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Bun Bun is Missing.

I posted a pic of Bun Bun because we haven't seen her in a few days. I don't really know how she's survived all this time, to be honest, but with everything so dry, I hope she's just chilling under the studio. 

Today was a wasted day for me. Darren and I were up super late last night in the Speakeasy and then today I decided to use some strawberries to make milkshakes and then we had chili dogs, and how old do I think I am that I thought my body could handle eating like I'm at the San Diego County Fair? I swear sometimes I'm like those old pepto ads. 

Today there continues to be more debate about "fleeting contact" and the increased transmission of the Delta variant and it makes me crazy that the headlines are about the WHO dismissing the claim when in actuality, they're saying it's possible there's just not enough evidence yet. Didn't we learn over the past year that we should err on the side of caution? They should still be urging people to mask up, and the CDC should be doing a much better job of their messaging to the unvaccinated, specifically targeting children and their parents to model safe behavior. I want Nova to go to school full-time in person this fall, but San Diego's tween vaccination rate needs to come way up to relieve my anxiety about it. Truth be told, I'm gonna kick my sister's ass if she doesn't get my niece vaccinated soon. 

Stay safe out there. 

• COVID-19:
• Nearly all US COVID-19 deaths now preventable - CIDRAP (6.25.21)
• UK virus cases hit highest since Feb 5 amid ‘grab a jab’ - AP News/Stars & Stripes (6.26.21)
• WHO says jury out on ‘fleeting contact’ strain of Delta virus in Australia - Sydney Morning Herald (6.26.21)
• Americans shocked by ‘sobering’ way Delta variant is spreading in Australia. A leading global expert on Covid-19 and an Emmy winning news anchor are among Americans shocked by what’s happening in Australia. - news.com.au (6.21.21)
• COVID Delta spread renews mask order in Israel, lockdown in Sydney - CIDRAP (6.25.21)
• PHE’s weekly COVID-19 variant cases data show that numbers of the Delta (VOC-21APR-02) variant in the UK have risen by 35,204 since last week to a total of 111,157. This represents a 46% increase. Of these, 42 are the Delta AY.1 sub lineage. The Delta variant now accounts for approximately 95% of cases that are sequenced across the UK.
• Politics: 
• New Details Suggest Senior Trump Aides Knew Jan. 6 Rally Could Get Chaotic. Text messages and interviews show that Stop the Steal leaders fooled the Capitol police and welcomed racists to increase their crowd sizes, while White House officials worked to both contain and appease them. - ProPublica (6.25.21)
• The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Issued a Decision Too Extreme for Clarence Thomas. In a sweeping 5–4 decision, the court stripped Congress of its power to create new rights. - Slate (6.25.21)
• While Kyrsten Sinema Defends the Filibuster, Arizona Republicans Strip Democrats of Power. Gov. Doug Ducey is set to sign a law that targets Democratic voters and the Democratic secretary of state. - MOther Jones (6.26.21)
• White House: 
• Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 
• Statement by President Joe Biden on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework
• Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 6.26.21 10:21pm):
• 180,784,684 Known Cases
• 3,917,131 Known Deaths
• US COVID-19 Stats 
• CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
• JHU
• 33,621,386 Cases
• 603,886 Deaths
• CDC Data Tracker:
• +10,881 New Cases/33,437,643 Known Cases 
• +352 New Deaths/601,221 Known Deaths
• 381,276,030 Doses Delivered
• 322,123,103 Doses Administered
• 178,873,816 Partially Vaccinated
• 152,184,243 Fully Vaccinated
• California COVID-19 Stats:
• State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
• Vaccination progress dashboard
• R-effective: 1.04
• 48,007,195 Doses Delivered/41,179,564 Doses Administered
• 3,364,165 Partially Vaccinated/19,760,557 Fully Vaccinated
• 1,683* New Cases/3,710,544 Total Cases (2.0 new cases/100k)
• * Today’s case count includes a backlog of 546 cases from Riverside county. Most of these cases occurred in 2020 and were identified due to cleaning efforts.
• 55 New Deaths/62,945 Total Deaths (0.04 new deaths/100k)
• 1.1% 7-day test positivity rate
• 1,218 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-10 patients, -0.8% from prior day)
• 291 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-1 patients, -0.3% from prior day)
• 2,320 ICU beds available (14 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:
• R-effective: 0.95
• 104 New Cases/282,157 Total Cases
• 1 Deaths/3,779 Total Deaths
• 72 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-1 patients, -1.4% from prior day)
• 28 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+1 patients, +3.7% from prior day)
• 266 ICU beds available (-10 from prior day)
• County Data:
• 106 New Cases/282,262 Total Cases 
• 1 New Daily Deaths/3,780 Total Deaths
• 4,293,895 Doses Received/4,026,624 Doses Administered
• 2,175,971 Partially Vaccinated/1,849,440 Fully Vaccinated
• +8,691 Newly Fully Vaccinated Since Yesterday
• 66% 12+ Population Fully Vaccinated/55.2% Total Population Fully Vaccinated
• 1.5% Daily Test Positivity/1.0% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/1.0% Test Positivity (14-day average)
• 97.1% Case Investigation 
• 0% Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+8 patients)
• 32% ICU Capacity (+0 patients)
• 4 Community Outbreaks (7-day)