CoViD-19: San Diego Sees Highest New Cases Since February | Pandemic Of Misinformation | Psaki Smacks Down Doocy, Again | Q Alert For Saturday | Nightlife Renaissance Or False Alarm? |

Mandrill at San Diego Zoo (Taken 6.16.21)

I got my computer issues mostly solved last night after clearing my cache and uninstalling McAfee and then resetting the modem through Cox, but today our power continued going out numerous times. I linked up with our property manager who sent over the electrician who explained that when they "upgraded" our power the other day, they actually CUT our power by 40%. Apparently our downstairs neighbors have five circuits, each one with 15amps. We only have two, but our fuses were 25amps when they should only have been 15amps, so we actually lost 20 of our 50 amps when he brought it to code. Or something like that. So now he gave us 20amps per circuit and got permission to add two more circuits, but it's super frustrating that it was billed as an upgrade for us when really it was a downgrade (albeit, we're lucky we've never had an electrical fire with the wrong too-big fuses installed) So yeah, the next three weeks will be really fun while we wait for the work because every time the power blows out, my wi-fi blows out, too. 

So, yeah, it's been stressful. Plus there is so much news today. Jen Psaki was especially amazing today with stupid Peter Doocy, but there are a lot of articles I want to share, but I want to be selective and read them before sharing. So I'm going to go ahead and share now, and maybe will jump back on tonight for a second post. In the meantime, I need to get out of this house and owe it to the kid to get her out of the house, too. There's a really interesting report from ProPublica on failures by OSHA and the USPS, which is only more evidence that Louis DeJoy has got to go and any infrastructure fund need to include aging government buildings and facilities and their HVAC systems.  

Stay safe out there. 

• COVID-19:
• JAMA Peds Retracts Much-Hyped Masks Study — Controversial study had numerous problems, journal says - MedPage Today (7.16.21)
• Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials:
• 7-Day Average: 26,306
• New Cases Yesterday: 33,292
• Increase of 69.3% 7-Day Cases Average
• Increase of 35.8% 7-Day Average Hospitalizations
• Increase of 26.3% 7-Day Average Deaths
• Boosters are not needed now; studies are underway.
• Disinformation has deadly consequences
• Asymptomatic vaccinated people with breakthrough compared to asymptomatic unvaccinated people have lower viral loads, belief is that the unvaccinated are spreading more than the asymptomatic vaccinated. But this is being studied and it means that spread of breakthroughs is unknown. 
• Politics: 
• Protests are allegedly taking place across the country on Saturday, July 17. These are the people who stormed the Capitol, QAnon, Stop The Steal, White Supremacists and more planning protests, car caravans, and more, centered in Orange County where Republican nutjobs are holding a rally. I don't really want to post links, but the sites are out there and I just thought everyone should be warned that these nutjobs may appear anywhere and they're not afraid of law enforcement, they don't abide any laws, and see themselves as patriots saving this country. And they're often armed and not afraid to create harm and disruption.  
• White House: 
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, July 16, 2021 
• Jen Psaki is so sick of Peter Doocy and his stupid fucking questions. 
• Here's the report they're all talking about: The Disinformation Dozen created by Center for Countering Digital Hate in May 2021. 
• NPR did a story about it: Just 12 People Are Behind Most Vaccine Hoaxes On Social Media, Research Shows - NPR (5.14.21)

• Readout of White House Summit on the Homebuilding Supply Chain
• Readout of President Joe Biden’s Participation in the APEC Virtual Leaders’ Retreat
• Readout of First Meeting of White House Community Violence Intervention Collaborative
• State Dept:
• Announcing the U.S. – Afghanistan – Uzbekistan – Pakistan Quad Regional Support for Afghanistan-Peace Process and Post Settlement
• Joint Statement of the C5+1 on the International Conference “Central and South Asia: Regional Connectivity. Challenges and Opportunities”
• Issuance of a Hong Kong Business Advisory
• Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry Meetings in Moscow, Russia
• News:
• University of California requires COVID-19 vaccines for all this fall - KRON4 (7.15.21)
• Full Policy Here
• US to end large, old-growth timber sales in Alaska forest - AP News (7.14.21)
• Other Reading:
• Vodka, vaccinations, variants: Is this a renaissance for LA nightlife or time for more caution? - KCRW (7.12.21)
• A Postal Worker Begged for Stronger COVID-19 Protections. She Ended Up Spending Six Weeks in the Hospital. The limited response to postal workers’ repeated appeals for help provides a window into the failures of two federal agencies: the Postal Service, which is one of the country’s largest employers, and OSHA, which is supposed to protect workers. - ProPublica (7.16.21)
• Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 7.16.21 4:22pm):
• 189,421,554 Known Cases
• 4,073,705 Known Deaths
• US COVID-19 Stats 
• CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
• CDC Breakthrough Data (As of May 1, 2021, CDC transitioned from monitoring all reported vaccine breakthrough cases to focus on identifying and investigating only hospitalized or fatal cases due to any cause.)
• JHU
• 34,050,936 Cases
• 608,804 Deaths
• CDC Data Tracker:
• +39,014 New Cases/33,836,677 Known Cases 
• +285 New Deaths/606,190 Known Deaths
• 389,359,835 Doses Delivered
• 336,604,158 Doses Administered
• 185,424,899 Partially Vaccinated
• 160,686,378 Fully Vaccinated 
• 48.4% of Total Population
• 56.6% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
• 59.3% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
• California COVID-19 Stats:
• State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
• Vaccination progress dashboard
• R-effective: 1.37
• 48,743,215 Doses Delivered/42,782,508 Doses Administered
• 3,131,209 Partially Vaccinated/20,705,050 Fully Vaccinated
• 4,651 New Cases/3,748,365 Total Cases (5.4 new cases/100k)
• 65 New Deaths/63,598 Total Deaths (0.02 new deaths/100k)
• 3.7% 7-day test positivity rate
• 2,077 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+46 patients, +2.3% from prior day)
• 436 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (+26 patients, +6.3% from prior day)
• 2,060 ICU beds available (-0.5% 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: 1.6
• 429 New Cases/285,698 Total Cases
• 4.6% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)
• 0 Deaths/3,786 Total Deaths
• 137 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (+4 patients, +3% from prior day)
• 28 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients ( 0 patients, 0% from prior day)
• 221 ICU beds available (0 from prior day)
• County Data:
• 579 New Cases/286,286 Total Cases 
• 1 New Daily Deaths/3,786 Total Deaths