Bonobo Hiding From The Crowds at San Diego Zoo (Taken 11.23.21) |
A few weeks ago, I told Darren that President Biden was waiting to release crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve the week of Thanksgiving and here we are. It wasn't really prognosticating; if you pay enough attention to what Jen Psaki says and what she doesn't say, it was kinda obvious. I wouldn't be surprised if a full battle is waged with the Dept of the Interior to start pulling permits fro drillers not using them (or something similar within the law) and not maximizing their capacity back to pre-pandemic levels. Obviously energy corporations hate when Dems are the party in charge and they're, along with OPEC+ nations, trying to sabotage any progress in this country to reap maximum profits and subsidies while paying no taxes and not employing union workers to maximum capacity. It's gross if you think about it too hard.
But you'll remember I also said there would be a Christmas tree shortage, and here we are. It's not necessarily a shortage so much as likely price spikes because of a combination of supply-chain transporting of the trees (or importing of fake ones) and the record fires and droughts and floods across the US. I'm still not sure what we'll do; maybe go retro and buy a tinsel tree. So I have other predicitons. I'm estimating that right around New Year, though if we're lucky not till mid-January, California will have counted 5,000,000 cases of COVID. Numbers are going up across the country quick, and if we look at Europe, and consider about 15 Million Californians still aren't vaccinated AND hardly anybody is wearing masks anywhere AND international and cross border travel both recently opened AND antigen tests are still too expensive AND vaccine and mask mandates are still being litigated all over the country with courts ruling strictly across political lines, we are still kinda fucked.
Today I had to go to my mom's because a mechanical sling lift was being delivered in case my dad is ever released home. I had a couple of hours to kill before the guy was gonna get there, so I went to the San Diego Zoo, and it was PACKED. I'm gonna be super general here and say almost all Asian tourists are not only wearing masks, but good KN95s. Among everyone else, maybe 10% masked. And I know we're outside, but every exhibit had masses of people hovering around. (Except for my secret ones and I'm not gonna share those hiding places to the masses.) What I don't understand even more is we sure do hear an awful lot about how red-staters hate us, but they sure do love our tourist attractions and our city in general. They're identifiable because they almost always have some identifying shirt or hat on that tells you exactly where they're from.
I'll stop being mean about tourists. But the point remains. Cases are up and rising. Be even more cautious because it seems nobody else is.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- WHO and MPP announce the first transparent, global, non-exclusive licence for a COVID-19 technology. CSIC offers serological test to C-TAP - WHO (11.23.21)
- Weekly Epidemiological and Operational updates November 2021
Globally, the numbers of weekly COVID-19 cases and deaths have increased for more than a month. During the week of 15-21 November 2021, nearly 3.6 million confirmed new cases and over 51 000 deaths were reported, reflecting a 6% increase for cases and deaths as compared to the previous week.
The European Region reported an 11% increase in new weekly cases, while the other regions reported a decrease or incidence similar to the previous week. The largest proportionate decrease was reported from the South-East Asia Region (11%), followed by the Eastern Mediterranean Region (9%). While the Western Pacific Region and the Region of the Americas reported relatively stable case incidence, they both reported large increases in new weekly deaths, 29% and 19% respectively. In contrast, the African and the South-East Asia regions reported a 30% and 19% decrease in new weekly deaths.
The cumulative number of confirmed cases reported globally is now over 256 million and the cumulative number of deaths is more than 5.1 million - Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: November 23, 2021 - FDA (11.23.21)
- FDA Authorized 3 new OTC Antigen tests
- U.S. not heading toward COVID lockdown, White House says - Reuters (11.22.21)
- Other Reading:
- Grammy Nominations 2022: The Complete List - Paste (11.23.21)
- Every Step of the Global Supply Chain Is Going Wrong — All at Once - Bloomberg (11.22.21)
- San Diego Still Can’t Solve Its Public Restroom Problem. Having access to public restrooms is an issue San Diego’s homeless population grapples with every day, and it’s an issue that’s knocked on the doors of San Diego’s public officials for decades. Still, access to public restrooms is lacking, and it’s contributing to public health threats that have sickened many. - Voice of San Diego (11.23.21)
- Government:
- White House
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, November 23, 2021
- President Biden Announces Release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve As Part of Ongoing Efforts to Lower Prices and Address Lack of Supply Around the World
- Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on Oil and Gas Prices
- FACT SHEET: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Revitalize Main Street
- Remarks by President Biden on the Economy and Lowering Prices for the American People
- Statement by NSC Spokesperson Emily Horne on the U.S.-Lithuania Strategic Dialogue on the Indo-Pacific
- Statement by NEC Director Brian Deese and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Samsung Announcement of New Semiconductor Facility in Texas
- Bills Signed: H.R. 1510 and S. 108
- State Dept
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 11.23.21 9:21pm):
- 258,830,653 Known Cases/13,866,826 28-Day New Cases
- 5,166,649 Known Deaths/201,678 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 47,980,871 Cases/2,308,326 28 Day New Cases
- 773,771 Deaths/32,898 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +162,204 New Cases/47,813,785 Known Cases
- +1,230 New Deaths/772,180 Known Deaths
- 569,050,695 Doses Delivered
- 452,704,982 Doses Administered
- 230,669,289 Partially Vaccinated
- 195,973,992 Fully Vaccinated
- 59% of Total Population
- 62.8% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 69.1% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- 36,640,102 Boosters
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
- R-effective: 0.91
- 68,616,435 Doses Delivered/57,257,478 Doses Administered
- 3,185,320 Partially Vaccinated/25,315,400 Fully Vaccinated
- 4,163 New Cases/4,777,804 Total Cases (10.6 new cases/100k)
- 15 New Deaths/73,214 Total Deaths (0.1 new deaths/100k)
- 1.9% 7-day test positivity rate
- 3.488 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+23 patients, +0.7% from prior day)
- 905 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (+3 patients, +0.3% from prior day)
- 1,919 ICU beds available (+1 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: 0.74
- 1,385 New Cases/382,132 Total Cases
- 2.9% Daily Positivity
- 0 Deaths/4,317 Total Deaths
- 266 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (+3 patients, +1.1% from prior day)
- 81 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (0 patients, 0% from prior day)
- 220ICU beds available (+10 from prior day)
- County Data:
- 514 New Cases/382,059 Total Cases
- 2 New Daily Deaths/4,319 Total Deaths
- 3.9% Daily Test Positivity/3.1% 7-day average
- 27 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- 1 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
- Universities:
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