to 184 countries in 2020, representing over 50% of the stated demands of low and middle-income countries during that period. I am deeply proud of the partners who work so hard to make sure we could fix the broken supply chain.
- At present, a funding shortfall of more than 70% when only received funds are considered has left the Organization in real and imminent danger of being unable to sustain core functions for urgent priorities. The challenges faced by WHO in responding rapidly to acute events are exacerbated by the fact that over 90% of funds received so far are specified or earmarked.
- We must move forward to improve preparedness, preventing emerging risks, increase readiness, be ready to detect and respond, be able to scale and contain small outbreaks quickly, and be in a position to bring pandemics under control earlier, not only to protect health and life but to protect our economies and our ways of life.
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