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| Aisha the Orangutan Sayin' Hi (Taken 1.24.22) |
Today was one of those days where all I wanted to do was chill, and Darren woke up inspired and cleaned the entire house top to bottom -- sorting laundry, mopping the kitchen and bathroom, cleaning counters and mirrors, doing dishes, reorganizing our pet food situation. Meanwhile I did some work, watched some news, watch the Psaki media briefing and around 3 I realized if I was gonna hit the zoo, that was the time to go, and instead laid down and took a long, and apparently much-needed nap. Even when I sleep around here, there's so much noise and the pets interrupt and there's always something, so the afternoon nap is the best uninterrupted time I ever get. So I guess I'll do the zoo or Safari Park on Wednesday. In the meantime, I've got nothing else exciting or interesting to report...just waiting for my next Wordle. Listings will come, but not tonight.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- Daily COVID-19 deaths during omicron surpass peak in delta wave - Becker's Hospital Review (1.25.22)
- U.S. COVID peak may be over but not the pain as deaths rise - Reuters (1.25.22)
- Omicron BA.2 Variant May Be Extra Transmissible — "Only having a transmissibility advantage at this stage of the game isn't a total showstopper" - MedPage Today (1.24.22)
- WHO chief warns conditions ripe for more COVID-19 variants - CIDRAP (1.24.22)
- COVID-19: endemic doesn’t mean harmless. Rosy assumptions endanger public health — policymakers must act now to shape the years to come. - nature (1.24.22)
- Does Omicron Pose as Much of a Blood Clot Threat? — More data are needed, but thromboembolic risk appears to have dropped - MedPage Today (1.24.22)
- Pfizer and BioNTech begin testing an omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine - kpbs (1.25.22)
- Weekly Epidemiological Update - WHO (1.25.22)
Globally, the number of new COVID-19 cases increased in the past week (17-23 January 2022) by 5%, while the number of new deaths remained similar to that reported during the previous week. Across the six WHO regions, over 21 million new cases were reported this week, representing the highest number of weekly cases recorded since the beginning of the pandemic.
Nearly 50 000 new deaths were also reported. As of 23 January 2022, over 346 million confirmed cases and over 5.5 million deaths have been reported worldwide. - CDC MMWR:
- Trends in Disease Severity and Health Care Utilization During the Early Omicron Variant Period Compared with Previous SARS-CoV-2 High Transmission Periods — United States, December 2020–January 2022
- Politics:
- Report: U.S. Marines Returned Fire After Suicide Bombing, but No Enemies Were Shooting at Them. A declassified report concludes that U.S. Marines who began shooting after a Kabul airport suicide bombing were not under fire, contradicting previous accounts. And they did not hit any Afghan civilians. - ProPublica (1.21.22)
- Governor Newsom, Legislative Leaders Announce Framework to Extend Supplemental Paid Sick Leave, Protecting Workers and Supporting Businesses Amid COVID Surge - Office of Gov Newsom (1.25.22)
- OSHA Withdraws Emergency 'Vaccinate or Test' Rule — But says it will work on a permanent COVID standard - MedPage Today (1.25.22)
- OSHA COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS - Dept of Labor
- News:
- $14 Million Available to Nonprofits Offering Summer Extended Learning to San Diego Unified School District Students. The San Diego Foundation and San Diego Unified School District launch grant application for Summer 2022 Level Up SD
- Other Reading:
- ‘Why was I born a Girl?’ An Afghan poem inspires U.S. students. Periodic Zoom sessions between the Afghan and American students have opened a window to the world for girls at Mawoud, hardening their resolve to pursue their educations. - New York Times via The Indian EXPRESS (1.23.22)
- Bird Flu Is Back in the US. No One Knows What Comes Next. The fast-moving pathogen, which has already invaded Europe, was found in East Coast ducks. The last outbreak that tore through the US killed 50 million birds. - Wired (1.24.22)
- John Roberts Gets an F on His Annual Report. The chief justice’s year-end appraisal of the federal judiciary reads as innocuous at first glance—it’s anything but. - The Nation (1.24.22)
- Government:
- White House
- Remarks by President Biden in Press Gaggle
- Statement by President Biden on the America COMPETES Act of 2022
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, January 25, 2022
- Statement by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the Visit of Amir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar
- Remarks by Vice President Harris at the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
- FACT SHEET: President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
- Fact Sheet: The New Small Business Boom Under the Biden-Harris Administration
- Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on Russia Ukraine Economic Deterrence Measures
- Statement by President Biden on General Motors Investment in Michigan
- State Dept
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken Opening Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF)
- Deputy Secretary of State Sherman Attends High-Level Ministerial on Haiti Hosted by Canada
- Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador Ngoc
- Secretary Blinken’s Call with UK Foreign Secretary Truss
- Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Call with Swiss State Secretary Leu
- Dept of Justice
- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks at the Meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
- DHS
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 1.25.22 9:21pm):
- 358,287,267 Known Cases/75,317,419 28-Day New Cases
- 5,614,675 Known Deaths/198,058 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 72,171,208 Cases/18,954,098 28-Day New Cases
- 871,937 Deaths/48,974 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +1,140,580 New Cases/71,818,876 Known Cases
- +2,643 New Deaths/866,968 Known Deaths
- 660,939,155 Doses Delivered
- 536,347,783 Doses Administered
- 251,289,667 Partially Vaccinated
- 210,682,471 Fully Vaccinated
- 63.5% of Total Population
- 67.5% of Population ≥ 5 Years of Age
- 72.3% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 73.9% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- 84,800,209 Boosters (40.3%)
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
- R-effective: 0.61
- 80,598,715 Doses Delivered/68,720,989 Doses Administered
- 3,338,143 Partially Vaccinated/27,391,902 Fully Vaccinated
- 12,446,084 Boosters Administered (52.3%)
- 62,826 New Cases/7,482,469 Total Cases (215.3 new cases/100k)
- 17 New Deaths/78,118Total Deaths (0.1 new deaths/100k)
- 19.6% 7-day test positivity rate
- 15,248 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+44 patients, +0.3% from prior day)
- 2,600 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-2 patients, -0.1% from prior day)
- 1,548 ICU beds available (+82 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: 0.5
- 23,365 New Cases/663,580 Total Cases
- 25.9% Daily Positivity
- +20 Deaths/4,586 Total Deaths
- 1,288 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-9 patients, -0.7% from prior day)
- 232 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+5 patients, +2.2% from prior day)
- 178 ICU beds available (-3 from prior day)
- County Data:
- 6,333 New Cases/668,968 Total Cases
- +18 New Daily Deaths/4,604 Total Deaths
- 26.6% 7-day average
- +92 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- -1 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
- Universities:
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