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Ramil The Snow Leopard (Taken 11.30.21)

Today was one of those days when literally everything I read or saw on the news pissed me off. I wrote a big long rant about it all but now it's so late and I'm so tired that it's not really worth being so pissed off about and I just deleted all of it. I already starting a Twitter fight with KUSI for their dumbass posts and it ends up being more exhausting for me because whomever is doing their social media is clearly without a conscience and they just don't get so affected, so I just need to pump the brakes on the negative energy. 

There was a lot of news today. As I predicted yesterday, the indoor mask mandate for California was extended another month, cases are crazy and all those anti-mandate sectors are now seeing massive staff shortages as everyone gets infected and has to go into isolation or quarantine, which lasts much longer if you're symptomatic and unvaccinated, by the way. Nova's teachers are telling the students to prepare for the possibility of online school because there aren't enough staff or substitutes. So yeah, super fun stuff. Obviously I didn't do anything or go anywhere today so besides the news, I've got nothing. Maybe I'll add some excitement to my night and do some online shopping. Yay me.  

Stay safe out there. 

• COVID-19:
• CDC advisers vote to recommend COVID vaccine booster shots for children as young as 12 - CBS News (1.5.22)
• US hospitals seeing different kind of COVID surge this time - AP News (1.4.22)
• San Diegans Urged to Not Go to Emergency Departments for COVID-19 Testing - County News Center (1.5.22)
• San Diego County ERs hit hard by COVID-19. ‘Capacity is exhausted’ - San Diego Union Tribune (1.3.22)
• Hospitals struggle with latest COVID surge as staff gets sick - kpbs (1.4.22)
• Hospitals see more patients 'with COVID-19' vs. 'for COVID-19' - Becker's Hospital Review (1.5.22)
• Guidance for the Use of Face Masks - California Department of Public Health (1.5.22)
• Extends requirement for universal masking indoors statewide December 15, 2021, through February 15, 2022.
• CDC posts rationale for shorter isolation, quarantine - AP News (1.4.22)
• CDC MMWR:
• Receipt of COVID-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy and Preterm or Small-for-Gestational-Age at Birth — Eight Integrated Health Care Organizations, United States, December 15, 2020–July 22, 2021
• Politics:
• Some drug makers quietly resumed donations to lawmakers who denied Biden’s election victory - STAT News (1.4.22)
• News:
• Novak Djokovic's legal team fronts Melbourne Federal Court - ESPN (1.5.21)
• SDPD Chief of Police Renews Call for Use of Streetlight Cameras to Fight Crime - NBC San Diego (1.5.22)
• Flu Activity Slows with COVID-19 Preventative Measures in Place - County News Center (1.5.22)
• County of San Diego Influenza Watch
• 1,185 Total Cases/1 Death
• 139 New Cases 
• Other Reading:
• The war on library books - Popular.info (1.5.22)
• Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner on Bringing Her Characters to Life. With the details for a film adaptation of her memoir Crying in H Mart coming together, Zauner shares how writing for film provides a new creative experience for her. - Flood (1.5.22)
• Government:
• White House
• President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Washington Disaster Declaration
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Port Envoy to the White House Supply Chain Task Force John Porcari, January 5, 2022
• Press Briefing by White House COVID-⁠19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
• Dept of Defense
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's Call With U.K. Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace
• State Dept
• Kazakhstan State of Emergency
• U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee (“2+2”) Meeting
• Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Call with Georgian Foreign Minister Zalkaliani
• U.S. Government Takes Action Against Current and Former Bosnia and Herzegovina Officials Due to Involvement in Significant Corruption and Destabilizing Activities
• Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Call with Spanish State Secretary for Foreign and Global Affairs Bau
• Secretary Blinken’s Call with Israeli Foreign Minister Lapid
• Secretary Blinken’s Call with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi
• Dept of Justice
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks on the First Anniversary of the Attack on the Capitol
• FDA
• FDA Roundup: January 4, 2022
• Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 1.5.22 7:21pm):
•  297,557,123 Known Cases/28,075,109 28-Day New Cases
•  5,464,589 Known Deaths/184,652 28-Day New Deaths
• US COVID-19 Stats 
• CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
• American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard 
• JHU
• 57,700,275 Cases/7,660,998 28 Day New Cases
• 832,115 Deaths/37,113 28-Day New Deaths
• CDC Data Tracker:
• +717,765 New Cases/57,190,371 Known Cases 
• +2,691 New Deaths/827,879 Known Deaths
• 618,076,045 Doses Delivered
• 513,839,973 Doses Administered
• 245,278,020 Partially Vaccinated 
• 206,797,799 Fully Vaccinated 
• 62.3% of Total Population
• 66.2% of Population ≥ 5 Years of Age
• 71.3% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
• 73% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
• 72,262,703 Boosters (34.9%)
• California COVID-19 Stats:
• State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
• Vaccination progress dashboard
• Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
• R-effective: 1.57
• 74,973,775 Doses Delivered/65,386,357 Doses Administered
• 3,161,665 Partially Vaccinated/26,888,311 Fully Vaccinated
• 10,286,391 Boosters Administered
• 51,743 New Cases/5,480,265 Total Cases (88.7 new cases/100k)
• 130 New Deaths/76,054 Total Deaths (0.1 new deaths/100k)
• 21.3% 7-day test positivity rate
• 8,032 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+627 patients, +8.5% from prior day)
• 1,390 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (+110 patients, +8.6% from prior day)
• 1,651 ICU beds available (-212 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: 1.43
• 7,345 New Cases/458,499 Total Cases
• 118.4 cases per 100K (7-day average)
• 24.1% Daily Positivity
• 11 Deaths/4,487 Total Deaths
• 717 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (+35 patients, +5.1% from prior day)
• 141 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+20 patients, +16.5% from prior day)
• 179 ICU beds available (-20 from prior day)
• County Data:
• COVID-19 Watch 
• Weekly Status Update 1.5.22
• 8,204 New Cases/465,607 Total Cases 
• Case rate: 66.6 per 100,000 (7 day average with 7 day lag)
• Case rate: 45.8 per 100,000 residents overall
• 18.1 for fully vaccinated people 
• 27.6 for not fully vaccinated San Diegans.
• +8 New Daily Deaths/4,495 Total Deaths
• 6,694,105 Doses Received/6,262,719 Doses Administered
• 820,766 Booster Doses Administered
• 2,787,947 Partially Vaccinated/2,470,083 Fully Vaccinated
• 7,680 Newly Fully Vaccinated Since Last Week
• 78.5% 5+ Population Fully Vaccinated/73.9% Total Population Fully Vaccinated
• 33.2% Daily Test Positivity/25.3% 7-day average/12% 7-day average after 7-day lag/18.1% Test Positivity (14-day average)
• 9.8% Case Investigation 
• +117 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
• +2 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
• 19.4% Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations (717 patients. +137% over 30 days)
• 24% ICU Capacity (141 patients. +72% over 30 days)
• 33 Staffed ICU Beds Available 
• 45 Community Outbreaks (7-day)/162 Active Community Outbreaks
• Universities:
• SDSU COVID-19, UCSD COVID-19, USD COVID-19, CSU San Marcos, PLNU