CoViD-19: Delta Continues To Cause Concern | COVAX Encourages Equal Recognition of Vaccines | San Diego Launches "Come Play Outside" | Biden Tears Into Supreme Court Decision |

Dinnertime for Holly and Mwezi. Southern White Rhinos at San Diego Zoo Safari Park (Taken 7.1.21)

I am having major withdrawals, y'all. As of today, San Diego County will only be updating their trigger dashboard, their vaccination dashboard, and all the other daily charts on a weekly basis. I don't know if I'm ready for that. California still offers information by county level, so I may find a workaround, but the information is going to be less detailed and less current. Maybe they didn't like that I was posting the real percentages of the population and 12+ who were vaccinated instead of the percentage of their 75% goal. Whatever the case may be, my way of dealing with crises is to know as much as I possibly can about them and to me, yanking this information is too soon for me. 

Still, maybe it will free up some of my time to do more stuff, so I guess I'll have to get used to it. This weekend will certainly be a test to see how the country does in the coming weeks and whether we can truly look forward to mass events, big gatherings, and life back to a new-normal or if we've got to pull the reins. We'll keep being safe around here, and hope you take proper precautions for you and your friends and family around you. 

Today we double dipped with an afternoon at San Diego Zoo Safari Park and then raced to Sea World so Nova could ride rollercoasters for the last hour they were open. Safari Park was awesome because the tram is running again!! (although it would serve them to deep clean the seats that have been sitting unused for 9 months or so which felt like 100 Coca-Colas had been spilt on them and left to dry) and at the end of the day, one of the keepers was feeding rhinos Holly and Mwezi and saw me there alone with my camera so instead of their trough he fed them like 8 feet in front of me so I could get my shots. Very cool and can't wait to go back. Both parks still weren't very crowded but I imagine this weekend will totally suck at all the local attractions including the beaches, though sometimes you can time the Skyfari at the Zoo to see the Big Bay Boom. Maybe we'll try, maybe we'll just stay home and enjoy the backyard with some margaritas and hot links on the grill. That would be just fine with me. 

I know I've been posting all the White House newsroom links, but if you only read one, read Biden's statement on the Supreme Court decision. You almost never hear a president outright condemn a decision but this could definitely play in the dems favor of pushing to end the filibuster, expanding the court, or getting Breyer to retire at the end of this session. The 100day review should be coming in any day now. 

Stay safe out there. 

• COVID-19:
• Joint COVAX Statement on the Equal Recognition of Vaccines - WHO (7.1.21)
• COVAX urges all regional, national and local government authorities to recognise as fully vaccinated all people who have received COVID-19 vaccines that have been deemed safe and effective by the World Health Organization and/or the 11 Stringent Regulatory Authorities (SRAs) approved for COVID-19 vaccines, when making decisions on who is able to travel or attend events.
• California virus cases rising as delta variant spreads - AP News (7.1.21)
• Delta variant threatens masking guidance - Axios (7.1.21)
• Delta now most common strain in US, sequencing data show - Becker's Hospital Review (7.1.21)
• White House: 
• Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
• U.S. COVID-19 Global Response and Recovery Framework
• Remarks by President Biden on the Surfside Condo Collapse
• Remarks by President Biden Before a Command Briefing from Incident Commander Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Governor Ron DeSantis, Local Leaders, and First Responders
• Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre En Route Miami, FL
• Statement by President Joe Biden on the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Decision in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee
• 2021 Annual Report to Congress on White House Staff
• Readout of White House Meeting with Congressional Hispanic Caucus
• Statement by President Joe Biden on Today’s Agreement of 130 Countries to Support a Global Minimum Tax for the World’s Largest Corporations
• White House Releases Fact Sheets to Highlight Nationwide Need and Impact of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework
• Statement by President Joseph Biden on the Women, Peace, and Security Report
• Release of the 2021 Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Report - State Dept
• News:
• Mayor Gloria, County, Parks Foundation Launch Summer Programming in Underserved Communities - Mayor Todd Gloria Newsroom (7.1.21)
• Mayor Gloria Releases Matthew Doherty Report on City’s Homelessness Strategies - Mayor Todd Gloria Newsroom (7.1.21)
• Other Reading:
• Prisons Have a Health Care Issue — And It Starts at the Top, Critics Say. When coronavirus hit federal prisons, the top officials had no health care experience. - The Marshall Project (7.1.21)
• Thom Yorke and Elton John Criticize Brexit Minister David Frost, Who Denies Responsibility in UK Touring Crisis. “It’s a nightmare,” Elton John said about Brexit’s impact on touring musicians. “To young people just starting a career, it’s crucifying.” - Pitchfork (6.29.21)
• Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 7.1.21 12:21pm):
• 182,420,108 Known Cases
• 3,950,309 Known Deaths
• US COVID-19 Stats 
• CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
• JHU
• 33,673,035 Cases
• 604,935 Deaths
• CDC Data Tracker:
• +14,256 New Cases/33,496,454 Known Cases 
• +231 New Deaths/602,401 Known Deaths
• 382,283,990 Doses Delivered
• 328,152,304 Doses Administered
• 181,339,416 Partially Vaccinated
• 155,884,601 Fully Vaccinated
• California COVID-19 Stats:
• State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
• Vaccination progress dashboard
• R-effective: 1.09
• 48,200,435 Doses Delivered/41,707,555 Doses Administered
• 3,275,618 Partially Vaccinated/20,073,302 Fully Vaccinated
• 1,698 New Cases/3,712,152 Total Cases (2.2 new cases/100k)
• Some counties are reporting backlogged cases due to data cleaning efforts. Number of backlogged cases varies by county and this is expected until July 2, 2021.
• 73 New Deaths/63,096 Total Deaths (0.02 new deaths/100k)
• 1.4% 7-day test positivity rate
• 1,348 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-2 patients, -0.1% from prior day)
• 321 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-8 patients, -2.4% from prior day)
• 54 ICU beds available (2,244 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: 1.03
• 3,786,864 Doses Administered
• 84 New Cases/282,583 Total Cases
• 0 Deaths/3,780 Total Deaths
• 87 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (0 patients, 0% from prior day)
• 26 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+2 patients, +8.3% from prior day)
• 234 ICU beds available (-10 from prior day)
• 1.4% Test Positivity 7-day avg after 7-day lag. (+0.2%)