RIP Louis (Taken 5.22.2017)+ |
I started a post last night and then just decided to roll it into today's, so tonight's got a lot of reading and links, but the down and dirty is that boosters were not recommended by ACIP except for 65+ and "high risk" which I think goes beyond immunocompromised and includes hypertension, diabetes, COPD, smokers, obesity, and a lot more ailments that pretty much 50% of the population has one or more of. Meanwhile, many churches are denying religious exemptions for vaccine mandates, while front line workers, cops, firefighters, and health care employees would rather lose their jobs or sue than get a freaking vaccine that could save their lives and the lives of the communities they supposedly serve. I have no tolerance today.
You can read all the other links, but I wanted to take a minute to talk about Louis Procaccino, as it was announced that he died. Louie was hilarious and annoying and funny and loud and kind and a superfan of music and spent his life in the industry. A few years ago he was involved in a workplace accident where a huge amp fell on his foot. It broke and never really quite healed, with complications from diabetes and being a person too on-the-go to sit on his ass and let it heal. I loved Louis so much though with the pandemic, we hadn't seen each other or talked in ages. I've maybe stayed too insulated in my bubble because it's too sad to think about the before times world we've lost. Louis was full of life except when he wasn't...he'd come straight to the Casbah after another several day stint in the hospital from some complication or other, and he treated it like a nuisance that would keep him alive just a little bit longer. I will miss his spirit for sure, and I know there are hundreds if not thousands in the music industry and community at large who would say the same. RIP Louie.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- COVID Hits Wildfire Fighters Even Harder Than Last Year - Stateline/Pew (9.15.21)
- The Learning Curve: San Diego Unified Schools with Higher Poverty Are Testing for COVID Less. COVID-19 has ravaged low-income and Latino communities in San Diego — and yet those communities appear to have less access to tests than richer communities. Some performed no tests whatsoever last week. - Voice of San Diego (9.16.21)
- ‘You’re Either Vaccinated or You’re Going to Catch Delta’. As the county recovers from the surge of Delta cases, Shane Crotty at the La Jolla Institute of Immunology joined VOSD’s Scott Lewis for a discussion on vaccines. - Voice of San Diego (9.16.21)
- When Covid Deaths Are Dismissed or Stigmatized, Grief Is Mixed With Shame and Anger - KHN/WITF/NPR (9.16.21)
- Opinion: Beyond ‘vaccinopia’: Rapid tests should play a larger role in Biden’s Covid-19 plan - STAT News (9.16.21)
- Many faith leaders say no to endorsing vaccine exemptions - AP News (9.17.21)
- FDA Panel Backs Pfizer Booster for Select Groups Advisors overwhelmingly support authorization, but shot down full approval bid
- COVID vaccine immunity is waning — how much does that matter? As debates about booster shots heat up, what’s known about the duration of vaccine-based immunity is still evolving. - nature (9.17.21)
- CDC MMWR:
- Comparative Effectiveness of Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) Vaccines in Preventing COVID-19 Hospitalizations Among Adults Without Immunocompromising Conditions — United States, March–August 2021 - Early Release (9.17.21)
- Politics:
- US agencies spent years testing pandemic responses, but didn’t learn lessons for coronavirus, GAO finds - The Washington Post/Stars and Stripes (9.16.21)
- Legislative Wrap-Up: Everything-but-the-Governor Edition, 2021 - CalBike (9.16.21)
- WHO calls on world leaders at the UN General Assembly to focus on vaccine equity, pandemic preparedness, and getting the SDGs back on track - WHO (9.17.21)
- Governor Newsom Statement on August Jobs Report 9.17.21
- News:
- Train service halted as workers shore up California cliffs - AP News (9.16.21)
- Year’s First Human West Nile Virus Case Reported in San Diego - County News Center (9.17.21)
- World's largest tree at risk as wildfires tear through California - Lonely Planet (9.17.21)
- Other Reading:
- ‘Just Get Me a Box’: Inside the Brutal Realities of Supply Chain Hell. Logistics managers are battling the pandemic, a labor shortage, and huge demand to get goods to your front door. - Bloomberg Businessweek (9.15.21)
- Proportion of Pregnancies Wanted Later or Not at All Is Decreasing Across Most U.S. States - Guttmacher Institute (9.16.21)
- Government:
- White House:
- Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
- Statement by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on COVID-19 Summit
- Meeting of the Major Economies on Energy and Climate September 17, 2021: Chair’s Summary
- Readout of President Biden’s Meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate
- Remarks by President Biden at Virtual Meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate
- Executive Order on Adding Measles to the List of Quarantinable Communicable Diseases
- Executive Order on Imposing Sanctions on Certain Persons With Respect to the Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis in Ethiopia
- Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on the Executive Order Regarding the Crisis in Ethiopia
- Background Press Call By Senior Administration Officials on Ethiopia
- FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Actions in Response to Ongoing Crisis in Northern Ethiopia
- Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate related to the Executive Order on Imposing Sanctions on Certain Persons With Respect to the Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis in Ethiopia
- Dept of Defense:
- State Dept:
- Issuance of New Executive Order Establishing Sanctions Related to the Crisis in Ethiopia
- The United States Imposes Sanctions on International Networks Supporting Terrorism
- At the One Year Anniversary of the Abraham Accords: Normalization Agreements in Action
- Department Press Briefing – September 17, 2021
- On the Death of ISIS-GS leader Adnan Abu Walid Al-Sahrawi
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 9.17.21 10:21pm):
- 227,613,687 Known Cases/16,904,466 28-Day New Cases
- 4,678,856 Known Deaths/265,423 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 41,993,789 Cases/4,337,102 28-Day New Cases
- 672,635 Deaths/43,477 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +147,581 New Cases/41,754,903 Known Cases
- +1,823 New Deaths/668,442 Known Deaths
- 464,315,725 Doses Delivered
- 383,994,877 Doses Administered
- 211,097,597 Partially Vaccinated
- 180,572,171 Fully Vaccinated
- 54.4% of Total Population
- 63.6% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 65.5% 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: 0.88
- 56,154,275 Doses Delivered/48,285,152 Doses Administered
- 2,852,064 Partially Vaccinated/23,346,243 Fully Vaccinated
- 8,153 New Cases/4,397,469 Total Cases (19.9 new cases/100k)
- 90 New Deaths/67,358 Total Deaths (0.2 new deaths/100k)
- 3.5% 7-day test positivity rate
- 6,800 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-175 patients, -2.5% from prior day)
- 1,854 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-14 patients, -0.7% from prior day)
- 1,563 ICU beds available (-56 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:
- 1,620,591 Fully Vaccinated
- 48.5% of Total Population
- 56.6% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 57% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- State Data:
- R-effective: 0.82
- 539 New Cases/347,472 Total Cases
- 4.2% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)
- 11 Deaths/3,994 Total Deaths
- 476 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-26 patients, -5.2% from prior day)
- 166 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-1 patients, -0.6% from prior day)
- 1,563 ICU beds available (-56 from prior day)
- County Data:
- 611 New Cases/348,100 Total Cases
- 8 New Daily Deaths/4,002 Total Deaths
- 3.8% Daily Test Positivity/4.1% 7-day average
- +21 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- -1 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
- Universities:
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