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Hummingbird at San Diego Zoo (Taken 7.8.21)

I have barely made a dent in my inbox today, so I'm sure another post will be coming but I just wanted to get this one up while I was still motivated. Darren asked if I wanted to go on an evening hike and I said yes and instead we ended up at Costco, so that's about how my day is going. And if you want evidence that Delta is bad, Costco was out of toilet paper. So it would seem that my numerous predictions that Christmas is Canceled feel more and more accurate every day. Supply chain issues seem to be less about the manufacturing of products, though those seem to be a problem too, but more an issue with a lack of labor as people keep getting sick, especially in the very places we count on to process our food or make us some extra soft and absorbent toilet paper. 

Anyway, you'll probably hear from me again tonight so I'll peace out for now. 

Stay safe out there.  

• COVID-19:
• Calif. Medical Board: Stop Issuing Bogus Mask Exemptions to Students — Agency threatens discipline amid reports some doctors are selling back-to-school exemptions - MedPage Today (8.19.21)
• Watch this great presentation about discerning bogus exemptions. 
• Use of Rapid Antigen Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Remote Communities — Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region, Alaska, September 15, 2020–March 1, 2021 - CDC MMWR (8.20.21)
• The Old Globe COVID-19 Safety Policy: To gain admittance to The Old Globe, all attendees will be required to present a photo ID and proof of vaccination status. Patrons under the age of 12, whose age does not yet permit vaccination, can attend a production at The Old Globe but will be required to wear a mask or present the negative results of a COVID-19 PCR test taken within 72 hours of entering The Old Globe’s outdoor theatre.
• Politics: 

• White House: 
• Remarks by President Biden on Evacuations in Afghanistan
• Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Eviction Moratorium
• Executive Order on Blocking Property with Respect to Certain Russian Energy Export Pipelines
• Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate on Blocking Property with Respect to Certain Russian Energy Export Pipelines
• News:
• California high court won't consider O.C.'s challenge to school mask mandate. The California Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to hear the Orange County Board of Education’s petition seeking to overturn Gov. Gavin Newsom's statewide mask mandate for K-12 students. - LA Times (8.20.21)
• Local mask mandates allowed for now after Texas Supreme Court rejects Gov. Abbott's request to intervene - CNN (8.20.21)
• California’s gig worker Prop 22 ruled unconstitutional by superior court - Techcrunch (8.20.21)
• Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 8.20.21 11:21pm):
• 210,866,755 Known Cases/34,068,177 28-Day New Cases
• 4,415,276 Known Deaths/522,428 28-Day New Deaths
• US COVID-19 Stats 
• CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
• JHU
• 37,613,822 Cases/3,210,791 28-Day Cases
• 627,844 Deaths/17,211 28-Day Deaths
• CDC Data Tracker:
• +135,494 New Cases/37,396,282 Known Cases 
• +962 New Deaths/624,213 Known Deaths
• 426,106,115 Doses Delivered
• 360,634,287 Doses Administered
• 200,421,787 Partially Vaccinated
• 169,998,983 Fully Vaccinated 
• 51.2% of Total Population
• 59.9% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
• 62.2% 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: 1.05
• 52,415,195 Doses Delivered/45,790,177 Doses Administered
• 3,499,129 Partially Vaccinated/22,056,053 Fully Vaccinated
• 14,716 New Cases/4,084,799 Total Cases (28 new cases/100k)
• 120 New Deaths/64,503 Total Deaths (0.06 new deaths/100k)
• 6.1% 7-day test positivity rate
• 8,236 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+31 patients, +0.4% from prior day)
• 1,879 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (+50 patients, +2.7% from prior day)
• 1,668 ICU beds available (-28 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:
• 1,519,421 Fully Vaccinated 
• 45.5% of Total Population
• 53.1% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
• 53.8% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
• State Data:
• R-effective: 1.03
• 1,430 New Cases/319,582 Total Cases
• 8.4% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)
• 5 Deaths/3,839 Total Deaths
• 602 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-15 patients, -2.4% from prior day)
• 155 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+5 patients, +3.3% from prior day)
• 162 ICU beds available (-10 from prior day)
• County Data:
• 1,495 New Cases/321,102 Total Cases 
• 7 New Daily Deaths/3,846 Total Deaths
• 7.2% Daily Test Positivity/8.7% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/% Test Positivity (14-day average)
• +75 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
• +2 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
• Universities:
• SDSU COVID-19, UCSD COVID-19, USD COVID-19, CSU San Marcos, PLNU