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Sunbird (Maybe?) at Africa Rocks Aviary, San Diego Zoo (Taken 7.8.21)

The downside of being a media junkie is that sometimes the world is just overwhelming. I can't stop thinking about images I watched of families in Iraq whose power was cut during 120+ degree weather, and then think about Haiti and Myanmar and Lebanon and Syria and Afghanistan and all these places with immense human suffering and if any of it even makes the news, it's all bumpered with headline news that Richard Branson went to "space" and is now gonna charge $250,000 per flight to a waitlist of over 600 people and it's fucking absurd and disgusting and should be fucking criminal. 

Then I'm fighting with some douchebag on Twitter who is trying to equivocate school masking with fully vaccinated adults at a brewery and have to point out to the moron that <50% of eligible kids have been vaccinated and having drinks for an hour or two at a brewery is way different than kids sitting in classrooms in decrepit buildings for 7+ hours a day while half or more of their peers are unvaccinated and sharing the same air and space. 

I should really take a breath. 

I'm gonna watch my silly kittens play with their Tower of Tracks for a while. 

Stay safe out there. 

    

• COVID-19:
• WHAT THEY'RE SAYING: Education Leaders on California's Guidance for Fully, Safely Opening Schools for 100% In-Person Instruction - CDPH (7.10.21)
• CDC calls for reopening schools fully, recommends masking - CIDRAP (7.9.21)
• Mass infection is not an option: we must do more to protect our young - The Lancet (7.7.21)
• Quarter-dose of Moderna COVID vaccine still rouses a big immune response. Results hint that dose stretching could help to address the world’s acute vaccine shortage.' - nature (7.9.21)
• Unvaccinated Belgian woman contracted two COVID variants simultaneously - reuters (7.11.21)
• News:
• Father Joe Carroll, Legendary Priest Devoted to Helping San Diego Homeless, Dead at 80 - Times of San Diego/City News Service (7.11.21)
• Other Reading:
• Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson successfully rockets to outer space - CNN (7.11.21)
• Top 1% Of U.S. Households Hold 15 Times More Wealth Than Bottom 50% Combined - Forbes (10.8.20)
• Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 7.11.21 5:21pm):
• 186,763,389 Known Cases
• 4,029,580 Known Deaths
• US COVID-19 Stats 
• CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
• JHU
• 33,852,501 Cases 
• 607,155 Deaths
• CDC Data Tracker:
• +26,742 New Cases/33,659,974 Known Cases 
• +320 New Deaths/604,596 Known Deaths
• 387,006,120 Doses Delivered
• 334,151,648 Doses Administered
• 184,132,768 Partially Vaccinated
• 159,266,536 Fully Vaccinated 
• 48% of Total Population
• 56.1% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
• 58.8% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
• California COVID-19 Stats:
• State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
• Vaccination progress dashboard
• R-effective: 1.12
• 48,548,885 Doses Delivered/42,428,987 Doses Administered
• 3,170,355 Partially Vaccinated/20,501,996 Fully Vaccinated
• 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: 1.36 (Spread of COVID-19 is likely increasing rapidly)
• CDC San Diego County Data
• 1,400,094 Fully Vaccinated 
• 41.9% of Total Population
• 48.9% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
• 50.2% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age