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| International Day of the Dog, Ficus with Jacaranda (Taken 8.3.21) |
Today I watched my friend's kids for a couple hours. I've known both since they were littles and now they're going into 2nd and 4th grade and were speaking language I didn't understand as they played each other on a game on their iPads. It made me feel old. So while they screen-timed, I did, too, but without having to limit their time because they quickly fell in love with Magnolia and Jacaranda, who sleep like 21 hours a day but go through bursts of energy and adventuring all over the apartment.
Besides that, I was bunkered at home because it was hot af outside and I just wanted to chill. The news today, of course, was tragic, and I saw it unfolding on Twitter last night, as people were being warned of an imminent threat and to clear the gates of Kabul airport. I will assume most people didn't catch that Twitter warning; dozens of people were killed or injured by the time I woke up. To be honest, I'm kinda surprised it didn't happen sooner. Of course the news has to feign sadness while gleefully finding every self-proclaimed security expert or war hawk who created this mess with no real plan to ever leave to talk about what a failure it is, while the US has evacuated more than 100,000 people, of which about 4500 were Americans (out of an estimated 6000 Americans). And locally every news channel spoke about the "stranded" San Diego students while also reporting that 3 families have since returned home, the very definition of not being fucking stranded. And, again, these were trips taken when the State Dept warning was level 4, the highest rating of extreme danger and CDC level three of high risk of COVID. So "stuck" "challenged" "unable to secure specific departure details" maybe, but "stranded" is inaccurate. And those district liaisons who encouraged the travel should be ashamed of themselves for putting those families in this predicament in the first place.
Now I'm fired up, but I have a newsletter to write. if you didn't get the first GOlden State Stimulus for people earning under $75k, the second round starts going out tomorrow so keep an eye on your mailbox or direct deposit.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- Airborne transmission of respiratory viruses - Science Mag (8.27.21)
- Get Shots or Get Out, U.S. Employers Are Telling Workers - Bloomberg (8.25.21)
- Safety of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Setting - NEJM (8.25.21)
- Now Isn't the Time to Abandon Contact Tracing. As the nation battles the Delta variant, contact tracing seems to have disappeared from the arsenal of defenses—right when it could help the most. - Wired (8.26.21)
- As of yesterday, San Diego's Case Investigation was 42.8% (70% or less of investigations are initiated within 24 hours of notification over a 7-day period) and 85.3% of Contact Tracing (Make first contact attempt for 70% or less of close contacts of new positive cases within 24 hours of identification over a 7-day period.)
- Nurse shortages in California reaching crisis point - CalMatters (8.26.21)
- Politics:
- Phonebanking to Stop the Recall
- Expanded Golden State Stimulus, the Largest State Tax Rebate in American History, to Start Reaching Californians Tomorrow. Two out of every three Californians eligible for Golden State Stimulus payments, providing $12 billion in total relief - Gov Newsom (8.26.21)
- White House:
- Remarks by President Biden on the Terror Attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, August 26, 2021
- Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Eviction Moratorium
- Alabama Assn. of Realtors v. Department of Health and Human Servs. - Supreme Court
Realtor associations and rental property managers in Alabama and Georgia sued to enjoin the CDC’s moratorium. The U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the plaintiffs summary judgment, holding that the CDC lacked statutory authority to impose the moratorium...But the court stayed its order pending appeal...This Court declined to vacate the stay. - A Proclamation on Women’s Equality Day, 2021
- Dept of Defense:
- Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on the Attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport
- Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby on This Morning's Attack on HKIA
- Tragic Deaths of U.S. Service Members in Afghanistan Won't Stop Evacuation Mission
- State Dept:
- News:
- Make a tax-deductible donation to Doctors Without Borders to help provide lifesaving medical care in Afghanistan and Haiti
- County Expands Assistance for Struggling Tenants, Landlords - County News Center (8.26.21)
- Mice Collected in Mount Laguna Test Positive for Hantavirus - County News Center (8.26.21)
- Other Reading:
- Atheists to Federal Court: Do Not Let Employers Impose Religious Codes of Conduct on Employees’ Children - American Atheists (8.25.21)
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 8.26.21 7:21pm):
- 214,525,276 Known Cases/17,934,973 28-Day New Cases
- 4,472,911 Known Deaths/272,637 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- JHU
- 38,374,252 Cases/3,550,339 28-Day New Cases
- 633,479 Deaths/20,32 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +164,952 New Cases/38,341,339 Known Cases
- +1,229 New Deaths/631,440 Known Deaths
- 434,582,185 Doses Delivered
- 365,767,674 Doses Administered
- 202,961,676 Partially Vaccinated
- 172,171,009 Fully Vaccinated
- 51.9% of Total Population
- 60.7% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 62.8% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
- R-effective: 1.01
- 53,307,835 Doses Delivered/46,390,955 Doses Administered
- 3,510,687 Partially Vaccinated/22,330,520 Fully Vaccinated
- 11,769 New Cases/4,157,319 Total Cases (28.4 new cases/100k)
- 129 New Deaths/64,931 Total Deaths (0.09 new deaths/100k)
- 5.4% 7-day test positivity rate
- 8,661 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-48 patients, -0.6% from prior day)
- 2,032 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-44 patients, -2.1% from prior day)
- 1,545 ICU beds available (-126 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:
- 1,541,186 Fully Vaccinated
- 46.2% of Total Population
- 53.8% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 54.5% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- State Data:
- R-effective: 0.96
- 1,343 New Cases/327,166 Total Cases
- 7.7% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)
- +8 Deaths/3,859 Total Deaths
- 692 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (+6 patients, +0.9% from prior day)
- 171 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-8 patients, -4.5% from prior day)
- 171 ICU beds available (-14 from prior day)
- County Data:
- 1,150 New Cases/328,276 Total Cases
- 10 New Daily Deaths/3,869 Total Deaths
- 4.6% Daily Test Positivity/7.9% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)
- +50 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- +5 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
- Universities:
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