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Tuesday, February 15, 2022

CoViD-19: San Diego Unified Drops Outdoor Masks | County Still Offers FREE Monoclonal Antibodies | Sandy Hook Settlement | Biden Admin Allowing California To Set Emissions Standards |

Tsandzikle The Elephant Illuminated by a Rainbow (Taken 2.15.22)

As my afternoon approached 3pm, I knew if I didn't get my walk in at the San Diego Zoo, I'd just be home all day and all night for a second day in a row. Sometimes you have to just put the work away for awhile and breathe some fresh air.

Only I was certain the rain was over. So I didn't wear great rain shoes nor a proper jacket nor an umbrella. So when it started pouring I asked Darren if he was down to get wet for an hour and he said yes, so we continued our lap around the zoo. It's always amazing there whenever it rains. The apes and monkeys were active. The gorillas and hippos were engaging. By the time we got to the mountain lions and elephants, the rain had stopped and a massive, although faint, rainbow was spanning the sky, and we closed our day passing the koalas and giraffes.

It was a big day of news -- stuff in Ukraine is changing and still the same at the same time, the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims won a $73M settlement from the insurers of Remington, the governor nominated a woman to the California Supreme Court, Anti-Defamation League dropped a report about far-right extremism, and San Diego Unified is dropping outdoor mask requirements.

I'm gonna try and get some listings done tonight but I owe Darren a cocktail night in the speakeasy, so they'll come when they come.

Stay safe out there.

COVID-19:

NEWS RELEASE: San Diego Unified Ends Outdoor Masking, Resumes Field Trips as COVID-19 Cases Decline - SDUSD (2.15.22)
Got COVID? Get Treatment to Recover Faster - County News Center (2.15.22)

The treatment is available at no cost regardless of health insurance or immigration status, and a doctor’s referral is not required. The intravenous treatment takes less than an hour.
You may be eligible for treatment if you:

Tested positive for COVID-19; and
Have symptoms of COVID-19, but not for more than 10 days; and
Are at high risk for developing severe illness from COVID-19.

Colleges Follow States on Lifting Mask Mandates - Inside Higher Ed (2.15.22)
Opinion: Extend the Interval Between COVID Vaccine Doses— The safety and effectiveness data should prompt CDC to update its policy - MedPage Today (2.14.22)
WHO: Weekly Epidemiological Update- 15 February

During the week of 7 to 13 February 2022, the global number of new COVID-19 cases decreased by 19% as compared to the number reported during the previous week, while the number of new deaths remained similar to that of the previous week.

CDC MMWR:

Effectiveness of Maternal Vaccination with mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy Against COVID-19–Associated Hospitalization in Infants Aged <6 Months — 17 States, July 2021–January 2022
Hospitalizations of Children and Adolescents with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 — COVID-NET, 14 States, July 2021–January 2022

Politics:

Medical Boards Pressured to Let It Slide When Doctors Spread Covid Misinformation - KHN/Nashville Public Radio (2.15.22)
Governor Newsom Nominates Justice Patricia Guerrero to Serve on California Supreme Court - Office of Governor Newsom (2.15.22)
Biden administration is finalizing a waiver for California to set its own vehicle emissions standards - CNN (2.15.22)

News:

DA Boudin Accuses Police of Using DNA from Sexual Assault Survivors to Probe Unrelated Crimes - San Francisco Standard (2.14.22)
New ADL Data: Far-Right Extremists Responsible for Overwhelming Majority of Domestic Extremist-Related Murders In 2021. White supremacists killed more people in 2021 than any other type of extremist - Anti-Defamation League (2.15.22)
Microbusiness COVID-19 Grant Application Period Opens - County News Center (2.15.22)
Brady Celebrates Important Settlement of Suit Against Remington Arms in Sandy Hook Elementary Case - Brady Campaign (2.15.22)

Other Reading:

If the Kids Had Been White, Would Any of This Have Happened? After Black children were arrested for a crime that didn't exist, we wanted to understand the scope of the problem. Here's how we used data, documents and other forms of reporting to investigate. - ProPublica (2.15.22)