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| Henry The Black Rhino at San Diego Zoo (Taken 3.4.22) |
I half expected to skip a Friday post, but Darren has a cold and went to bed early (tested negative on a COVID test, just in case) and so I figured I might as well get it out of the way and then put my laptop away for the weekend as much as possible. I don't particularly have anything on my mind to talk about. The rain this morning was pretty insane, right as Nova was about to walk to her bus, it started coming down in sheets, so Darren drove her and of course the downpour only lasted a few minutes before a more normal, constant rain. I went to the San Diego Zoo alone this afternoon while Darren ran some errands for his new job, and I caught the bus home. Nova and I started watching "Worst Roommate Ever" on Netflix and the two episodes we watched so far were so crazy that if they were scripted, you'd say how dumb the writers were. Perhaps it's just the way the murders are so obvious in the presentation and exposition of the episodes. Of course, I'm also watching "The Dropout" on Hulu, because I was all about the podcast and the book about Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos scandal.
We have no real plans this weekend at all. With Darren getting mildly sick, we'll keep testing him daily, but assuming he's clear, he'll be working at the Casbah on Sunday and I'll probably spend the whole weekend trying to find things to do besides putting away laundry, because that's how I roll.
I'm finding that I really have to compartmentalize a lot; finding joy in my own personal life while also being horrified by the savage news in Ukraine and elsewhere. At least COVID-19 news seems to be mildly optimistic, though I am surprised SDUSD has decided to remove mandatory masking immediately after spring break instead of waiting a couple weeks, especially with TK-6 and their very low vaccination status, but I suppose it was to be expected that our transmission would dramatically drop to low with the new metrics. I think they're not saying the quiet part out loud that so long as you're not in a prison or in senior care, you're probably gonna be okay. I can tell you, you still won't see me eating in a restaurant or pulling my mask off in Costco. I hope Nova continues masking, but I guess we'll get there when we get there. Anything can happen in a month.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- The pandemic: a series of failures, a few miracles — and a lesson for next time, global health experts say - STAT News (4.3.22)
- "leaders should be realistic, and tell people to expect another surge this winter, to stock up on at-home rapid tests and masks to wear — and then celebrate if it doesn’t happen"
- When Teens Blow Off Parents’ Pleas to Get Vaccinated, the Consequences Can Be Deadly - KHN (3.4.22)
- Genome-wide analysis provides genetic evidence that ACE2 influences COVID-19 risk and yields risk scores associated with severe disease - Nature (3.3.22)
- San Diego Unified Dropping Indoor Mask Mandate After Spring Break. The change in stance comes one day after the CDC recategorized COVID-19 community transmission in San Diego County from high to low.
- COVID-19: How Omicron overtook Delta in three charts. Analysis reveals how much faster Omicron spreads and evades the immune system compared with the previous variant. - nature (3.4.22)
- CDC MMWR:
- Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Between Urban and Rural Counties — United States, December 14, 2020–January 31, 2022
- News:
- Russia reports cease-fire in 2 Ukraine areas for evacuations - AP News (3.5.22)
- Other Reading:
- ‘Bot holiday’: Covid disinformation down as social media pivot to Ukraine. The usual deluge of invective prompted by coronavirus and vaccine issues is absent – Russia’s invasion may be a factor - The Guardian (3.4.22)
- Last year’s drought cost the ag industry more than $1 billion, thousands of jobs, new analysis shows - UC Merced (3.3.22)
- Government:
- White House
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Cecilia Rouse, March 4, 2022
- Remarks By President Biden on Delivering On Made In America Commitments
- FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Delivers on Made in America Commitments
- Readout of President Biden’s Meeting with President of Finland Sauli Niinistö
- Remarks by President Biden and President Niinistö of the Republic of Finland Before Bilateral Meeting
- Statement by Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh on Vice President Harris’s Travel to Poland and Romania
- National Consumer Protection Week, 2022
- Readout of Vice President Harris’s Meeting with Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain
- President Biden Announces Presidential Delegation to the United Arab Emirates to Attend the United States National Day at the Expo 2020 Dubai
- Readout of President Biden’s Call With President Andrzej Duda of Poland
- Statement by Vice President Kamala Harris on Florida House Bill 5
- Statement by President Biden on the February Jobs Report
- Dept of Defense
- National Defense Strategy Includes Lessons Learned From Past 6 Months
- U.S. Provided More Than $1 Billion in Security Assistance to Ukraine in Past Year
- State Dept
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability
- Joint Statement on the Situation in Libya
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Before Their Meeting
- G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Russia and Ukraine
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken With EU High Representative Josep Borrell
- Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg
- Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with European Council President Michel
- Sanctioning Hizballah Financiers in Guinea
- Dept of Justice
- Alabama Man Sentenced to 160 Years of Imprisonment for Soliciting Videos and Webcam Shows of Filipina Children Being Sexually Abused
- Northern Indiana Public Service Company to Clean Up Remaining Surface Contamination at the Town of Pines Superfund Site Under Federal Settlement
- 21 Alleged Gang Members and Associates Charged in RICO Indictment
- Labor
- February Jobs Report
- February’s jobs report exceeded expectations: A total of 678,000 jobs were added to the economy, and the unemployment rate fell to 3.8%. Job growth was widespread, with notable gains in leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, health care, and construction. The economy has averaged a monthly gain of 582,000 jobs added over the past three months.
- Statement by US Secretary of Labor Walsh on February Jobs Report
- Readout: Deputy Secretary Su, Teamsters Union discuss Driving Good Jobs Initiative, better conditions for workers
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 3.5.22 12:30am):
- 443,781,074 Known Cases/52,250,019 28-Day New Cases
- 5,989,904 Known Deaths/261,469 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 79,250,563 Cases/2,900,190 28 Day New Cases
- 958,144 Deaths/54,734 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- 79,031,738 New Cases/+54,046 Known Cases
- 953,569 New Deaths/+1,346 Known Deaths
- 692,727,735 Doses Delivered
- 554,532,208 Doses Administered
- 253,904,022 Partially Vaccinated
- 215,987,252 Fully Vaccinated
- 65.1% of Total Population
- 69.2% of Population ≥ 5 Years of Age
- 73.5% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 75.1% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- 94,941,167 Boosters (44%)
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
- R-effective: 0.75
- 84,573,235 Doses Delivered/71,808,499 Doses Administered
- 3,513,698 Partially Vaccinated/27,853,914 Fully Vaccinated
- 14,145,555 Boosters Administered (57.0%)
- 5,754 New Cases/8,399,677 Total Cases (13.0 new cases/100k)
- 226 New Deaths/85,353 Total Deaths (0.4 new deaths/100k)
- 2.5% 7-day test positivity rate
- 3,622 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-202 patients, -5.3% from prior day)
- 680 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (0 patients, 0% from prior day)
- 1,889 ICU beds available (+13 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: 0.75
- 944 New Cases/740,747 Total Cases
- 4.0% Daily Positivity
- 11 Deaths/5,045 Total Deaths
- 377 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-14 patients, -3.6% from prior day)
- 68 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-3 patients, -4.2% from prior day)
- 206 ICU beds available (+1 from prior day)
- County Data:
- 781 New Cases/740,716 Total Cases
- 12 New Daily Deaths/5,068 Total Deaths
- 4.4% 7-day average
- +11 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- +1 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
- Universities:
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