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| Bystrak Family (9.7.21) |
Today was a very hard, no good day.
I intended to go to bed at a reasonable hour on Thursday night but by the time I went to bed I could no longer sleep and minutes turned to hours and by 7am I was getting calls and texts from my cousin Connie about my dad. I just had that feeling.
Early in the morning, mom was summoned to the hospital so that she and my dad could meet with doctors and witnesses about "options". My dad is technically no longer receiving medical care and is just receiving comfort care, as doctors have concluded that nothing they can do for him can help him because heart meds will send him into kidney failure and dialysis will be too strenuous on his heart. He's technically declared a hospice patient now, though because of bed shortages (fuck you, unvaccinated fucks) and stretched resources, he may just stay put for the time being while they try to move him to a VA facility. But this is actually all new information, as far as we were told this morning, we had hours not days, and my dad called each of us kids to tell us how much he loves us and how proud he is of us and to take care of my mom and that when the time comes, their wills are solid and locked in stone, which he has to say because it was such a drama point and lengthy litigation for my mom's siblings when it came to my grandpa's will and wishes.
I don't know that I've ever had a harder conversation in my life.
But he's still here and alive and barely-breathing and was able to watch Judge Judy in his hospital room with my mom as they talked and reminisced and shared the day together...if you recall, Kaiser allows one visitor in the case of hospice care.
So here we are, Friday night. My sister is back from a trip to Zion. My cousin will be here from LA on Saturday. My uncle, who is in no shape to do so, is driving here from Indiana and should be here by Sunday. My brother is in New Mexico, I don't know if he'll be allowed the leave from the Navy to come. But it's gonna be some very hard hours and days ahead for my family.
I still did a full post today because there is something hypnotic about just sorting through data and email and articles that have nothing to do with what is happening in my direct orbit, so you may hear from me again this weekend, or maybe not. Numbers don't really update reliably, but I do know that 700,000 US deaths by COVID is a gross misrepresentation and undercount if you count all of the people who couldn't get care for non-COVID illness, treatments, prevention, and general life-saving care.
- COVID-19:
- As of 6:21pm, the US has reached 700,258 deaths per Johns Hopkins University of Medicine, Coronavirus Resource Center Dashboard. Note, all outlets have slightly varying sources for counts, NYT declared this milestone yesterday, Reuters tonight, the CDC is still a day or two away.
- California's vaccination mandate: Early results - Becker's Hospital Review (10.1.21)
- California Becomes First State in Nation to Announce COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements for Schools - Office of Governor Newsom (10.1.21)
- After implementing first-in-the-nation school masking and staff vaccination measures, California becomes the first state to announce plans to require student vaccinations – adding the COVID-19 vaccine to list of vaccinations required for school, such as the vaccines for measles, mumps, and rubella
- Students will be required to be vaccinated for in person learning starting the term following FDA full approval of the vaccine for their grade span (7-12 and K-6).
- The pictures of the Merck antiviral were hilarious and are the ultimate troll of anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers, and COVID-hoaxers by literally making the pills "red pills" Merck and Ridgeback’s Investigational Oral Antiviral Molnupiravir Reduced the Risk of Hospitalization or Death by Approximately 50 Percent Compared to Placebo for Patients with Mild or Moderate COVID-19 in Positive Interim Analysis of Phase 3 Stud - MERCK (10.1.21)
- At the Interim Analysis, 7.3 Percent of Patients Who Received Molnupiravir Were Hospitalized Through Day 29, Compared With 14.1 Percent of Placebo-Treated Patients Who were Hospitalized or Died
- Merck Plans to Seek Emergency Use Authorization in the U.S. as Soon as Possible and to Submit Applications to Regulatory Agencies Worldwide
- If Authorized, Molnupiravir Could be the First Oral Antiviral Medicine for COVID-19
- Can You Get Your Flu Shot and COVID-19 Vaccine at the Same Time? Here’s What Dr. Fauci Says. And what about boosters? - SELF (9.28.21)
- Testing... Testing... Coming to a Venue Near You — Funding from NIH has helped to propel advances in COVID-19 tests - MedPage Today (9.30.21)
- CDC MMWR:
- Multicomponent Strategies to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Transmission — Nine Overnight Youth Summer Camps, United States, June–August 2021 - (Early Release 10.1.21)
- COVID-19 Outbreaks at Youth Summer Camps — Louisiana, June–July 2021 - (Early Release 10.1.21)
- Politics:
- Governor Newsom Signs Legislation 10.1.21
- Mayor Gloria Releases City's FY 2021 Grant Report Showing Steady Increase in Efforts in Funding - Mayor Gloria News Room (10.1.21)
- Study: Police Killings in U.S. Are Significantly Underreported - TIME (10.1.21)
- Survey finds bipartisan support for major reform to California’s recall process - UCSD (9.30.21)
- U.S. Judge upholds COVID-19 vaccine requirement for those with 'natural immunity' - Reuters (9.30.21)
- News:
- The Oath Keepers Reportedly Get Their Emails Dumped for the World to See. Gigabytes of data from the group, members of which assaulted the Capitol on Jan. 6, are now on the web. -- Gizmodo (9.27.21)
- Sign The Petition to Support IATSE: Tell AMPTP to Give Film and Television Workers a Fair Deal
- Other Reading:
- San Diego Zoo & Safari Park Kids Free October (Under 11 years old)
- San Diego Museums: Kids Free San Diego Starts Oct. 1 - San Diego Museum Council
- Government:
- White House
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, October 1, 2021
- Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
- Labor
- Biden-Harris administration issues third rule to implement No Surprises Act, protect Americans from surprise medical bills. Protects uninsured patients, details arbitration process for health plans, insurers, providers (9.30.21)
- FDA
- FDA to Hold Advisory Committee Meetings to Discuss Emergency Use Authorization for Booster Doses and COVID-19 Vaccines for Younger Children
- October 14 - VRBPAC Meeting on Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters
- October 15 - VRBPAC Meeting on Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters
- October 26 - VRBPAC Meeting on Pfizer Data on Its COVID-19 Vaccine for Children 5-11
- Dept of Defense
- Dept of Justice
- West Texas Gas Companies Agree to Pay $3 Million Civil Penalty in Federal Settlement Requiring $5 Million in Safety Improvements and Clean Air Act Compliance at Eight Natural Gas Processing Plants
- Readout of Justice Department Leadership Meeting with Members of the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence
- Pharmaceutical Companies Pay Over $400 Million to Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Liability for Price-Fixing of Generic Drugs
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 10.1.21 4:21pm):
- 234,234,133 Known Cases/14,509,588 28-Day New Cases
- 4,790,771 Known Deaths/238,837 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 43,575,273 Cases/ 28 Day New Cases
- 699,943 Deaths/51,683 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +109,796 New Cases/43,409,950 Known Cases
- +1,752 New Deaths/696,603 Known Deaths
- 477,069,555 Doses Delivered
- 393,756,866 Doses Administered
- 214,597,690 Partially Vaccinated
- 184,852,416 Fully Vaccinated
- 55.7% of Total Population
- 65.1% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 67% 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: 0.78
- 57,359,115 Doses Delivered/49,486,002 Doses Administered
- 2,749,856 Partially Vaccinated/23,893,202 Fully Vaccinated
- 7,869 New Cases/4,496,717 Total Cases (15.1 new cases/100k)
- 126 New Deaths/68,796 Total Deaths (0.2 new deaths/100k)
- 2.8% 7-day test positivity rate
- 5,223 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-143 patients, -2.7% from prior day)
- 1,402 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-50 patients, -3.4% from prior day)
- 1,804 ICU beds available (+39 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:
- 1,663,188 Fully Vaccinated
- 49.8% of Total Population
- 58.1% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 58.5% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- State Data:
- R-effective: 0.85
- 555 New Cases/356,454 Total Cases
- 3.1% Daily Positivity
- 12 Deaths/4,078 Total Deaths
- 365 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (+1 patients, +0.3% from prior day)
- 111 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-6 patients, -5.1% from prior day)
- 203 ICU beds available (+6 from prior day)
- County Data:
- 756 New Cases/357,254 Total Cases
- 3 New Daily Deaths/4,081 Total Deaths
- 2.0% Daily Test Positivity/3.5% 7-day average
- +10 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- +2 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
- Universities:
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