Two-Toed Sloth at Sea World (Taken 6.13.21) |
We went back to Sea World tonight so today we caught the dolphin and pilot whale show and then Nova went to ride Electric Eel while I visited the turtles and then Darren met back up with me to see the Sea Lion show (with the otter notably absent?) It was just a couple hours but it was nice to get out before the expected crazy weather. It is still really icky though. It's unbelievable how many people are at a place that at every turn is talking about conservation and saving our oceans yet throwing their trash wherever the hell they want. There are pretty much trash cans and recycle bins every 25 feet in the park yet people just leave their whole dinner's worth of trash on the ground, in the stadiums, or in the landscaping.
I was reading an article earlier today about the drought and this summer in California could be quite terrifying. If you ever want to put yourself in a deep depression, watch any of the numerous documentaries about the West's water wars, how property owners sold their water rights to corporations and then were surprised when they had no water to use. It's going to be another frustrating year when we're asked to conserve or cut water in our home use, but see the well-watered golf courses or water used for fracking throughout the state. A friend lost her house in Scripps Ranch in the early 2000s and I'll never forget what it was like seeing our freeways shut down as that fire took over even in urban areas, jumping the 15 and 163 and the raining ash falling from the sky for days.
But Sundays aren't for being depressed, so I'll just say we're looking forward to this week as restrictions lift throughout the state. I'll probably get in at least one San Diego Zoo trip, maybe some Fiesta Island swimming, and Nova graduates from 8th grade on Friday. Come to think of it, maybe I should have a cocktail or two to celebrate. Cheers!
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- Virtually all hospitalized Covid patients have one thing in common: They're unvaccinated. "I haven't had anyone that's been fully vaccinated become critically ill," one doctor said. - NBC News (6.11.21)
- Let's Recognize Childhood COVID as the Crisis It Is — The calculus of risk is different for kids - MedPage Today (6.12.21)
- White House:
- Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan En Route Brussels, Belgium
- Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Call with Prime Minister Bennett of Israel
- Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on the New Government of the State of Israel
- CARBIS BAY G7 SUMMIT COMMUNIQUÉ
- Remarks by President Biden in Press Conference
- FACT SHEET: NATO Summit: Revitalizing the Transatlantic Alliance
- FACT SHEET: United States and G7+ Partners Will Provide More than 2 Billion Vaccines for the World
- FACT SHEET: G7 to Announce Joint Actions on Forced Labor in Global Supply Chains, Anticorruption, and Ransomware
- Readout: Trilateral Meeting of Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom, President Joe Biden, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia
- Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on President Biden’s Meetings at the G7 Summit
- Remarks by President Biden and President Macron of the French Republic Before Bilateral Meeting
- Readout of President Biden’s Meeting with President Emmanuel Macron of France
- FACT SHEET: G7 to Announce Joint Actions to End Public Support for Overseas Unabated Coal Generation by End of 2021
- Background Press Call by a Senior Administration Official After G7 Plenary Session Two
- Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials Previewing the Second Day of the G7 Summit
- FACT SHEET: President Biden and G7 Leaders Launch Build Back Better World (B3W) Partnership
- Readout of White House Roundtable with LGBTQ+ and Gun Violence Prevention Leaders on the Fifth Anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub Mass Shooting
- Statement by President Joe Biden on the 5th Anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub Shooting
- Other Reading:
- Why is lumber so expensive right now? An illustrated explainer of the factors driving up the market. - The Hustle (6.11.21)
- Here's Why Gadgets Are So Hard to Get Right Now. Whether it's a graphics card or the PS5, delays and stock shortages seem to be the norm. The reasons involve the pandemic, politics, and...crypto? - Wired (6.12.21)
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 6.13.21 9:22pm):
- 175,910,592 Known Cases
- 3,800,590 Known Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- JHU
- 33,461,982 Cases
- 599,769 Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +9,587 New Cases/33,283,781 Known Cases
- +174 New Deaths/597,195 Known Deaths
- 374,398,105 Doses Delivered
- 309,322,545 Doses Administered
- 173,840,483 Partially Vaccinated
- 143,921,222 Fully Vaccinated
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- R-effective: 0.81
- 47,151,770 Doses Delivered/39,519,789 Doses Administered
- 3,751,598 Partially Vaccinated/18,694,365 Fully Vaccinated
- 942 New Cases/3,696,472 Total Cases (1.8 new cases/100k)
- 4 New Deaths/62,512 Total Deaths (0.04 new deaths/100k)
- 0.8% 7-day test positivity rate
- 1,170 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-36 patients, -3.0% from prior day)
- 269 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (0 patients, 0% from prior day)
- 2,296 ICU beds available (-2 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:
- R-effective: 0.82
- 59 New Cases/281,203 Total Cases
- 2 Deaths/3,770 Total Deaths
- 1.9 cases/100k population (Assessed on 6/8. Unadjusted Case Rate)
- 1.1% Test Positivity (Assessed on 6/8)
- 1.3% Health Equity Positivity (Assessed on 6/8)
- 87 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (+7 patients, +8.8% from prior day)
- 22 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+1 patients, +4.8% from prior day)
- 268 ICU beds available (+1 from prior day)
- County Data:
- 65 New Cases/281,267 Total Cases
- 0 New Daily Deaths/3,770 Total Deaths
- 4,217,565 Doses Received/3,885,122 Doses Administered
- 2,105,556 Partially Vaccinated/1,745,096 Fully Vaccinated (62.3% of 12+ pop)
- +6,601 Newly Fully Vaccinated Since Yesterday
- 0.8% Daily Test Positivity/1.0% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/0.8% Test Positivity (14-day average)
- 1.2 cases/100k population (Assessed on 6/8. Adjusted case rate per 100,000 excluding prisons.)
- 99.4% Case Investigation
- -8% Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+patients. % over 30 days)
- 35% ICU Capacity (+patients. % over 30 days)
- 0 New/3 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
- Universities:
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