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| Magnolia, Jacaranda, and Ficus (Taken 9.11.21) |
Everyone remembers what they were doing when they heard about the terrorist attack on September 11th, 2021. My story is super embarrassing because it happened to be my boyfriend-at-that-time's birthday, so the night before we had consumed many, many cocktails, and I got a call from my coworker telling me not to go in to work because "something (was) going on at the World Trade Center", and I thought she meant the San Diego one because that was just a couple blocks from our office and was kinda like, "sweet, I can sleep in!" But then like everyone, I turned on the television and everything changed. I had just been to NYC the summer before. My high school prom date worked at the World Trade Center and I spent that week in touch with his mom, who let me know he had just left his job a couple months before. My asshole ex, of course, felt like 9/11 happened to him and him alone and that relationship dissolved soon thereafter, but the whole world changed, our way of life changed, and in retrospect we can all see how calamitous that Supreme Court decision was in Bush v Gore. I mean, there is really no way to wrap our heads around how profoundly different the world would or could be today. We learned then just how much voting matters and, sometimes it seems, not much else.
Today was another low-key day around here, mostly just trying to keep the house cool and do as little as possible. Once the sun set, it was monumentally more comfortable. We ran to Best Buy to check out laptops for Darren and were shocked at how busy the store was at 8pm on a Saturday. After, we ran back home to grab FIcus and ended up going for a dark walk at the San Diego River Garden, and then kinda taking a meandering drive home just to enjoy the a/c a little bit longer. Now it's another rager Saturday night as I watch Real Housewives of Beverly Hills on the couch, Darren is downstairs playing guitar, and the kid is crashed out.
I wanna say we were super tempted to go to Sylvan Esso tonight at Soma, but I have to say, and I understand this is anecdotal and doesn't represent any data, but I now know at least four people who have had breakthrough cases of COVID-19 after full vaccination. One ended up in the hospital and the other three weren't just sniffles as has been suggested and all of them have said they have never been so sick in all of their lives. While it may be the unvaccinated driving this pandemic, they all live among us. So I know many people are back to living life, but I'm just not there yet. One of them got sick from an OUTDOOR concert, so yeah, it's possible anywhere lots of people congregate. I ain't havin' it.
Stay safe out there. Laugh your butt off at this Amber Ruffin clip where she lauds Jen Psaki.
- COVID-19:
- White House Officials: 'This Remains a Pandemic of the Unvaccinated' — Data point to higher rates of hospitalization, death in the unvaccinated, even with Delta variant - MedPage Today (9.10.21)
- US COVID cases fall for first time since late June: 11 CDC stats to know - Becker's Hospital Review (9.10.21)
- A tale of two clinics: Lines in Kenya, few takers in Atlanta - AP/Stars and Stripes (9.11.21)
- Politics:
- It’s Not Just Covid: Recall Candidates Represent Markedly Different Choices on Health Care - KJM (9.10.21)
- Vote NO On California Recall
- Government:
- White House:
- State Dept.
- Dept of Defense
- Nation Remembers Courage of Heroes Killed on Flight 93 on 9/11
- Biden Calls Unity America's Greatest Strength on 9/11 20th Anniversary
- Austin, Milley Call on Americans to Remember, Honor 9/11 Victims
- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Remarks at the September 11th Observance Ceremony (As Delivered)
- Secretary of Defense Remarks in Commemoration of Those Lost 20 Years Ago on 9/11 (As Delivered)
- News:
- South Korean National Pleads Guilty to Poaching Wild Succulent Plants for Illegal Exportation to Asia – Removed from California State Parks Valued at Over $600,000 - SIerra SUn Times (9.9.21)
- Other Reading:
- Reflections on 9/11: Anti-Muslim backlash ushered in era of grave threat to civil liberties and rights - SPLC (9.10.21)
- 20 Years After 9/11, Surveillance Has Become a Way of Life. Constant tracking has compromised Americans’ sense of themselves. But we may be able to regain our freedom. - Wired (9.9.21)
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 9.11.21 10:21pm):
- 224,272,830 Known Cases/17,461,038 28-Day New Cases
- 4,624,882 Known Deaths/270,115 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- JHU
- 40,921,491 Cases/659,694 28-Day New Cases
- 4,281,092 Deaths/38,243 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +162,179 New Cases/40,870,648 Known Cases
- +1,860 New Deaths/656,318 Known Deaths
- 456,755,075 Doses Delivered
- 379,472,220 Doses Administered
- 209,099,300 Partially Vaccinated
- 178,328,389 Fully Vaccinated
- 53.7% of Total Population
- 62.8% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 64.8% 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: 0.84
- 55,376,175 Doses Delivered/47,823,479 Doses Administered
- 3,397,526 Partially Vaccinated/23,048,478 Fully Vaccinated
- 13,463* New Cases/4,345,068 Total Cases (23.8 new cases/100k)
- 203* New Deaths/66,625 Total Deaths (0.20 new deaths/100k)
- *Due to a system upgrade, Los Angeles County cases will not be included in statewide data on September 11 and 12.
- 4.8% 7-day test positivity rate
- 255 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (7,463 patients, -3.3% from prior day)
- 1,964 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-31 patients, -1.6% from prior day)
- 1,533 ICU beds available (-31 from prior day)
- San Diego County
- Free Testing Sites and Schedule in San Diego
- Vaccination Locations San Diego
- Vaccination Dashboard
- COVID ActNow Daily Updates for San Diego Metro
- San Diego Unified School District COVID Dashboard
- CDC Data:
- 1,594,969 Fully Vaccinated
- 47.8% of Total Population
- 55.7% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 56.2% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- State Data:
- R-effective: 0.82
- 1,024 New Cases/343,173 Total Cases
- 4.9% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)
- +12 Deaths/3,941 Total Deaths
- 570 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-11 patients, -1.9% from prior day)
- 183 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+2 patients, +1.1% from prior day)
- 183 ICU beds available (+7 from prior day)
- County Data:
- 1,188 New Cases/344,356 Total Cases
- 1 New Daily Deaths/3,942 Total Deaths
- 5.0% Daily Test Positivity/5.0% 7-day average
- 10 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- 1 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
- Universities:
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