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I've mentioned before that I don't get many comments on this site, but sometimes I just have to laugh. With regard to my post last night, some jackhole commented, "Judgmental much?"
Bahahhahaha.
Have you never read a blog before?
Today was a lovely day though I scrambled to get caught up with work and stuff, and we had to go help my dad with his lift which takes a chunk of time out of the night. I did get my visit to the San Diego Zoo in today, but got there a little later than I intended. No racist microaggressions from old ladies today, just some sweet time with the mandrills, the hippos, the elephants, the lone rhino and the giraffes.
I'm not really sure what this weekend holds for us, but I'm certain this face will be smooshed again my pillow for many, many hours.
Tonight I watched a news story which celebrated that San Diego's case numbers and ICU and hospitalization numbers were coming down, "though deaths are up" and I was just astonished that we're two full years into this thing and we're celebrating when hospital beds open up without acknowledging the 20+ people a day dying consistently in San Diego. It's mind-boggling.
It seems like all the testing issues have been resolved in the County and with access to at-home tests, though I still haven't received my free ones. If you're looking and still can't find them, Costco has them available online for $40 for 5 FlowFlex tests, which is the cheapest I've seen anywhere. We're still masking up no matter what as the broadcast heads keep telling us everything is fine when everything is not fine. From December 1st to February 2nd, San Diego had 320,643 confirmed cases with PCR tests. This doesn't even include people who tested positive with antigen tests. That's 45% of ALL the cases the county has ever had since the beginning of the pandemic! So while you're hearing these people suggest that masking in schools should end or vaccine verifications are medical apartheid, just remember that we are by no means out of the woods. Dr. Peter Hotez is predicting we hit 1 million deaths by the end of Q1 and it is so unfortunate that he is most certainly going to be proven correct.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- US COVID-19 cases continue steep decline. Daily cases have dropped 50% over the past 2 weeks, but deaths, known to lag cases, increased by 35%. - CIDRAP (2.3.22)
- US may see up to 76,000 more COVID-19 deaths through February: CDC - Becker's Hospital Review (2.3.22)
- Omicron's molecular structure could help explain its global takeover. Multiple studies are revealing why the SARS-CoV-2 variant is so transmissible, but also seems to cause milder disease. - nature (2.3.22)
- COVID-19 is the leading cause of death across LA County with Older and Unvaccinated Residents Still at Risk of Severe Illness - LA County Health (2.3.22)
- CDC MMWR/Emercging Infectious Diseases:
- Serial Intervals and Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant, South Korea, 2021 - ( arch 2022)
- News:
- Lethal US raid on IS encounters a doll, crib, bomb, bullets - AP News (2.3.22)
- Lawmakers Call State Audit on SD Jail Deaths ‘Deeply Disturbing,’ Back Fixes - Times of an Diego (2.3.22)
- Other Reading:
- We Need Relief and Raises: New Report Finds Restaurant Owners Received 30 Times More In Federal Aid On Average Than Workers. Restaurant Owners Received Over $73.2 Billion in Federal Relief as Workers Struggled to Pay Rent & Feed Their Families. - One Fair Wage (February 2022)
- Government:
- White House From 2.3.22
- Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jen Psaki
- FACT SHEET: President Biden Signs Executive Order to Boost Quality of Federal Construction Projects
- Remarks by President Biden at a Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Meeting
- President Biden Announces More Actions to Reduce Gun Crime And Calls on Congress to Fund Community Policing and Community Violence Intervention
- Remarks by President Biden at the National Prayer Breakfast
- Press Release: Nominations Sent to the Senate
- Remarks by President Biden on a Successful Counterterrorism Operation
- White House From 2.2.22
- Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, February 2, 2022
- Fact Sheet: President Biden Reignites Cancer Moonshot to End Cancer as We Know It
- Remarks by President Biden at an Event to Reignite the Cancer Moonshot
- Remarks by First Lady Jill Biden at an Event to Reignite the Cancer Moonshot
- Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on President Biden’s Plans to Reignite the Cancer Moonshot
- Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.’s Call with President Emmanuel Macron of France
- President Biden Announces Additional Advisors for Supreme Court Process
- President Biden Makes Fourteenth Judicial Nominations Announcement
- Press Release: Nominations Sent to the Senate
- FACT SHEET: The Biden Administration’s Commitment to Global Health
- Dept of Defense
- DoD Statement on Feb. 2, 2022 Counterterrorism Operation in Northwest Syria
- Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Raid Against ISIS Amir Hajii Abdullah
- Continuous Authorization to Operate (cATO)
- Department of Defense Software Modernization Strategy
- State Dept
- An Important Milestone in the Campaign Against ISIS
- Designation of an Indonesia-Based Organization for Support to Terrorism
- U.S. Statement on the Hack of the ICRC
- Dept of Justice
- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks at Meeting with President Biden and Members of New York Gun Violence Strategic Partnership
- DHS
- DHS Launches First-Ever Cyber Safety Review Board
- U.S. Departments of Energy, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development Launch Joint Effort With Puerto Rico to Modernize Energy Grid
- Operation Allies Welcome Announces Departure of Last Afghan Nationals from Fort Pickett, Virginia
- Interior
- Interior and Agriculture Departments Join Western Governors to Launch Collaborative Conservation Task Force. Task Force will help coordinate historic investment in conservation programs and natural resource infrastructure projects across the West
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 2.3.22 7:21pm):
- 387,677,224 Known Cases/5,711,128 28-Day New Cases
- 87,021,979 Known Deaths/232,378 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 75,961,961 Cases/17,891,241 28 Day New Cases
- 896,557 Deaths/59,754 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +287,114 New Cases/75,302,383 Known Cases
- +3,916 New Deaths/888,784 Known Deaths
- 668,308,025 Doses Delivered
- 540,630,198 Doses Administered
- 250,378,993 Partially Vaccinated
- 212,130,684 Fully Vaccinated
- 63.9% of Total Population
- 67.9% of Population ≥ 5 Years of Age
- 72.6% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 74.2% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- 88,614,084 Boosters (41.8%)
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
- R-effective: 0.67
- 81,977,985 Doses Delivered/69,811,754 Doses Administered
- 3,328,681 Partially Vaccinated/27,614,961 Fully Vaccinated
- 13,114,268 Boosters Administered (54.4%)
- 28,080 New Cases/7,969,398 Total Cases (143.4 new cases/100k)
- 181 New Deaths/79,802 Total Deaths (0.3 new deaths/100k)
- 13.2% 7-day test positivity rate
- 12,643 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-352 patients,-2.7% from prior day)
- 2,366 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-69 patients, -2.8% from prior day)
- 1,414 ICU beds available (-32 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: 0.67
- 2,948 New Cases/703,957 Total Cases
- 17.6% Daily Positivity
- 25 Deaths/4,735 Total Deaths
- 1,105 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-24 patients, -2.1% from prior day)
- 206 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-11 patients, -5.1% from prior day)
- 171 ICU beds available (+10 from prior day)
- County Data:
- COVID-19 Case Reports Down, But Increased Deaths are Reminder to Get Vaccinated, Boosted - County News Center (2.2.22)
- 3,209 New Cases*/706,039 Total Cases
- 22 New Daily Deaths/4,757 Total Deaths
- % 7-day average
- 98 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- 4 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
- Universities:
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