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| Fennec Fox at San Diego Zoo (Taken 1.11.22) |
Sometimes I have to remember that living in San Diego, the 8th largest city in the country, in California, the most populous state of the union, is vastly different than other places in the country. I haven't seen empty shelves. We didn't struggle to get tested when we wanted, or to get boosters when we were eligible. That is different now, but I've got my little stock of rapids when we need to test Nova after she goes back to school next week. She took us up on our offer of doing school from home until after MLK day. That decision doesn't come lightly - we know this comes with huge amount of privilege and isn't something everyone can do and we know that school funding relies on attendance, but perhaps keeping her home lightens the load on staff. And she's not a slacker; today she and Darren went to the library and she brought home a stack of 8 books. In the time it took for her class to read one chapter of "The Hate U Give," she had already read an entire book. You can read Matt Hall's twitter thread on the latest from San Diego Unified, which I'm sure we'll hear more about on Friday.
I don't really have anything else to report. As much as I miss going to the San Diego Zoo a couple times a week, my one trip this week was enough for me to sit it out a few more days or to less busy times. I'd be down for a universal mask mandate, even outside, just thinking about how many kids I saw the other day who were obviously sick and coughing and crowding into tight spaces like the viewing glass by the tigers or hippos, but I know there's no political will for more requirements or protections. The global undertone is to just let it rip and see where we land after everyone has been affected. Hopefully it's a nice weekend and we can at least go for a hike or a drive or even just hang in the yard. It feels like a lot of just waiting around for this wave to pass, and I guess I just have to be okay with that. Last night I spent four hours trying to find my photos from the Ronnie Spector show at the North Park Theatre from 2014 and was unsuccessful. Maybe it's time for some organizing.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- Calling Omicron ‘Mild’ Is Wishful Thinking. We are far past the point of hoping that this variant will spare us. - The Atlantic (1.12.22)
- Omicron less severe than Delta but still poses danger for unvaccinated: WHO - Reuters (1.12.22)
- San Diego doctors continue fight against COVID-19 misinformation as omicron surges - kpbs (1.12.22)
- Incidental Cases and Staff Shortages Make Covid’s Next Act Tough for Hospitals - KHN (1.13.22)
- ...some hospitals have resisted routine staff testing — both for the lab resource drain and the possible results.
“Hospitals don’t want to know,” he said. “We just don’t have the staff.” - A cascade of Omicron-driven shortages puts U.S. hospitals in a bind - STAT News (1.13.22)
- Director-General's opening remarks at the 10th meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee on COVID-19 - 13 January 2022
- "2021 gave us many reasons for hope, as science provided us with more tools to control the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, we have also faced many hurdles, including politicization, nationalism, short-term self-interest disinformation and more.
This toxic combination has hampered the response, fuelling the transmission and evolution of the virus, and hampering equitable access to the tools to prevent, detect and treat it." - "But while vaccines remain very effective at preventing severe disease and death, they do not fully prevent transmission
More transmission means more hospitalizations, more deaths, more people off work, including teachers and health workers, and more disruption to essential social and health services.
More transmission also means more risk of another variant emerging that is even more transmissible and more deadly than previous variants.
The sheer scale and pace of transmission also means more pressure on already overburdened and exhausted health and care workers." - Politics:
- Attorney General Bonta Announces Multistate Settlement Against Student Loan Servicer Navient - Attorney General Bonta (1.13.22)
- Gov. Newsom visits San Diego to talk homelessness solutions, COVID-19 - kpbs/City News Service (1.12.22)
- Governor Newsom Highlights California Blueprint Investments in State’s Infrastructure and Clean Transportation Future
- $9.1 billion for clean transit projects that advance state’s climate and public health goals while creating good-paying jobs
- Continued support to make California’s ports more efficient and improve supply chain
- $10 billion total package to accelerate the transition to zero-emission vehicles
- Governor Newsom Visits Santa Clara Homekey Site and Announces Awards for Three Additional Homekey Projects
- State awards more than $60 million for Homekey projects in Kern, Santa Barbara and Santa Clara counties
- Projects will offer 267 units of housing
- The California Blueprint adds $2 billion to Governor Newsom’s historic pandemic homelessness response – getting struggling Californians off the streets and quickly into care
- Plan provides tenfold investment increase for local governments to clear encampments
- News:
- Oath Keepers leader arrested, charged with seditious conspiracy for Jan. 6 riot - npr/kpbs (1.13.22)
- Your Office Can Get You Sick Now and That’s Fine, Supreme Court Says. The guy in the cubicle next to you can do whatever he wants, basically. - Vice (1.13.22)
- More than half of workers would consider quitting before returning to office. People were also less likely to want to attend indoor sporting events, go to the movies and dine out, U.S. survey found. - Bloomberg News/Financial Post (1.12.22)
- Experts Share Forecast at Annual Economic Roundtable - County News Center (1.13.22)
- Other Reading:
- A Q&A With the Scientist Who Discovered Cannabis Can Prevent COVID-19. Dr. Richard van Breemen explains why cannabis-derived gummies can be an important public health intervention. - Vice Motherboard (1.12.22)
- This lawsuit is getting so exhausting. When Shepard Fairey was putting up a mural in South Park several years ago, Spencer Elden, then 21, was on the crew helping him wheat-paste the stencil onto the wall and the first thing I knew about him when I was introduced by Amanda Fairey, whom I'd known from junior high, was that he was the "Nirvana baby". He was beaming with pride whenever it was brought up and while it sucks that his own parents took away his agency, much like stage parents do with child actors, this is not a Nirvana problem and this lawsuit should be tossed away forever.
Nevermind Baby Spencer Elden Refiles Lawsuit Against Nirvana. A judge had dismissed Elden's initial complaint after he missed a deadline to respond. - Consequence of Sound (1.13.22) - Government:
- White House
- Readout of White House Meeting on Software Security
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, January 13, 2022
- Remarks by President Biden After Meeting with the Senate Democratic Caucus
- President Biden Announces Key Nominee
- President Biden Announces Key Regional Appointments for USDA and HUD
- Statement by President Joe Biden On the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision on Vaccine Requirements
- Remarks by President Biden at Virtual Meeting on Military Deployments Supporting Hospitals for the COVID-19 Response
- Statement from CEA Chair Cecilia Rouse on Producer Price Index
- Dept of Defense
- More Active Troops to Help Take COVID-Related Pressure Off Civilian Hospitals
- DOD Awards Contracts to Purchase COVID-19 Antigen Over-the-Counter Test Kits in Support of POTUS' 500 Million Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests
- Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Ukraine’s Minister of Defence Oleksii Reznikov
- State Dept
- Secretary Blinken’s Call with Czech Foreign Minister Lipavsky
- Secretary Blinken’s Call with the Speaker of Iraq’s Council of Representatives al-Halbousi
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinksi, and Willie Geist of Morning Joe on MSNBC
- Secretary Blinken’s Call with Icelandic Foreign Minister Gylfadottir
- Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Jordanian Foreign Minister Safadi
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Mary Louise Kelley of NPR’s All Things Considered
- Special Representative for the DPRK Kim’s Calls with Republic of Korea (ROK) Special Representative Noh and Japanese Director General Funakoshi
- Labor
- Statement from Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh on Supreme Court ruling on OSHA emergency temporary standard on vaccination, testing
- Dept of Justice
- Leader of Oath Keepers and 10 Other Individuals Indicted in Federal Court for Seditious Conspiracy and Other Offenses Related to U.S. Capitol Breach
- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks at the Civil Rights Division’s Virtual Program: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Delivers Remarks at the Civil Rights Division’s Virtual Program: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- DHS
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 1.13.22 9:21pm):
- 320,097,533 Known Cases/47,028,390 28-Day New Cases
- 5,520,638 Known Deaths/181,677 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 64,082,753 Cases/13,526,940 28 Day New Cases
- 846,488 Deaths/40,878 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +855,805 New Cases/63,397,935 Known Cases
- +2,006 New Deaths/842,873 Known Deaths
- 646,546,885 Doses Delivered
- 524,199,956 Doses Administered
- 247,987,225 Partially Vaccinated
- 208,564,894 Fully Vaccinated
- 62.8% of Total Population
- 66.8% of Population ≥ 5 Years of Age
- 71.7% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 73.4% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- 78,139,161 Boosters (37.5%)
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
- R-effective: 1.35
- 78,649,245 Doses Delivered/66,974,365 Doses Administered
- 3,237,436 Partially Vaccinated/27,131,927 Fully Vaccinated
- 11,317,962 Boosters Administered (49.1%)
- 108,040 New Cases/6,296,907 Total Cases (215.7 new cases/100k)
- 121 New Deaths/76,804 Total Deaths (0.1 new deaths/100k)
- 23.0% 7-day test positivity rate
- 12,927 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+610 patients, +5.0% from prior day)
- 1,958 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (+55 patients, +2.9% from prior day)
- 1,516 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: 1.22
- 14,715 New Cases/551,669 Total Cases
- 26.7% Daily Positivity
- +9 Deaths/4,529 Total Deaths
- 1,135 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (+69 patients, +6.5% from prior day)
- 177 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+10 patients, +6.0% from prior day)
- 173 ICU beds available (-4 from prior day)
- County Data:
- 14,437 New Cases/558,356 Total Cases
- 11 New Daily Deaths/4,540 Total Deaths
- 26.3% Daily Test Positivity/28.8% 7-day average
- +76 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- +4 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
- Universities:
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