Today we ended up going to Fiesta Island for a few hours. It was so nice out and Ficus loves scaring off other dogs who try and come to our beach mat when we're hanging out. It's like a constant pet parade and it's fun watching all the different breeds of dogs interact and fetch and chase each other and swim and play. The Coastal Commission is actually voting on the Fiesta Island Dog Park next week so you should definitely submit a public comment opposing Option A and supporting the City-Council supported Option B.
It's been fun to enjoy San Diego before we're completely overrun with tourists when we try to dodge crowds entirely. I know that our economy depends on tourism, but the 'ugly American' stereotype we've been known for in other countries has taken an even uglier turn in our own country. We're rude, we're messy, we act entitled, and we can't stop taking photos of ourselves.
The pandemic really seemed to exacerbate the problems because public bathrooms and interpretive centers were closed, trash pickup seemed to decline in public spaces, and disposable masks can be seen pretty much everywhere. I'm a member of a hiking group on Facebook and it feels like every day there's yet another post with 'this is why we can't have nice things', whether that's people not cleaning up after pets, people trespassing or going into restricted areas, graffiti or rock stacking, or ruining the beautiful sounds of nature blaring their crappy music instead of having the decency to wear earbuds. Then you see these people on planes fighting flight attendants, people in stores still fighting about pandemic mitigations, hearing stories from restaurant servers and bartenders about the general rudeness of their clientele, people raging on our roads as if they themselves are not the traffic. And on top of all that, the swap-meetification of our public spaces with unlicensed vendors making the boardwalk and Balboa Park look like shit. The downsides of living in such a desirable place, I guess. I hope it gets better but I won't hold my breath. I will, however, probably not be leaving my house this weekend.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- School Ventilation: A Vital Tool to Reduce COVID-19 Spread - JHU Center For Health Security (5.26.21)
- Young Americans are lagging with Covid-19 vaccines. These threats have experts pushing them to get shots - CNN (5.26.21)
- White House:
- Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jen Psaki
- Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Senate Republicans’ Infrastructure Proposal
- Remarks by President Biden on the Economy
- FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Launches a Call to Action to the Private Sector to Deepen Investment in the Northern Triangle
- News:
- San Diego Unified, San Diego Foundation, partner for free summer enrichment program. Level Up SD's morning classroom and afternoon extracurricular activities are free to all district families and begin June 21, the official first day of summer. - CBS8 (5.26.21)
- Level Up San Diego Information, Courses, and Registration
- State of California Media Briefing
- Governor Newsom Announces Historic “Vax for the Win” Program to Get More Californians Vaccinated by June 15. $116.5 million vaccine incentive program – the biggest in the nation – to boost vaccinations as California prepares to fully reopen the economy June 15. $100 million in $50 prepaid or grocery cards for the next two million newly vaccinated people; $16.5 million in cash prizes for all vaccinated Californians- Office of Governor Newsom (5.27.21)
- Vax for the Win: California’s vaccine incentive program
- Media Questions:
- To critics of incentives and using public dollars, governor responds that the cost of NOT getting vaccinated is incalculable in the health care costs, costs of keeping economy closed, cost of missing school and work for illness.
- UCLA study showed 31% unvaxxed are more likely to get vaccinated. Trying to replicate enthusiasm seen nationally
- 2/3 of current vaccines are 2nd shots, incentive program is to bring up number of first shots
- Other Reading:
- Newly Vaxxed Travelers Are Overrunning Seasonal Destinations. Low season is the new high season, as a wave of former stay-homers are crashing down on beaches, camp sites, hotels, and restaurants. - VICE (5.26.21)
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 5.27.21 7:20pm):
- 132,769,894 Known Cases
- 3,507,115 Known Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- JHU
- 33,217,720 Cases
- 593,282 Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +23,511 New Cases/33,018,965 Known Cases
- +577 New Deaths/589,547 Known Deaths
- 361,250,445 Doses Delivered
- 290,724,607 Doses Administered
- 165,718,717 Partially Vaccinated
- 132,769,894 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: 0.77
- 45,651,260 Doses Delivered/36,904,212 Doses Administered
- 4,389,619 Partially Vaccinated/17,011,490 Fully Vaccinated
- 1,418 New Cases/3,677,235 Total Cases (2.5 new cases/100k)
- 31 New Deaths/61,855 Total Deaths (0.04 new deaths/100k)
- 0.9% 7-day test positivity rate
- 1,424 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-23 patients, -1.6% from prior day)
- 312 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (+7 patients, +2.3% rom prior day)
- 2,242 ICU beds available (97 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
- Evening COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics Coming to North, East, South County
- State Data:
- Southern California ICU Bed Availability: 34.6%
- R-effective: 0.65
- 73 New Cases/279,859 Total Cases
- 2 Deaths/3,755 Total Deaths
- 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)
- 140 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (+12 patients, +9.4% from prior day)
- 46 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+5 patients, +12.2% from prior day)
- 237 ICU beds available (-4 from prior day)
- County Data:
- San Diego County COVID-19 Update – 5-27-2021 - County News Center
- 101 New Cases/279,959 Total Cases
- 1 New Daily Deaths/3,756 Total Deaths
- 4,092,045 Doses Received/3,614,196 Doses Administered
- 1,921,169 Partially Vaccinated/1,497,904 Fully Vaccinated (53.4% of 12+)
- 0.7% Daily Test Positivity/1.3% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/0.9% Test Positivity (14-day average)
- 2.4 cases/100k population (Assessed on 5/25. Adjusted case rate per 100,000 excluding prisons.)
- 99.4% Case Investigation
- -4.3% Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (102 patients. -31% over 30 days)
- 37% ICU Capacity (36 patients. -22% over 30 days)
- 58 Staffed ICU Beds Available
- 1 New/9 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
- Universities:
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