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| Another one of Kianga and her calf from San Diego Zoo Safari Park (Taken 9.15.21) |
After the inauguration of Joe Biden, I remember feeling this sense of hope that things would get better in the U.S. And in a million ways they have and I can even feel that I'm physically different. I sleep a little better, I'm a little more alert, even my digestion has improved.
Then we had the lead-up to the recall and I was consuming absurd amounts of news and political ads as a side-effect, and I was back to horrible sleep, pain in my shoulders and neck, comfort eating, and all that kinda thing.
Now the recall is over and for now, it feels like I can breathe again. I can make myself focus on non-news and life in general. Today I went to the San Diego Zoo-- alone because Darren was doing laundry -- and it was so nice, the weather so perfect, the crowd limited, and the animals extra chill. I watched the two young elephants sparring, the pygmy hippos go for a dip, and sat watching the mountain lions for awhile. After Darren dropped Nova off for derby, he and I ran to Costco and stocked the speakeasy and picked up dinner.
It was a good, normal, not crazy, average day and I'm happy to have more of those.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- More States Seeing Uptick of Pregnant COVID Patients in ICUs — Nearly all are unvaccinated, sources say - MedPage Today (9.15.21)
- US Covid-19 cases climbing in ‘pandemic of unvaccinated’ - South China Morning Post/AP (9.15.21)
- Vast majority of dead and hospitalised have been unvaccinated
- US dispensing about 900,000 vaccines a day, down from high of 3.4 million
- Rural Covid-Death Rate Twice as High as Urban One. The rural death rate has been slightly higher than the urban rate for much of the pandemic. But something changed in August. - Daily Yonder (9.15.21)
- COVID ACT NOW has increased California Risk Assessment to Very High RIsk as of 9.16.21
- At Least 7 Anti-Vaccine, Anti-Mask Conservative Activists Have Died of COVID-19 in Recent Weeks - Paste (9.16.21)
- Politics:
- Governor Newsom Signs Legislation 9.16.21 - Office of the Governor (9.16.21)
- Governor Newsom Signs Historic Legislation to Boost California’s Housing Supply and Fight the Housing Crisis - Office of the Governor (9.16.21)
- Governor Newsom’s California Comeback Plan will lead to over 84,000 new housing units and exits from homelessness, including today’s announcement of $1.75 billion in affordable housing funding for the new California Housing Accelerator
- SB 8 extends the Housing Crisis Act of 2019 to jumpstart more housing production
- SB 9 gives homeowners additional tools to add critically needed new housing and help ease California’s housing shortage
- SB 10 establishes voluntary, streamlined process for cities to zone for multi-unit housing — making it easier and faster to construct housing
- State OKs Mayor Gloria's Housing Plan. San Diego Becomes First Large City In California To Have Its New Housing Element Approved By State Regulators. - Office of the Mayor (9.16.21)
- Mayor Gloria’s Plan for Permanent Outdoor Dining, Parklets Moves Forward - Mayor Gloria's Spaces As Places Program Receives Approval From The City's Land Use & Housing Committee - Office of the Mayor (9.16.21)
- White House:
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, September 16, 2021
- Readout of the President’s Conversation with Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer
- A Proclamation on Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, and Constitution Week, 2021
- Background Press Call on the Administration’s Climate Policy
- Remarks by President Biden on the Economy
- President Biden Announces Five Key Nominations
- A Proclamation on National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 2021
- State Dept.
- 20th Anniversary of the Inter-American Democratic Charter
- State Department Collaboration with Welcome.US
- Advancing Climate Action in the Americas
- Designation of Al-Qa’ida Supporters
- Dept of Defense
- Australia, U.S. Alliance Is Stronger, Deeper Than Ever, Officials Say
- Defense Department Observes National POW/MIA Recognition Day
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, and Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton At a Joint Press Availability
- DOD Wants You to 'Connect to Protect' for Suicide Prevention Month
- Department of Justice
- Twelve Tribes Selected for Participation in Program Enhancing Tribal Access to National Crime Information Databases
- Dark Web Child Pornography Facilitator Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Advertise Child Pornography
- MS-13 Member Sentenced to 35 Years’ Imprisonment for Racketeering Conspiracy and Other Violent Crimes
- Justice Department Announces Additional Distribution of More than $568 Million to Victims of Madoff Ponzi Scheme
- SBA:
- SBA Administrator Guzman Announces $5.4 Million in Prizes to Nearly 100 Awardees to Support Inclusive Entrepreneurship in the Innovation Ecosystem. The Biden-Harris Build Back Better Agenda Would Invest $400 Million to Support Additional Growth Accelerator Fund and Small Business Innovation Research Catalyst Competitions
- News:
- Other Reading:
- Murdaugh Murders: Judge Granted Alex Murdaugh $20,000 Bond, No GPS Monitoring - FITS News (9.16.21)
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 9.16.21 9:21pm):
- 227,020,735 Known Cases/17,042,020 28-Day New Cases
- 4,669,933 Known Deaths/266,462 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 41,785,903 Cases/4,336,212 28-Day New Cases
- 670,000 Deaths/41,712 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +155,882 New Cases/41,593,179 Known Cases
- +1,942 New Deaths/666,440 Known Deaths
- 462,384,885 Doses Delivered
- 383,038,403 Doses Administered
- 210,700,361 Partially Vaccinated
- 180,086,143 Fully Vaccinated
- 54.2% of Total Population
- 63.5% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 65.4% 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:
- 55,875,095 Doses Delivered/48,219,430 Doses Administered
- 3,336,595 Partially Vaccinated/23,268,116 Fully Vaccinated
- 8,262 New Cases/4,387,926 Total Cases (20.0 new cases/100k)
- 87 New Deaths/67,187 Total Deaths (0.2 new deaths/100k)
- 3.4% 7-day test positivity rate
- 6,975 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-81 patients, -1.1% from prior day)
- 1,868 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-73 patients, -3.8% from prior day)
- 1,610 ICU beds available (-30 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:
- 1,616,045 Fully Vaccinated
- 48.4% of Total Population
- 56.4% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 56.9% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- State Data:
- R-effective:
- 729 New Cases/346,933 Total Cases
- 4.4% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)
- 17 Deaths/3,983 Total Deaths
- 502 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-14 patients, -2.7% from prior day)
- 167 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-6 patients, -3.5% from prior day)
- 198 ICU beds available (-3 from prior day)
- County Data:
- 530 New Cases/347,474 Total Cases
- 11 New Daily Deaths/3,994 Total Deaths
- 3.7% Daily Test Positivity/4.4% 7-day average
- +11 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- +0 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
- Universities:
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