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| Kamaria will be 3 months old in 5 days (Taken 11.17.22) |
I had an interesting morning. I don't usually get much feedback about this website, but every once in a while I'll get a comment or email on an older post and wonder what search someone even did to land there.
Today a woman was asking me about Tom Delonge, suggesting that he was human trafficked in the late 1990s and the Tom we think we know isn't really Tom, or something like that? And also that my boyfriend looks an awful lot like him so am I sure he's not actually Tom? And then she called me a "lier" because she somehow thinks I was withholding information that would lead to busting the human trafficking case wide open. I tried to explain that while I went to many Blink-182 shows (and Blink, for that matter) back in the day, I don't know Tom and have never met him. So yeah, that was a fun exchange.
It was a beautiful day in San Diego, so after Darren did a quick bike ride, we went to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. We only did the lower half of the park today but it was still nice. We had skipped the tram the last few trips because it was so crowded but gave it an effort today. We actually seated on the tram but got off because this woman was wearing the strongest, most hideous perfume that gave me an instant headache. If that isn't science on aerosols, I don't know what it. So we disembarked and were able to get on a later tram after spending some time with the cheetah and watching Kianga and baby Kamaria run around the giraffes. I always like getting a new and super enthusiastic driver and we actually got to see a bunch of the rhinos in the Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center which we almost never get to see. After our tram ride, we spent about an hour at Kilima Point where Kacey and Alice and Kianga and Kamaria and a few other of the girl rhinos were all browsing or sleeping and it always feels so powerful to be so close to them with not one single other person around.
I definitely wanted to go to the Casbah for the Color Forty Nine and The Dodos, but I couldn't get my work done in time and Nova is sicker than she'd been letting on. She tested negative again with her PCR test at school, so we are fairly certain it is just a cold, but now it might cause her to miss her trip altogether. She has a flu shot scheduled in the morning and will have to find out from the nurse practitioner if she should fly at all. It feels like a hard no to me, but it's not really my call, unfortunately.
The news was interesting today...I didn't bother posting about the Jan 6 asshole getting sentenced because we already know there is no justice in our justice system. The creep congressman was censured which essentially means nothing. The US participated in some summit called the Kimberley Process Plenery about blood diamonds and couldn't get the group to expand the definition of conflict diamonds, so maybe think about that before you flash your bling. Everything else is sorta par for the course. COVID-19 numbers are all over the place depending on the source, so all you can do is know that even for vaccinated people in San Diego, the case rate is higher than what would've kept us in the most restrictive tier this time last year. Not saying you shouldn't live your life, but I recommend maximum precautions, limiting indoor time among people whose vax status is unknown, wear a mask when appropriate, and as I keep telling the kid, keep that air circulating at all times.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- County Encourages COVID-19 Boosters for Eligible San Diegans - County News Center (11.17.21)
- Eligible means 2 months after Johnson & Johnson or 6 Months after 2nd Moderna or Pfizer shot for ALL ADULTS 18+
- European Commission authorizes Ronapreve cocktail for treating non-hospitalized adult, adolescent COVID-19 patients - Homeland Preparedness News (11.16.21)
- COVID-19 cases up in 29 states, down in 18, flat in 3 - Becker's Hospital Review (11.17.21)
- Politics:
- How Much Federal Funding Will California Get For Public Transit? Right Now It’s $0 - LAist (11.15.21)
- House censures GOP's Paul Gosar following violent video. The vote on censuring Paul Gosar was obviously about his indefensible video, but it was also about overdue accountability for an odious public figure. - MSNBC (11.17.21)
- GOP opposition to vaccine mandates extends far beyond Covid-19 - STAT News (11.17.21)
But the new, across-the-board revolt against vaccine requirements of any kind, experts told STAT, could begin to reverse a century of progress against diseases that, thanks to vaccines, are afterthoughts to most Americans. - California police recorded from the sky as we protested for racial justice - ACLU (11.16.21)
- News:
- Flu Cases Outpace Last Season’s Cases - County News Center (11.17.21)
- San Diego County Influenza Watch
- 315 Cases This Season vs 25 Cases at the same time last season
- Governor Newsom Takes Action to Support Communities Recovering from Storms, Fires 11.17.21
- Governor Newsom Announces Initial Broadband Projects to Help Bridge Digital Divide
- Governor Newsom Tours Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with White House Port Envoy John Porcari, Highlights Actions to Address Supply Chain Crisis
- Government:
- White House
- Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
- Press Gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Chris Meagher En Route Detroit, Michigan
- Recent Progress at Our Ports: Moving Cargo and Filling Shelves
- Remarks by President Biden on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
- Statement by President Joe Biden on Surpassing 100,000 American Overdose Deaths in the Past Year
- Readout of Interagency Task Force Meeting on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE)
- Statement by NSC Spokesperson Emily Horne on National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s Call with Nikolay Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian Security Council
- Nominations Sent to the Senate
- Dept of Defense
- Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Holds an On-Camera Press Briefing
- Secretary of Defense Memorandum on Strengthening Economic Security in the Force
- State Dept
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks at a Roundtable with Civil Society
- Joint Statement on the Second Kenya-U.S. Bilateral Strategic Dialogue
- Briefing with Senior State Department Officials On Efforts to Facilitate the Departure of American Citizens from Ethiopia
- Religious Freedom Designations
- Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Trilateral Meeting with Republic of Korea First Vice Foreign Minister Choi and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Mori
- Conclusion of the 2021 Kimberley Process Plenary
- The United States regrets that, despite genuine willingness from many Kimberley Process participants and observers, the Kimberley Process Plenary did not reach consensus on an expanded conflict diamond definition that would better reflect these pressing concerns.
- The United States remains gravely concerned about the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) and the impact on its rough diamond exports. CAR remains the only country in the world where conflict diamonds as defined by the Kimberley Process are being produced, and the United States continues to work tirelessly to balance the need for legitimate CAR exports with the Kimberley Process mandate to prevent conflict diamonds from entering the commercial supply chain.
- The United States is deeply concerned by reports of human rights abuses by elements of the Wagner Group, Russia’s proxy force, as well as members of the CAR security services, including in connection to diamond production. We call on the CAR and Russian governments to investigate these allegations thoroughly and hold perpetrators accountable, where appropriate.
- U.S. GCC Iran Working Group Statement
- U.S. Participation in the Fall 2021 Ad Hoc Liaison Committee Meeting for the Palestinians
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken At Launching of National Geographic Kids Africa
- National Geographic Kids Africa is about a global company and local partners coming together with government to empower local storytellers, share African stories in Africa, and advance the SDGs, especially combating climate change.
- "...Working to support African filmmakers and conservationists in telling stories that matter so deeply to African communities, with the hope to inspire an insatiable curiosity about and a love for our planet while showcasing the leadership and expertise of conservationists and communities from across the continent."
- National Geographic Africa will be a TV show consisting of 26 22-minute episodes, targeted at children like these between the age of seven and twelve, and it’ll be available and on-air from mid of 2022. The program is going to be produced entirely in Africa, by African storytellers; and with a commitment to showcase our stories of leadership, our expertise, our conservationists, and the communities from East Africa and across parts of Southern Africa and West Africa.
- Labor
- DHS
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 11.17.21 10:21pm):
- 255,019,748 Known Cases/12,902,936 28-Day New Cases
- 5,124,079 Known Deaths/199,721 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 47,420,139 Cases/ 2,153,091 28 Day New Cases
- 767,435 Deaths/34,195 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +96,194 New Cases/47,244,379 Known Cases
- +1,479 New Deaths/762,994 Known Deaths
- 558,460,315 Doses Delivered
- 444,789,186 Doses Administered
- 228,175,638 Partially Vaccinated
- 195,612,365 Fully Vaccinated
- 58.9% of Total Population
- 68.9% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 70.7% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- 31,464,669 Boosters (16.1% of fully vaccinated)
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
- R-effective: 0.83
- 67,082,955 Doses Delivered/56,080,244 Doses Administered
- 3,007,995 Partially Vaccinated/25,187,157 Fully Vaccinated
- 3,912 New Cases/4,748,429 Total Cases (11.6 new cases/100k)
- 128 New Deaths/72,718 Total Deaths (+0.01 new deaths/100k)
- 2.2% 7-day test positivity rate
- 3,752 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-16 patients, -0.4% from prior day)
- 967 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-7 patients, -0.7% from prior day)
- 1,866 ICU beds available (-136 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
- State Data:
- R-effective: 0.80
- 590 New Cases/379,435 Total Cases
- 3.1% Daily Positivity
- 3 Deaths/4,287 Total Deaths
- 290 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (+7 patients, +2.5% from prior day)
- 83 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+2 patients, +2.5% from prior day)
- 194 ICU beds available (-35 from prior day)
- County Data:
- San Diego County COVID-19 Watch
- COVID-19 Weekly Status Update
- 342 New Cases/379,251 Total Cases
- Case rate: 14.2 per 100,000 residents overall
- 8.1 for fully vaccinated people
- 24.6 for not fully vaccinated San Diegans.
- 14 New Daily Deaths/4,301 Total Deaths
- 5,959,725 Doses Received/5,419,796 Doses Administered
- 2,610,187 Partially Vaccinated/2,338,618 Fully Vaccinated
- +14,395 Newly Fully Vaccinated Since Last Week
- 74.3% +5 Population Fully Vaccinated/69.9% Total Population Fully Vaccinated
- 2.3% Daily Test Positivity/3.2% 7-day average/3.2% 7-day average after 7-day lag/2.7% Test Positivity (14-day average)
- 75.5% Case Investigation
- +49 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- +2 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
- +5.6% Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (277 patients. +7% over 30 days)
- 22% ICU Capacity (80 patients. 0% over 30 days)
- 50 Staffed ICU Beds Available
- 21 Community Outbreaks (7-day)/102 Active Community Outbreaks
- 8 in TK-12 grade school settings
- 4 in government settings
- 3 in business settings
- 3 in hotel/resort/spa settings
- 1 in a faith-based setting
- 1 in fitness/gym setting
- 1 in a retail setting
- Universities:
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