Somali Wild Ass (Taken 11.17.21) |
I wrote a bunch earlier, but I'll leave that for after the jump. I wish I had more to report, but honestly I'm just desperately trying to find new-to-me movies and shows on my streaming services. I will take any recommendations under consideration. We have Hulu, Amazon, Netflix, Disney+, and Paramount+. We do not have HBOMax. Today I watched a news/doc series called The Con narrated by Whoopi Goldberg that covers these audacious crooks and it was fascinating. I also watched an old episodic documentary about the Bill Clinton impeachment. So weird to reevaluate that with adult eyes in a different era.
My COVID-19 Isolation, Day 2.
We really did our best when it came to avoiding getting COVID-19, but it only takes one slip and here we are. And while we prepared for lockdowns and staying home, we didn't really plan for what to do if one of us had to isolate. Yes, we have the "speakeasy", but it's not really a realistically livable space anymore with all it's storage and lack of heating and furniture. We can fit a cot down there but that is a miserable experience. So we're playing "musical rooms". I mostly hide in the bedroom room with fans and air filters on until Nova goes to bed and Darren goes downstairs to play some music, then I take over the living room, in a mask, again with fans and air filters, and watch TV until I eventually fall asleep on the couch so Darren and the animals can have the big bed.
Nova stayed home today but according to the school, so long as she's vaccinated, asymptomatic, and tests negative on a rapid test, she's allowed to go, even with me as a contact. Today she and Darren went to take PCR tests, just in case. Mostly I think it's the only legit thing they're allowed to do to leave the house and give me space, since as far as I know she can still get tested at school on Tuesday. But I appreciated the time to binge some TV and Darren's support in wanting to get tested. They were gone for more than 4 hours. And I think I found a testing loophole: if you go wait in a line for a PCR test, county officials may come around and offer you a box of take home tests instead. I wouldn't expect their results until Wednesday and then I'm out of iso on Thursday anyway.
I mean, I don't want to think I'm special or anything, but the circumstances of my test results being lost for 10 days kinda changes the whole isolation and quarantine protocols; it precludes me from even asking about monoclonal antibodies or ask about Fluvoxamine, and O-T-C cold medicine seems to be doing fine for me right now, so long as I imagine the little vaccine robots in me fighting off viral replication. Or maybe, since I've already had two negative antigen tests since my positive PCR, they've already done their job, and this is all me paying the price for them losing my result in the first place. I mean, I'm already 11 days from that positive test.
Today I feel fine. My stuffiness is all gone and my slight headache went away when I realized I hadn't eaten in 15 hours. I'm kinda tired, but I think that is self-perpetuating from doing nothing and also because couch sleep is never as good as bed sleep. Oh! And last night there was another crazy cop chase/arrest that appeared to surround our house from the front and back, again, because as long as this stupid construction project takes to finish, and it's adjacency to a tire shop and auto reseller that have tools that look like an easy target, it is just a magnet for theft. We didn't even know it was happening until we heard the suspect screaming that his shoulder was being dislocated by the cop, but they got him and the cops and their K-9 occupied the alley for a couple hours so I didn't even really fall asleep until after 4. And then, of course, construction was right back started at 7:30 so yeah. I could probably use a real sleep tonight. The best thing about being "sick" is that nobody judges you for hittin' the Nighttime 'Tussin.
- COVID-19:
- FDA authorizes first Covid-19 booster shot for teens aged 12 to 15 - STAT News (1.3.22)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Takes Multiple Actions to Expand Use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine - FDA (1.3.22)
- Omicron upends return to US schools and workplaces - AP News (1.3.22)
- San Diego County's COVID hospitalizations near 600 - City News Service/kpbs (1.3.22)
- COVID-19 hospitalizations up in 34 states - Becker's Hospital Review (1.3.22)
- Hospitalizations take center stage in COVID-19 fight - Becker's Hospital Review (1.3.22)
- California's Risk Level Has Changed To "Severe Risk" - COVID ActNow (1.3.22)
- Politics:
- The truth about corporate contributions to Republican objectors since January 6 - Popular.Info (1.3.22)
- News:
- Lorena Gonzalez Quits Assembly, Takes Top Job at California Labor Federation - Times of San Diego (1.3.22)
- Tuberculosis Case Reported at Sycuan Casino - County News Center (1.3.22)
- Other Reading:
- Warner Chappell Acquires David Bowie Music Publishing Catalog. Milestone Deal Encompasses Hundreds of Songs Spanning Cultural Icon’s Entire Six-Decade Career - WMG (1.3.22)
- Government:
- White House
- Readout of President Joe Biden’s Event with Farmers, Ranchers on his Action Plan for a More Competitive Meat and Poultry Supply Chain
- Remarks by President Biden During a Virtual Meeting to Discuss Boosting Competition and Reducing Prices in the Meat-Processing Industry
- FACT SHEET: The Biden-Harris Action Plan for a Fairer, More Competitive, and More Resilient Meat and Poultry Supply Chain
- Nominations Sent to the Senate
- Joint Statement of the Leaders of the Five Nuclear-Weapon States on Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Races
- Interior
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 1.3.22 8:22pm):
- 292,503,431 Known Cases/24,255,573 28-Day New Cases
- 5,449,304 Known Deaths/185,840 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 56,190,946 Cases/6,002,352 28 Day New Cases
- 827,753 Deaths/36,056 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker (NOT UPDATING UNTIL 1/7/21:
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
- R-effective: 1.78
- 74,630,005 Doses Delivered/65,013,522 Doses Administered
- 3,147,789 Partially Vaccinated/26,826,864 Fully Vaccinated
- 10,048,986 Boosters Administered (47.2%)
- 56,367 New Cases/5,191,438 Total Cases (1.1 new cases/100k)
- 109 New Deaths/75,847 Total Deaths (0.1 new deaths/100k)
- 15.9% 7-day test positivity rate
- 7,314 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (605 patients, +9.0% from prior day)
- 1,329 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (+73 patients, +5.8% from prior day)
- 1,765 ICU beds available (+9 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: 1.66
- 6,042 New Cases/427,087 Total Cases
- 18.2% Daily Positivity
- 8 Deaths/4,469 Total Deaths
- 688 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (+43 patients, +6.7% from prior day)
- 123 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-2 patients, -1.6% from prior day)
- 188 ICU beds available (+7 from prior day)
- County Data:
- 23,051 New Cases/450,198 Total Cases
- Sunday = 8,313
- Saturday= 4,608
- Friday= 4,227
- Thursday= 5,903
- 7 New Daily Deaths/4,476 Total Deaths
- 61.2% Daily Test Positivity/23.3% 7-day average
- 116 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- 1 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
- Universities:
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