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| Denny The Gorilla (Taken 2.15.22) |
I forgot to mention on Thursday's post that I would be working on Friday night and wouldn't have a post and now it's after midnight so I guess I didn't get it in on Saturday either. I sold merch for Del Water Gap at the Casbah and I went in feeling a little nervous because the show was sold out and I definitely pre-judged that the young artist would have a ton of merch, but the reality was that their tour manager was on top of his game, had a ton of stuff but organized by size in separate bins and their square reader and paired Touch were super fast and the very young, enthusiastic crowd was very chill and made for a very easy night. I guess the kids are alright.
After I got home I stayed up all night and binged Murderville on Netflix. Super mindless funny show if you need something to get out of your own head and tune out the awful stuff going on around the globe and particularly in Ukraine. A silly show and I guess my current obsessions with Wordle, Quordle, Octordle, and Worldle help in that way, too.
I'll skip a Sunday post, but will be back Monday when the state of California is poised to announce their mask updates, likely to align with the new CDC recommendations, though that leaves us in San Diego with high levels in our community and thus nothing should be changing here, though it will be interesting to watch if the state just relents and scraps it all. I mean, as long as you can rationalize that the people still dying are already sick, old, or people of color, or all of the above, the value of their lives pales to the capital E Economy, as we've already seen in other states and countries. I guess we'll see how California plays it. My mask will still be on.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- CDC Updates Mask Recommendations: COVID-19 Community Levels are a new tool to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data. Levels can be low, medium, or high and are determined by looking at hospital beds being used, hospital admissions, and the total number of new COVID-19 cases in an area.- CDC (2.25.22)
- CDC Peels Off Mask Recommendations for Most U.S. Counties — New guidance to focus more on risk of severe disease versus cases alone - MedPage Today (2.25.22)
- CDC issues long-awaited new guidance on when to wear masks - STAT News (2.25.22)
- CDC eases COVID-19 mask guidance, adds metrics for future use - CIDRAP (2.25.22)
- CDC MMWR:
- SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant Transmission Within Households — Four U.S. Jurisdictions, November 2021–February 2022
- Politics:
- SPLC Applauds the Historic Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court - SPLC (2.25.22)
- As California Enters Next Phase of Pandemic Response, Governor Newsom Continues to Wind Down Executive Orders While Maintaining State’s Preparedness and Flexibility - Office of Governor Newsom (2.25.22)
- California Leads the Nation’s ZEV Market, Surpassing 1 Million Electric Vehicles Sold - Office of Governor Newsom (2.25.22)
- News:
- County Opens Applications for Mini Home-Kitchen Restaurants - County News Center (2.25.22)
- San Diego County Microbusiness Relief Grants - The application period for microbusiness to seek the $2,500 COVID-19 grants has opened online. The grants are designed to help small businesses like home businesses and sidewalk vendors that earn less than $50K, were hurt by COVID-19 and haven't previously received state relief.
- Russian troops enter Ukraine’s 2nd-largest city of Kharkiv - AP News (2.27.22)
- Ukraine Says Chernobyl Radiation Has Exceeded Safe Levels, Staff Held Hostage, Fears ‘Planetary Environmental Disaster’. Russian military aggression in the area has disturbed radioactive dust and normal safety protocols are being ignored, Ukrainian officials tell Motherboard. - VIce Motherboard (2.25.22)
- Other Reading:
- The Great Black Restaurant Worker Exodus: Black Restaurant Workers Are Leaving Customer-Facing Tipped Positions At Nearly 3x The Rate of Their White Peers. One Fair Wage Finds the Wage Gap Between Black Women and White Men in the Restaurant Industry Increased by Nearly 36 Percent Since Before The Pandemic, and Black Workers Experienced Greater Tip Decline and Increased Retaliation and Harassment During the Pandemic - One Fair Wage (2.25.22)
- Government:
- White House
- Joint Statement on Further Restrictive Economic Measures
- Readout of White House Virtual Celebration of Afro-Latino Heritage
- Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on U.S. Support for the People of Afghanistan
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, February 25, 2022
- Memorandum on the Delegation of Authority Under Section 506(a)(1) and Section 614(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
- Remarks by President Biden on his Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Serve as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
- Statement of the President on the NATO Summit and Call with President Zelenskyy
- President Biden Announces Key Nominees
- President Biden Nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Serve as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
- Dept of Defense
- Senior Defense Official Holds an Off-Camera Press Briefing
- Department of Defense Statement on Additional Military Assistance for Ukraine
- Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby Holds an On-Camera Press Briefing
- Factsheet: Posture Update in Support of Allies in Europe
- State Dept
- Imposing Sanctions on President Putin and Three Other Senior Russian Officials
- Visa Restrictions on Individuals Responsible for Undermining the Democratic Process in Somalia
- Dept of Justice
- BitConnect Founder Indicted in Global $2.4 Billion Cryptocurrency Scheme
- Ten Florida Residents Indicted for $67 Million Health Care Fraud, Wire Fraud, Kickback, and Money Laundering Scheme
- Massachusetts Man Convicted of COVID-19 Relief Fraud
- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on President Biden’s Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
- Interior
- Biden-Harris Administration Sets Offshore Energy Records with $4.37 Billion in Winning Bids for Wind Sale
- DHS
- Readout of Secretary Mayorkas’s Meeting with Mayor Bowser and Chief Contee
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 2.26.22 10:21pm):
- 434,245,279 Known Cases/61,269,403 28-Day New Cases
- 5,944,043 Known Deaths/286,851 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 14,732,722 Cases/4,957,875 28 Day New Cases
- 122,692 Deaths/4,962 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +78,135 New Cases/78,732,221 Known Cases
- +2,216 New Deaths/944,517 Known Deaths
- 689,797,945 Doses Delivered
- 552,526,931 Doses Administered
- 253,395,029 Partially Vaccinated
- 215,457,016 Fully Vaccinated
- 64.9% of Total Population
- 69% of Population ≥ 5 Years of Age
- 73.4% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 74.9% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- 94,007,111 Boosters 43.6%
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
- R-effective: 0.68
- 84,199,235 Doses Delivered/71,427,115 Doses Administered
- 3,518,487 Partially Vaccinated/27,766,873 Fully Vaccinated
- 13,943,091 Boosters Administered (%)
- 11,737 New Cases/8,361,704 Total Cases (23.6 new cases/100k)
- 208 New Deaths/83,992 Total Deaths (0.4 new deaths/100k)
- 4.0% 7-day test positivity rate
- 4,741 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-173 patients, -3.5% from prior day)
- 946 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-14 patients, -1.5% from prior day)
- 1,843 ICU beds available (-9 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: 0.72
- 643 New Cases/736,049 Total Cases
- 5.9% Daily Positivity
- 14 Deaths/5.002 Total Deaths
- 493 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-4 patients, -0.8% from prior day)
- 83 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-8 patients, -8.8% from prior day)
- 186 ICU beds available (-11 from prior day)
- County Data:
- 862 New Cases/736,368 Total Cases
- 14 New Daily Deaths/5,018 Total Deaths
- 5.7% 7-day average
- +28 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- +3 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
- Universities:
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