CoViD-19: Less Carrot, More Stick: More Vaccine Requirements | Time To Flash Your Vaccine Record | McCarthy IS A Moron |

  

Ficus Enjoying Fiesta Island (Taken 7.28.21)

I am exhausted. There was a lot going on today so I'll probably still do another post, but while talking with the SDIVA team today, I decided to put together a small list of places that are now requiring vaccines and I really appreciate that it is gaining steam. There's a great piece I linked below about how those of us who followed the rules, who wore our masks and stayed home and who couldn't work are so sick of the people who have been fighting masking and vaccines all along. Though in reality I've been sick of them from the beginning. Wednesdays are the days the county releases all the weekly reports, so you should definitely take a look at where our numbers are. 

It was a good day though. Nova is asserting her independence and caught the bus to and from her camp today and after school we decided to go swim at Fiesta Island. The water was so perfect and it was pretty and sunny until the sun dropped behind the marine layer and we called it a day. I'm gonna hit the couch for awhile. 

Stay safe out there.  

• COVID-19:
• Get your California Vaccine Record Here
• In Response to New CDC Guidelines, CDPH Recommends Masking for Public Indoor Settings to Slow the Spread of COVID-19 and the Delta Variant: With more than 90% of the state’s population in areas with substantial or high transmission, the California Department of Public Health recommends universal masking in indoor public settings - CDPH (7.28.21)
• Who's requiring proof of vaccines??
• Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York said all state employees must be vaccinated or face weekly tests, and announced stricter rules for state-hospital workers. The governor said that all “patient-facing” health care workers at state-run hospitals would be required to be vaccinated, without the option of regular testing instead - NYT (7.28.21)
• Veterans Affairs becomes first federal agency to require some staff be vaccinated against Covid. The Biden administration has faced pressure to mandate vaccinations where it can as the delta variant poses a fresh threat. - NBC (7.26.21)
• California to require vaccine or testing for state workers - AP News (7.26.21)
• California to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination or weekly testing for all state workers, health care employees "If you have been waiting to get vaccinated, now is the time.” | The requirement comes as officials aim to slow rising coronavirus infections. ...State officials urged private employers in California to consider implementing similar systems of verifying vaccination and requiring testing for unvaccinated workers. Current workplace rules in the state only require employers to verify workers' vaccination status if they want to remove face masks in indoor workplaces. Unvaccinated workers must wear masks indoors.- CBS8 (7.26.21)
• UC issues final COVID-19 vaccination policy: For the safety and well-being of the entire university community, the policy will require, with few exceptions, that all students, faculty and staff be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus before they will be allowed on campus or in a facility or office. - University of California (7.15.21)
• California State University to Implement COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for Fall 2021 Term - CSU (7.27.21)
• Netflix reportedly implementing vaccination mandate for all of its U.S. productions - 10News (7.28.21)
• Google And Facebook Mandate Vaccines For Employees At U.S. Offices - NPR (7.28.21)
• Want To Drink In 300 San Francisco Bars? Prove You’re Vaxxed Or Negative - KHN (7.27.21)
• Tipitina's, Maple Leaf, d.b.a. to require vaccine proof or negative COVID test for admission - NOLA.com (7.28.21)
• A solution to the murky legal status of vaccine mandates: rewrite vaccine EUAs - Stat News (7.28.21)
• No, It Is Not Illegal For Businesses To Require Proof Of Vaccination - CapRadio (5.25.21)
• We tried asking nicely. It's time to mandate COVID vaccines for some. Our View: A federal vaccination mandate may be legally impossible, but there are other steps Biden and businesses can and must take immediately. - USA Today (7.28.21)
• Weekly Epidemiological Update - WHO (7.27.21)
  The global number of new cases reported last week (19-25 July 2021) was over 3.8 million, an 8% increase as compared to the previous week. An average of around 540 000 cases were reported each day over the past week as compared to 490 000 cases reported daily the week before. This increasing trend is largely attributed to substantial increases in the Region of the Americas and the Western Pacific Region. The number of deaths reported this week increased sharply with over 69 000 deaths, a 21% increase when compared to the previous week. The cumulative number of cases and deaths reported globally is almost 194 million and over 4 million respectively. If these trends continue, it is expected that the cumulative number of cases reported globally could exceed 200 million in the next two weeks.
• Politics: 
• Nancy Pelosi, Done Fucking Around, Calls Kevin McCarthy a "Moron" For Opposing Makd Mandates - Vanity Fair (7.28.21)
• White House: 
• Remarks by President Biden on the Importance of American Manufacturing
• FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Issues Proposed Buy American Rule, Advancing the President’s Commitment to Ensuring the Future of America is Made in America by All of America’s Workers
• FACT SHEET: Biden Administration Announces Further Actions to Protect U.S. Critical Infrastructure
• Background Press Call on Improving Cybersecurity of U.S. Critical Infrastructure
• National Security Memorandum on Improving Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Control Systems
• FACT SHEET: Companies, Non-Profits, Government Agencies Answer Biden-⁠Harris Call: Make Combined Commitment to Alert Tens of Millions of Americans to Emergency Rental Assistance
• Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Aboard Air Force One En Route Allentown, PA
• FACT SHEET: Historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
• Statement by President Joe Biden on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
• President Biden Announced Three Key Nominations
• Nominations Sent to the Senate
• Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 7.28.21 9:21pm):
• 195,924,801 Known Cases
• 4,186,739 Known Deaths
• US COVID-19 Stats 
• CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
• JHU
• 34,672,690 Cases
• 611,801 Deaths
• CDC Data Tracker:
• +80,701 New Cases/34,631,447 Known Cases 
• +421 New Deaths/609,441 Known Deaths
• 395,974,515 Doses Delivered
• 343,361,524 Doses Administered
• 189,494,180 Partially Vaccinated
• 163,588,042 Fully Vaccinated 
• 49.3% of Total Population
• 57.6% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
• 60.2% 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
• 49,539,695 Doses Delivered/43,663,282 Doses Administered
• 3,175,935 Partially Vaccinated/21,138,721 Fully Vaccinated
• 6,849 New Cases/3,822,551 Total Cases (12.7 new cases/100k)
• 38 New Deaths/63,849 Total Deaths (0.03 new deaths/100k)
• 5.9% 7-day test positivity rate
• 3,968 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (374 patients, 10.4% from prior day)
• 829 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (58 patients, 7.5% from prior day)
• 2,112 ICU beds available (-129 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
• CDC Data:
• 1,451,034 Fully Vaccinated 
• 43.5% of Total Population
• 50.7% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
• 51.8% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
• State Data:
• R-effective: 1.38
• 720 New Cases/293,408 Total Cases
• 8.1% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)
• Deaths/ Total Deaths
• 269 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (+9 patients, +3.5% from prior day)
• 58 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+6 patients, +11.5% from prior day)
• 249 ICU beds available (-8 from prior day)
• County Data:
• 70% of San Diegans Vaccinated, COVID Continues Spread in Unvaccinated - County News Center (7.28.21)
• June 28 to July 27 – 11,391 people tested positive for COVID-19
• Close to 90% -10,234, were not vaccinated 
• 10%, or 1,157 people, were vaccinated
• 765 New Cases/294,176 Total Cases 
• 13.4 Cases/100,000
• 5 New Daily Deaths/3,798 Total Deaths
• 4,436,925 Doses Received/4,240,827 Doses Administered
• 2,271,563 Partially Vaccinated/1,961,659 Fully Vaccinated
• +21,427 Newly Fully Vaccinated Since Last Week
• 70% 12+ Population Fully Vaccinated/58.6% Total Population Fully Vaccinated
• 8.2% Daily Test Positivity/6.5% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/7.1% Test Positivity (14-day average)
• 62.2% Case Investigation 
• 7.7% Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (247 patients. 274% over 30 days)
• 30% ICU Capacity (54 patients. 116% over 30 days)
• 56 Staffed ICU Beds Available
• 30 Community Outbreaks (7-day)/65 Active Community Outbreaks
• 8 restaurant/bar settings
• 6 business settings
• 3 TK-12 school settings
• 2 hotel/resort/spa setting
• 2 retail settings
• 1 daycare/preschool/childcare setting
• 1 distribution warehouse setting
• 1 emergency services setting
• 1 faith-based setting
• 1 fitness/gym setting
• 1 government setting
• 1 grocery setting
• 1 health care setting
• 1 restaurant setting.