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| My little mandrill friend at San Diego Zoo (6.7.21) |
A sucker is born every minute and after emails over and over and over again, I finally gave in and bought Sea World and Aquatica passes for the rest of the year. They had a special to buy one park, get the other free that expired last night. It's not a decision we took lightly.
I mean, of course there's the whole Blackfish thing and it hurts my heart to see cetaceans in captivity, but I obviously support the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance which means that I appreciate the cost-benefit of animals in captivity for educational purposes, fostering love of animals and nature, and the Species Survival Plan for rare and endangered animals who may otherwise go extinct.
Still, I feel like I had to do mental gymnastics to justify my purchase even though we've had passes before. Weighing the animals for profit model vs the good Sea World does to provide veterinary care for injured and orphaned animals like seals, sea lions, and sea birds, that I'm supporting the local economy as they're one of San Diego's top 5 employers, and that we have a super mopey teenager who loves rollercoasters and waterslides and who deserves a little fun this summer.
So when you hear those goddamn fireworks during the summer, you can blame me. It is all a little cringey. But I also love animals so much that I am kind of excited about it, too. Like I LOVE sloths and the ones at the Zoo are ambassador animals so you never get to see them. It's complicated and I'm conflicted but ultimately I'm gonna go and I'm gonna have fun and I can get back to complaining about other stuff. I'll be sure to let you know how it goes.
Meanwhile, this afternoon Darren and I went to the San Diego Zoo. I've been spending a lot of time with the mandrills and the elephants lately. I the crazy woman who kinda thinks they know me. We also spent a lot of time in the aviaries which are generally not as crowded as the rest of the zoo. I didn't get to a lot of news today, but Jake Sullivan was great during Jen Psaki's press briefing and Kamala Harris was in Guatemala fielding super awkward questions about corruption with President Giammattei. Also today there were multiple studies once again showing that masks work, that the vaccines are working even better than predicted, and UCLA economists basically debunked every stupid thing Kevvie has been posting when they revealed that the Governor's mitigation strategies not only not only saved lives but are why our economy is coming back so strong.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- Excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic among Californians 18–65 years of age, by occupational sector and occupation: March through November 2020 - PLOS One (6.4.21)
- During these first 9 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, working-age adults experienced 11,628 more deaths than expected, corresponding to 22% relative excess and 46 excess deaths per 100,000 living individuals. Sectors with the highest relative and per-capita excess mortality were food/agriculture (39% relative excess; 75 excess deaths per 100,000), transportation/logistics (31%; 91 per 100,000), manufacturing (24%; 61 per 100,000), and facilities (23%; 83 per 100,000).
- Across racial and ethnic groups, Latino working-age Californians experienced the highest relative excess mortality (37%) with the highest excess mortality among Latino workers in food and agriculture (59%; 97 per 100,000). Black working-age Californians had the highest per-capita excess mortality (110 per 100,000), with relative excess mortality highest among transportation/logistics workers (36%).
- Asian working-age Californians had lower excess mortality overall, but notable relative excess mortality among health/emergency workers (37%), while White Californians had high per-capita excess deaths among facilities workers (70 per 100,000).
- COVID-19 Vaccines Work Way Better Than We Had Ever Expected. Scientists Are Still Figuring Out Why. - Buzzfeed.News (6.5.21)
- Exclusive: People who wore masks were less likely to get sick - Axios (6.7.21)
- White House:
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, June 7, 2021
- Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on President Biden’s Meeting with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine
- Remarks by Vice President Harris and President Giammattei of the Republic of Guatemala Before Bilateral Meeting
- FACT SHEET: U.S. – Guatemala Cooperation
- Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on Puerto Rico
- U.S. Engagement with the UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
- News:
- Global Food Prices Keep Rising - Statista (6.4.21)
- Watch: Why There are Now So Many Shortages (It's Not COVID) (6.1.21)
- Economic Boom In Store For California, UCLA Economists Forecast. Fueled partly by home building, the Golden State is in for "the best years of economic growth that we've had since World War II." - Patch (6.2.21)
California's stringent response to the pandemic has resulted in better health and economic outcomes than states with looser restrictions, economists found. Now, with some of the lowest coronavirus rates in the country, California is poised to rebound quickly. The boom is likely to be fueled by growth in white-collar sectors and a jump in home building even as the recovery in leisure and hospitality sectors lags, researchers concluded. - 2 arrested in California road rage killing of 6-year-old - AP News (6.7.21)
- Global crackdown on organised crime after high-tech U.S.-Australia sting - Reuters (6.7.21)
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 6.7.21 7:23pm):
- 173,538,801 Known Cases
- 3,734,654 Known Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- JHU
- 33,377,632 Cases
- 597,946 Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +10,150 New Cases/33,193,680 Known Cases
- +225 New Deaths/594,802 Known Deaths
- 371,520,735 Doses Delivered
- 302,851,917 Doses Administered
- 171,310,738 Partially Vaccinated
- 139,748,661 Fully Vaccinated
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- R-effective: 0.71
- 46,847,390 Doses Delivered/38,523,717 Doses Administered
- 4,076,129 Partially Vaccinated/18,011,744 Fully Vaccinated
- 874 New Cases/3,690,868 Total Cases (1.9 new cases/100k)
- 3 New Deaths/62,473 Total Deaths (0.05 new deaths/100k)
- 0.7% 7-day test positivity rate
- 1,275 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-34 patients, -2.6% from prior day)
- 251 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-2 patients, -0.8% from prior day)
- 216 ICU beds available (2,484 from prior day)
- San Diego County
- State Data:
- R-effective: 0.77
- 67 New Cases/280,743 Total Cases
- 0 Deaths/3,764 Total Deaths
- 2.5 cases/100k population (Assessed on 6/1. Unadjusted Case Rate)
- 1.3% Test Positivity (Assessed on 6/1)
- 1.5% Health Equity Positivity (Assessed on 6/1)
- 105 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (+8 patients, 8.2% from prior day)
- 36 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-2 patients, -5.3% from prior day)
- 290 ICU beds available (+27 from prior day)
- County Data:
- San Diego County COVID-19 Update – 6-7-2021 - County News Center
- 65 New Cases/280,807 Total Cases
- 0 New Daily Deaths/3,764 Total Deaths
- 4,210,305 Doses Received/3,784,620 Doses Administered
- 2,071,589 Partially Vaccinated/1,677,291 Fully Vaccinated (59.9% of 12+ Pop)
- +19,337 Newly Fully Vaccinated Since Yesterday
- 1.1% Daily Test Positivity/1% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/0.8% Test Positivity (14-day average)
- 1.7 cases/100k population (Assessed on 6/1. Adjusted case rate per 100,000 excluding prisons.)
- % Case Investigation
- -14.8% Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (79 patients. -41% over 30 days)
- 41% ICU Capacity (32 patients. -16% over 30 days)
- 53 Staffed ICU Beds Available
- 0 New/4 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
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