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| Amahle & Funani (Taken 1.27.22) |
While it seems everyone is doing a victory lap, COVID-19 is still not done with us. The Omicron BA.2. variant is picking up the pace in Denmark and they're saying it is 30% more transmissible than BA.1, and there's evidence that prior infection doesn't prevent reinfection. If this thing takes hold here, we may all be right back to fucked again. The will to have any kind of mitigations is pretty much all used up and we're now giving in to the vocal minority of anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers, and anti-mandate cohort, revealing itself to be made up of exactly who you thought it was-- racists, misogynists, bigots, supporters of TFG, insurrectionists, domestic extremists, creationists, flat-earthers, conspiracy theorists and the like. It's all connected: January 6, the Ottawa truck convoy, Russia threatening Ukraine, shootings in grocery stores and churches, fights on airplanes, protests in New Zealand, Belarus, Poland, and elsewhere. Same people, same ideals, same same same. I'm grateful to live in a place where I'm not harassed for masking up, that my friends and family and workplace are on board with maximizing safety precautions, that the kid's school district will continue with masking policies until it is truly safe to remove them, whenever that may come.
I fully intended to do a Monday night post as usual, but I was feeling dizzy and ended up crashing by like 10pm, resulting in me waking up at 3am, and so here I am trying to get through Monday's junk so I can be clear headed for Tuesday. I did get to go to the San Diego Zoo for a little while on Monday afternoon and was kind of worried to see barricades around the entire hippo pool, but a worker suggested they might just be renovating the railing or benches or glass. February 8 is Amahle's 2nd birthday, so hopefully everything will be back to normal today. I think they had a fancy donor party last night to preview the new "Base Camp" area opening next month, which is exciting because the designs and concepts are amazing, but also it means the mommy militia will probably go back to just occupying that area with their thousand dollar strollers.
There are a lot of news and clips below, but I had to comment on the "Decision Fatigue" article in KHN because oh-em-gee, that shit is legit. I've always thought of it as the squirrel problem -- you give a squirrel two cashews, the squirrel is paralyzed by the choices. I've noticed this more and more, especially when it comes to eating. We have so much quality food at home, but having to choose what to eat gets so exhausting that I just wait until I'm so hangry that I just end up shoving junk in my mouth instead of eating a proper meal. Same goes for just leaving the house...I used to have a little list in my brain of great spots to go in San Diego and now I basically only go to the Zoo. Which has been fine and worked out for me and I love shooting photos, even if nobody will ever see 99% of them, but part of the reason we did Mission Trails, Sea World, and IB over the weekend was because I felt guilty that everyone kinda always goes along with whatever I want to do. All this to say, I'm hoping to adventure a little bit more than I have been. Certainly not a victory lap, but just to take better advantage of the upcoming heatwave and check out places we haven't been in awhile, grateful that the case surge is diminishing, at least for now. Plus I got an email from USPS saying my tests will arrive by Friday. Now that they're readily available we can be a little more liberal with our usage. For now, anyway.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- With COVID-19 Conditions Improving, State Public Health Leaders Modify Omicron Surge Policies - CDPH (2.7.22)
- As I wrote on 2.2.22, "The indoor mask mandate is going to expire on February 15. If CDPH even tries to extend it, the pushback is going to be crazy, even though it would just revert back to mandatory masks for unvaccinated, which was as good as having no policy at all. Maskholes and anti-vaxxers are one and the same."
- Indoor masking to be dropped for vaccinated; unenforced for unvaxxed
- "Mega-events" with testing/vax requirements go back to 1,000 patrons indoors
- Masking remains mandatory in certain settings: healthcare, congregate, transit, schools
- Commonwealth and WHO to strengthen cooperation on health, including access to vaccines - WHO (2.7.22)
- Ready for Another Pandemic Malady? It’s Called ‘Decision Fatigue’ - KHN (2.7.22)
- Essential health services face continued disruption during COVID-19 pandemic - WHO (2.7.22)
- The omicron variant "BA.2" outperforms "BA.1". It is soon expected to be up to 100% in Denmark. The prevalence of the omicron variant BA.2 continues to increase in Denmark. It became dominant in week 2 and accounted for 69% in week 3. BA.2 is expected to account for up to 100% of infections in mid-February 2022. - Statens Serum Institut (2.3.22)
- Politics:
- The Supreme Court is partly to blame for the Covid-19 test kit shortage - STAT News (2.7.22)`
- News:
- Free COVID Testing at Trolley Stations Plagued by Delays and Missing Results. TestSD was just one of a few private contractors involved in providing testing sites at MTS stations. Individuals encountered long wait times for results — sometimes as long as 13 days. And for some, the results never came. - Voice of San Diego (2.7.22)
- Trucker convoy: Police chief calls for 1,800 more cops and civilians to handle protest - Ottawa Citizen (2.7.22)
- Amir Locke protesters seek acting police chief’s resignation - AP News (2.7.22)
- Parents: Amir Locke ‘executed’; mayor halts no-knock entries - AP News (2.4.22)
- Early taste of spring headed for West Coast this week - Accuweather (2.6.22)
- "While the major cities of Southern California likely won't hit record levels, places like Los Angeles, San Diego and Palm Springs, California, will have temperatures surpassing 10 degrees above average by the end of the week"
- Government:
- White House
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, February 7, 2022
- Remarks by President Biden and Chancellor Scholz of the Federal Republic of Germany at Press Conference
- Readout of President Biden’s Meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany
- Remarks by President Biden and Chancellor Scholz of the Federal Republic of Germany Before Bilateral Meeting
- Background Press Call Previewing the German Chancellor’s Visit
- Readout of Stakeholder Call on the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Program
- Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in and in Relation to Burma
- A Message to the Congress on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Situation in and in Relation to Burma
- Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate
- President Biden Announces Key Appointees
- Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by First Lady Jill Biden at the Community College National Legislative Summit
- White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment Report
- State Dept
- Joint Statement on the U.S.-EU Energy Council
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken with U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell, and European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson at the U.S.-EU Energy Council Ministerial
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell at a Joint Press Availability
- Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with UK Minister of State for Middle East, North Africa and North America Cleverly
- U.S. Actions Against Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez for Corruption
- Interior
- Biden Administration Announces Nearly $725 Million to Create Good-Paying Union Jobs, Catalyze Economic Revitalization in Coal Communities
- Dept of Justice
- Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Sending Violent Threats to Maryland Doctor Who Had Been a Vocal Advocate of the Covid-19 Vaccine
- DHS
- DHS Issues National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin
- "The United States remains in a heightened threat environment fueled by several factors, including an online environment filled with false or misleading narratives and conspiracy theories, and other forms of mis- dis- and mal-information (MDM) introduced and/or amplified by foreign and domestic threat actors. These threat actors seek to exacerbate societal friction to sow discord and undermine public trust in government institutions to encourage unrest, which could potentially inspire acts of violence. Mass casualty attacks and other acts of targeted violence conducted by lone offenders and small groups acting in furtherance of ideological beliefs and/or personal grievances pose an ongoing threat to the nation."
- DHS, VA Launch New Online Services for Noncitizen Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 2.8.22 3:21am):
- 397,832,539 Known Cases/86,617,054 28-Day New Cases
- 5,752,804 Known Deaths/252,443 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 76,853,612 Cases/15,149,517 28 Day New Cases
- 905,544 Deaths/63,255 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +73,625New Cases/76,415,622 Known Cases
- +322 New Deaths/899,756 Known Deaths
- 670,573,355 Doses Delivered
- 543,619,492 Doses Administered
- 251,176,199 Partially Vaccinated
- 212,920,278 Fully Vaccinated
- 64.1% of Total Population
- 68.2% of Population ≥ 5 Years of Age
- 72.8% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 74.4% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- 90,003,095 Boosters (42.3%)
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
- R-effective: 0.56
- 82,132,885 Doses Delivered/70,183,793 Doses Administered
- 3,317,036 Partially Vaccinated/27,703,756 Fully Vaccinated
- 13,317,885 Boosters Administered (54.9%)
- 73,361 New Cases/8,079,771 Total Cases (103.7 new cases/100k)
- 517 New Deaths/80,539 Total Deaths (0.3 new deaths/100k)
- 9.5% 7-day test positivity rate
- 10,595 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-334 patients, -3.1% from prior day)
- 2,101 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-18 patients, -0.8% from prior day)
- 1,554 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: 0.45
- 5,981 New Cases/709,938 Total Cases
- 12.6% Daily Positivity
- 51 Deaths/4,786 Total Deaths
- 959 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-32 patients, -3.2% from prior day)
- 176 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-6 patients, -3.3% from prior day)
- 182 ICU beds available (+21 from prior day)
- County Data:
- 6,267 Weekend New Cases/715,076 Total Cases
- Sunday= 1,313
- Saturday= 1,813
- Friday= 3,141
- 25 New Daily Deaths/4,811 Total Deaths
- +104 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- +5 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
- Universities:
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