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| Horrifying Remnants Of A Pumpkin Left As A Birdfeeder (Taken 10.17.21) |
I don't really do Halloween, but then I saw this Twitter thread of pets in costumes with arms and I couldn't get enough, so maybe I'm not as Scroogy as I let on. Plus I was in a good mood this weekend...I guess taking Saturday off from news and YouTube did, in fact, improve my psyche. Plus I got new pajamas that just look like casual pants so I don't feel quite so guilty wearing them around the house all day.
Today Darren and I went to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park while Nova was with my sister trick-or-treating and pumpkin carving. I didn't get any big moments with the rhinos-- they were down in a lower valley only viewable by the tram -- but I got some cute elephant time including a moment when the entire herd gathered on the upper level and stampeded down to the lower level. I'd like to think they were running toward me, but more likely their dinner was put out for them to discover.
There was some big news coming out of the G20. The steel and aluminum tariffs being dropped on EU produced imports, for example, is a big deal, and in return, the European Commission agreed to drop a planned 50% tariff on US spirits, including bourbon, which would've been a very, very big deal. Jen Psaki also put out a media release that she's tested positive for COVID-19, which is super unfortunate, though she's fully vaxxed and has mild symptoms. But since media was already writing click-bait headlines about the study from last week, this is a long but worthy twitter thread (again) about breakthrough infection, vaccination, viral load, viral clearance, and everything else the headlines are mostly leaving out.
I think it's gonna be a busy week so I'm gonna enjoy the rest of my Sunday in peace.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- How does a pandemic start winding down? You’re looking at it - Stars & Stripes/The Washington Post (10.31.21)
- Politics:
- Biden winds up G-20 summit with dings at Russia, China - AP News (10.31.21)
- Government:
- White House
- Remarks by President Biden at Global Summit on Supply Chain Resilience
- Chair’s Statement on Principles for Supply Chain Resilience
- FACT SHEET: Summit on Global Supply Chain Resilience to Address Near-Term Bottlenecks and Tackle Long-Term Challenges
- JOINT US-EU STATEMENT ON TRADE IN STEEL AND ALUMINUM
- FACT SHEET: The United States and European Union To Negotiate World’s First Carbon-Based Sectoral Arrangement on Steel and Aluminum Trade
- Remarks by President Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on U.S.-EU Agreement on Steel and Aluminum Trade
- Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on a U.S.-EU Agreement on Steel and Aluminum Tariffs
- On-The-Record Press Call by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on a U.S.-EU Agreement on Steel and Aluminum Tariffs
- Executive Order on the Designation to Exercise Authority Over the National Defense Stockpile
- FACT SHEET: United States Advances Shared Interests with G20 World Leaders and Delivers for the American People
- Remarks by President Biden in Press Conference
- Bill Signed: H.R. 5763: Further Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2021
- Readout of White House Meetings with Leaders of Law Enforcement Groups on Police Reform
- G-20:
- Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.’s Meeting with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore
- Readout of President Biden’s Meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey
- Readout of President Biden’s Meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany
- Joint Statement by the President of France Emmanuel Macron, Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland Boris Johnson, and President of the United States Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on Iran
- Readout of President Biden’s Meeting with President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Readout of Senior Administration Official Travel to Djibouti, Kenya, Niger, and Somalia
- President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Connecticut Disaster Declaration
- State Dept
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU10.31.21 8:21pm):
- 246,699,782 Known Cases/11,742,479 28-Day New Cases
- 4,999,609 Known Deaths/197,093 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 45,970,785 Cases/2,275,804 28 Day New Cases
- 745,832 Deaths/43,924 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +86,786 New Cases/45,846,153 Known Cases
- +1,773 New Deaths/743,410 Known Deaths
- 518,696,735 Doses Delivered
- 422,070,099 Doses Administered
- 221,520,153 Partially Vaccinated
- 192,453,500 Fully Vaccinated
- 58% of Total Population
- 67.8% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 69.6% 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: 0.95
- 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:
- 1,736,008 Fully Vaccinated
- 52% of Total Population
- 60.6% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 60.9% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- State Data:
- R-effective: 1.1
- County Data:
- Sun 449/Sat 432 New Cases/371,369 Total Cases
- 0 New Daily Deaths/4,218 Total Deaths
- +4 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- +2 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
- Universities:
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