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| A Subadult Sea Lion at La Jolla Cove (Taken 6.15.202) |
Last night I reached out to Sea World asking about the condition of the sea lion who was rescued off the 94 freeway yesterday and I got a response. "As of today, Saturday at noon PST, the sea lion has been eating, active and is exhibiting normal sea lion behavior. SeaWorld’s veterinarians will assess the animal and continue to give it the rehabilitation it needs." They also wanted to note that in Sea World's 50 year history, they have rescued, rehabilitated and released healthy animals back to the wild. I've had to call their line a few times because of sea lions with fish hooks, fishing line around necks or flippers, and shark bites and know that this is meaningful work that Sea World does.
I didn't really expect to do a post today but there was still a lot I missed yesterday and what else am I gonna do as we maintain a self-imposed somewhat quarantine because COVID is crazy out here? I mean, I guess I could go through the bags and boxes of stuff I've been meaning to donate for months, or match up unmatched and missing socks, but this is my therapy, I guess. I posted a bunch of opinion pieces today, but hopefully you'll take the time to read beyond the headlines, because there are some useful points being made. Though I also have to say that there's a lot of finger pointing accelerating at this stage of the pandemic and it's getting a little old. Besides just the political divide and being in a pandemic for almost a full year under TFG, the reason everything is so complicated or "confusing" is because there are so many variables: the recommendations for unvaccinated SHOULD be different than it is for vaccinated and different than for people who are boosted while also weighing in resolving symptoms vs asymptomatic, age, health, comorbidities, access to health care, and more. And the simple fact that some people will do, or try to do the right thing, while a solid third to half of the country will continue to be fucking assholes until the day they die keeps everything complicated. The most important lesson from high school is that we all have to pay for the worst student's behavior. Nothing has changed about that.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- Virus testing shortages and delays help fuel surge. California COVID Surge Could Ease Next Month - AP News (1.7.22)
- Governor Newsom Signs Executive Order to Prevent Price Gouging on At-Home COVID Tests - Office of Governor Newsom (1.8.22)
- Attorney General Bonta Issues Consumer Alert Following the Governor's Executive Order on Price Gouging Due to Coronavirus Cases in California Communities - Rob Bonta, CA AG (1.8.22)
- Omicron explosion spurs nationwide breakdown of services - AP News (1.7.22)
- ‘They’re past overwhelmed’: Inside the pandemic’s toll on nurses. Nearly 1 out of 5 health care workers have quit their jobs since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. - The Dallas Morning News (1.7.22)
- CDC: Hospitalization rate among 0-4-year-olds rising - Becker's Hospital Review (1.7.22)
- Dr Van Kerkhove explains why Omicron is transmitting so efficiently - WHO (1.8.22)
- COVID-19 Opinion Pieces:
- Americans used to understand we have to fight contagious diseases. What happened? - Kansas City Star (1.7.22)
- COVID Isolation Should Not Be 'One Size Fits All' — Quarantine and isolation periods should be individually tailored - MedPage Today (1.7.22)
- Omicron gives new meaning to calculated risk. Forty-odd years ago, Stanford engineering professor Ron Howard coined the term ‘micromort’ to quantify a 1-in-a million chance of death. - The Boston Globe (1.7.22)
- How Communication around COVID Fuels a Mistrust of Science. The CDC’s recent move highlights the growing problems that arise when federal agencies ignore scientific data - Scientific American (1.6.22)
- CDC MMWR:
- Effectiveness of BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) mRNA Vaccination Against Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Among Persons Aged 12–18 Years — United States, July–December 2021
- Risk for Newly Diagnosed Diabetes >30 Days After SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Persons Aged <18 years — United States, March 1, 2020–June 28, 2021
- Politics:
- California Ballot Will Be Heavy on Health Care - KHN (1.7.22)
- Attorney General Bonta: California Law Does Not Criminalize Pregnancy Loss - Rob Bonta Attorney General (1.6.22)
- Democracy Under Siege: Extremist insurgency continues a year after Jan. 6 attack - SPLC (1.7.22)
- News:
- Several of the Regional Bikeway Projects are in final stages and open/opening! It is so amazing to have been a part of these meetings when Nova was 6, 7, 8 years old and now getting to use these bikeways at 14. You can see the updates and progress on the Keep San Diego Moving site.
- Other Reading:
- Chinese anti-virus lockdowns add to concerns over economy - npr (1.7.22)
- Government:
- White House
- Remarks by President Biden at the Memorial for Senator Harry Reid
- Background Press Call by a Senior Administration Official on Russia
- President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Amends Kentucky Disaster Declaration
- State Dept
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 1.8.22 7:22pm):
- 304,858,775 Known Cases/33,901,975 28-Day New Cases
- 5,484,091 Known Deaths/181,833 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 59,766,818 Cases/9,546,969 28 Day New Cases
- 837,262 Deaths/38,374 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +831,304 New Cases/59,521,277 Known Cases
- +2,348 New Deaths/834,077 Known Deaths
- 639,717,695 Doses Delivered
- 518,021,463 Doses Administered
- 246,447,823 Partially Vaccinated
- 207,452,448 Fully Vaccinated
- 62.5% of Total Population
- 66.4% of Population ≥ 5 Years of Age
- 71.5% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 73.2% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- 74,617,848 Boosters (36%)
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
- R-effective: 1.55
- 77,437,675 Doses Delivered/66,098,735 Doses Administered
- 3,197,513 Partially Vaccinated/26,995846 Fully Vaccinated
- 10,750,925 Boosters Administered (50.2%)
- San Diego County
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