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| Ramil's The Snow Leopard's Female Mate (Taken 6.20.21) |
I woke up from a weird dream super early this morning and was just never able to fall back asleep, so my day has consisted of a whole lot of couching. I caught up on my Bravo shows then watched some Olympics highlights. I spent some time on my balcony, played with the kittens, and tried to coax Kiwi back to living amongst us instead of hiding out in my room. By afternoon, Nova and I started watching the second season of Never Have I Ever and we're about to go to my parents' house. One bright spot: my sister finally took my niece fore her first vaccination shot.
There weren't a lot of things to share except that many states and jurisdictions, as I mentioned earlier this week, have stopped daily data updates. California and the County of San Diego have stopped on weekends. I also couldn't get into the Johns Hopkins Dashboard, which is weird, but maybe they're giving up, too. It's not good, as we're learning that a vast majority of the country is just post-pandemic and back to living life as it was before while the experts are sounding the alarms and nobody listens.
So nothing else I can really say about all that, so instead, I'll show you a video I took of the snow leopards at the San Diego Zoo banging it out a couple months ago. I was thinking a lot about Ramil and how, like a lot of humans, he was about to get his COVID vaccine but hadn't gotten it yet and now he's sick and will maybe have to wait before he can get it. The other thing I was thinking about is that they can't really trace where or how he got it, but the enclosures that give us humans such an up-close personal view of them also makes them susceptible to our cooties, especially when they're sleeping on the catwalks the are above your head as you walk through. I hope the amur leopards aren't sick, too. I would be stoked if the San Diego Zoo reconsidered their mask policy being that probably 60% of the visitors are kids under 12, that even though you're outside should be considered being "in a large crowd," especially in summer when it's almost impossible to socially distance.
Someone needs to show some goddamn leadership on the issue.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- States scale back virus reporting just as cases surge - AP News (7.24.21)
- What experts know so far about COVID-19 boosters for immunocompromised people. Some immunocompromised people remain at risk for severe COVID-19 despite being vaccinated. Studies hint that an additional vaccine dose might help. - Science News (7.24.21)
- A coming wave of diabetes? The link with COVID-19 - Medical Xpress (7.23.21)
- I found this very interesting thread on Twitter that is worth noting about breakthrough cases by John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch)
- Politics:
- It’s Time to Start Requiring Vaccinations. Bring on the passports! - Slate (7.23.21)
- White House:
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU Tracker is not functioning)
- US COVID-19 Stats
- +64,317 New Cases/34,380,019 Known Cases
- +283 New Deaths/608,403 Known Deaths
- 394,936,815 Doses Delivered
- 341,039,972 Doses Administered
- 187,982,826 Partially Vaccinated
- 162,725,812 Fully Vaccinated
- 49% of Total Population
- 57.3% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 59.9% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- R-effective: 1.39
- 49,410,555 Doses Delivered/43,396,483 Doses Administered
- 4,143,620 Partially Vaccinated/21,017,459 Fully Vaccinated
- 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: 1.49
- CDC Data:
- 2,949,186 Partially Vaccinated
- 1,442,227 Fully Vaccinated
- 43.2% of Total Population
- 50.4% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 51.5% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
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