Today a colleague asked if anyone expects San Diego to follow Los Angeles' lead to require masks again. Earlier in the week, Nathan Fletcher said in an interview that San Diego would continue to follow CDPH guidance, and anyway, the people who won't wear masks are the ones who won't get vaccinated. (Here's the link of Fletch talking to NBC). Nobody asked me, but I'd be on board with full mask reinstatement indoors, especially because even though businesses may choose to require them outright, there's absolutely no enforcement anywhere when people are clearly not vaccinated, i.e. children under 12. (Looking at you, Sea World aquarium sections). As I wrote yesterday, still only about 46% of people 20-60 are vaccinated.
So of course I played with more numbers. From June 30-July 16, there were 3,704 new cases in San Diego. 2,376 were ages 20-49 which represents 64% of cases. 20-29 year olds were 1,105, or 29.8%. 30-39 year olds had 790 cases, or 21.3%. And 40-49 year olds had 476 cases or 12.9%. While cases aren't fully representing COVID-19 in the same way anymore, because there's no differentiating between symptomatic and asymptomatic cases, vaccinated or unvaccinated, but know there is a lot less testing than before, we know that most people who get tested do so when they're symptomatic. Of course a certain portion are people whose industries require regular testing or people testing for travel, expecting to test negative. Still, as I looked, our positivity rate is higher than LA. I didn't dig into vaccination comparisons, but maybe I'll get into that later, because I know how to rage on a Saturday night.
Today we spent several hours at my parents' house for my God-sister's 23rd birthday. We macked on salt and pepper wings from Royal Mandarin and ate cake and everyone was super happy and healthy, though we were watching the Padres game and the shooting that stopped the game while watching the news unravel on Twitter. I wonder if Jen Psaki will still throw out the first pitch on Sunday when this game picks up from where it left off.
Anyway it was a good day and Nova is at a sleepover and I'm going to take advantage by getting a full night's sleep.
- COVID-19:
- Yes, vaccines curb COVID-19 transmission — but that's not enough to protect those without a shot. Variant cases, hospitalizations surging globally in regions with lower vaccination rates. - CBC (7.17.21)
- ...vaccines act less like a wall or shield that totally blocks a virus from entering your body, and more like a complex army that fights it off once those invaders arrive.
- Delta Variant and Unmasked Intermingling Cause COVID-19 Cases to Increase Four-Fold Since 4th of July; Masking Indoors Begins Tonight - 11 New Deaths and 1,827 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County - County of Los Angeles Public Health (7.17.21)
- Today's daily test positivity rate is 3.7%. On July 4, test positivity was near 1.5% and June 15, test positivity was near 0.5%.
- Comparatively in San Diego, yesterday's daily test positivity rate is 4.6%. On July 4, test positivity was 2.1% and June 15, test positivity was 0.8%. On June 15, we had 48 cases, July 4 we had 111 cases, and yesterday reported 579.
- Politics:
- Fox News’s embarrassing blunder in the White House briefing room - The Washington Post (7.17.21)
- White House:
- Statement by President Joe Biden on DACA and Legislation for Dreamers
- Biden pledges appeal of ‘deeply disappointing’ DACA ruling - AP News (7.17.21)
- Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. On the One Year Anniversary of the Passing of Congressman John Lewis
- News:
- At least four injured in shooting outside of Washington Nationals stadium - The Hill (7.17.21)
- In wake of ship collisions, Navy revamps surface officer training in San Diego - San Diego Uniont-Tribune/Stars&Stripes (7.17.21)
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 7.17.21 6:22pm):
- 189,923,996 Known Cases
- 4,081,384 Known Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- JHU
- 34,067,424 Cases
- 608,881 Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +39,719 New Cases/33,877,470 Known Cases
- +329 New Deaths/606,526 Known Deaths
- 390,100,705 Doses Delivered
- 337,239,448 Doses Administered
- 185,765,452 Partially Vaccinated
- 160,994,035 Fully Vaccinated
- 48.5% of Total Population
- 56.7% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 59.4% 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
- 48,782,935 Doses Delivered/42,865,050 Doses Administered
- 3,128,571 Partially Vaccinated/20,749,058 Fully Vaccinated
- San Diego County
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