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Beluga Whale at Sea World San Diego (Taken 6.28.21)

I am having a day. I don't know what is different between yesterday and today but my laptop is being super wonky and every function is taking minutes, not seconds, and I've literally been working for 14 hours trying to get done what I normally can in 4 or 5. It is so frustrating. Our internet went down because Cox was working on it but it just hasn't been the same since it came back online. Then I restarted my computer thinking that would help and McAfee installed and it's making me insane. On top of all that, I've had a toothache the past day or two and I'm dreading having to go to a dentist to see what's up. So I wish I had fun stuff to talk about but I don't, I'm only here to grumble. All I wanted was to go to the Zoo or Sea World today but I just couldn't get my shit together. 

Tonight was the Casbah's first rock show since March 2020 and from all accounts I can see it was packed, but I'm playing it safe. LA and some other smaller counties have reinstated mandatory masking indoors regardless of vaccination status and I'm fully onboard because if we still were doing the Blueprint for a Safer Reopening, we'd be back in the Orange Tier. There are reports of a breakthrough cluster in Las Vegas among fully vaccinated adults at a pool party (OUTDOORS!) and it got me thinking that we deserve better breakthrough reporting: tell us the people's ages, which vaccine people had, tell us if the people are symptomatic. But to be honest, I'd just be happy to see San Diego Country return to their daily data reporting, and especially breakdown their demographic chart further between partially vaccinated and fully vaccinated. A news commentator said that Libs are addicted to the pandemic, but the reality for me is that I need to know as much as there is to know to move through a world with people who just don't give a shit. 

Stay safe out there. 

• COVID-19:
• LA County residents again ordered to wear masks indoors. County Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis said the county is "not where we need to be" in terms of vaccinations against the virus - CBS 8 (7.15.21)
• L.A. County Community Transmission of COVID-19 Increases from Moderate to Substantial; Reinstating Masking Indoors for Everyone - 1,537 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County and 3 Deaths (7.15.21)
• LA County seeing nearly 10 times as many COVID-19 cases as before California reopening - ABC 7 (7.14.21)
• L.A. County COVID-19 Case Numbers Show Substantial Increase in One Month - 12 New Deaths and 1,103 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County - County of Los Angeles Public Health (7.13.21)
• What Evidence Do We Need to Move Forward With COVID Boosters?— More data and an evaluation of several factors at home and abroad are key - MedPage Today (7.14.21)
• Statement on the eighth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic - WHO (7.15.21)
• The Secretariat also highlighted factors driving the current situation including:
• variants of concern,
• inconsistent application of public health and social measures,
• increased social mobility, and
• highly susceptible populations due to lack of equitable vaccine distribution.
• Politics: 
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, July 15, 2021
• Remarks by President Biden to Mark the Day That Tens of Millions of Families Will Get Their First Monthly Child Tax Credit Relief Payments Thanks to the American Rescue Plan
• FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Distributes First Monthly Payments of the Expanded Child Tax Credit
• FACT SHEET: How the Build Back Better Framework Will Support Women’s Employment and Strengthen Family Economic Security
• Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on Two Million Americans Signing Up for Health Coverage and Launching the “Summer Sprint to Coverage” Campaign
• White House: 
• U.S. Surgeon General Issues Advisory During COVID-19 Vaccination Push Warning American Public About Threat of Health Misinformation - US Office of the Surgeon General
• State Dept:
• U.S.-Russia Joint Statement Addressing the Climate Challenge
• News:
• County Board Adopts First Environmental Justice Element for General Plan - County News Center (7.15.21)
• Mayor Gloria, Congress Members, County Supervisors Laud Success of Shelter for Unaccompanied Migrant Children. More Than 2,400 Youth Temporarily Housed at Convention Center Reunited with Family in U.S.  - (7.15.21)
• Other Reading:
• MIT Predicted in 1972 That Society Will Collapse This Century. New Research Shows We’re on Schedule. A 1972 MIT study predicted that rapid economic growth would lead to societal collapse in the mid 21st century. A new paper shows we’re unfortunately right on schedule. - Vice (7.14.21)
• Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 7.15.21 9:21pm):
• 188,925,223 Known Cases
• 4,066,561 Known Deaths
• US COVID-19 Stats 
• CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
• JHU
• 33,975,642 Cases
• 608,398 Deaths
• CDC Data Tracker:
• +33,292 New Cases/33,797,400 Known Cases 
• +310 New Deaths/605,905 Known Deaths
• 388,738,495 Doses Delivered
• 336,054,953 Doses Administered
• 185,135,757 Partially Vaccinated
• 160,408,538 Fully Vaccinated 
• 48.3% of Total Population
• 56.5% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
• 59.2% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
• California COVID-19 Stats:
• State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
• Vaccination progress dashboard
• R-effective: 1.38
• 48,703,855 Doses Delivered/42,707,762 Doses Administered
• 3,135,886 Partially Vaccinated/20,664,238 Fully Vaccinated
• 3,622 New Cases/3,743,714 Total Cases (4.8 new cases/100k)
• 25 New Deaths/63,533 Total Deaths (0.02 new deaths/100k)
• 3.5% 7-day test positivity rate
• 2,031 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+96 patients, +5.0% from prior day)
• 410 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (+25 patients, +6.5% from prior day)
• 2,070 ICU beds available (-110 from prior day)
• San Diego County 
• Free Testing Sites and Schedule in San Diego
• Vaccination Locations San Diego
• Vaccination Dashboard
• San Diego County Of Education School Reopening Dashboard
• COVID ActNow Daily Updates for San Diego Metro
• State Data:
• R-effective: 1.65
• 272 New Cases/285,269 Total Cases
• 4.4% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)
• 1 Deaths/3,786 Total Deaths
• 133 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (+17 patients, +14.7% from prior day)
• 38 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+1 patients, +3.7% from prior day)
• 221 ICU beds available (-37 from prior day)
• CDC San Diego County Data
• 1,414,008 Fully Vaccinated 
• 42.4% of Total Population
• 49.4% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
• 50.6% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
• County Data:
• 428 New Cases/285,697 Total Cases 
• 0 New Daily Deaths/3,786 Total Deaths