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Happy 52nd Anniversary, Mom & Dad! (Taken 12.25.21)

Today is my parents' 52nd anniversary, which is nothing short of a miracle considering how bad my dad was just four months ago. While he's still considered in a hospice/palliative care situation, the support he's gotten from the VA, from a hospital bed with CPAP, a full transfer lift, and in-home nurse and doctor visits, he's still with us and certainly hasn't lost any of his mental faculties. We'll celebrate on Wednesday, when everyone can get together around work, soccer, and lacrosse schedules. 

Today was a big day of change around here. Darren started his job at San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Of course, most of his week will be onboarding and what I guess we'd call 'workplace culture' education, I had the house all to myself all day long. What I didn't know about my anxiety is that it doesn't just exist for me, but I was up all night with nerves for him, so I took full advantage of a quiet Monday by sleeping. I'm not looking forward to this week's Santa Ana, but I'll probably work from the Zoo or tag along with Darren to the Park just to be outside and have some stimulation since I can pretty much tether from anywhere. Which also means I'm going to try to cycle back to normal hours, so I'm off to sleep. 

Stay safe out there. 

Magnolia and Jacaranda in a Rare Quiet Moment (Taken 4.4.22)

• COVID-19:
• Most Vulnerable Residents Encouraged to Take Safety Measures as More Infectious BA.2 Subvariant Circulates - Los Angeles County Dept of Public Health (4.4.22)
• XE recombinants virus: 10 COVID symptoms to watch out for with mutant Omicron strain circulating - Mint (4.4.22)
• Delivery man may be infected with new XJ Covid variant - Bangkok Post (4.4.22)
• CDC MMWR:
• Cardiac Complications After SARS-CoV-2 Infection and mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination — PCORnet, United States, January 2021–January 2022
• Politics:
• California Launches Updated Climate Adaptation Strategy to Protect Communities from Accelerating Impacts - Office of Governor NEwsom (4.4.22)
• Governor Newsom Statement on Mass Shooting in Sacramento (4.3.22)
• News:
• Tentative Contract Agreement Avoids Southern California Grocery Strike - Times of San Diego (4.4.22) 
• Russia faces global outrage over bodies in Ukraine’s streets - AP News (4.4.22)
• Amazon workers vote to unionize in closely watched case. The first worker union at Amazon may be a harbinger for the rest of the tech industry. - The Hustle (4.4.22)
• Amazon Staten Island Workers Unionize in a Historic First. Thousands of workers beat the odds and voted to become the first unionized Amazon warehouse in the US. - Wired (4.4.22)
• Leaked: New Amazon Worker Chat App to Ban Words Like “Union,” “Restrooms,” “Pay Raise,” and...Also: “Grievance,” “slave labor,” “This is dumb,” “living wage,” “diversity,” “vaccine,” and others. - The Intercept (4.4.22)
• San Diego Still Working to Add More Downtown Restrooms. The city is continuing its work to place restrooms within five minutes of any location downtown – and to grapple with challenges at two existing East Village bathrooms. - Voice of San Diego (4.4.22)
• 14 people were killed and 42 were injured in 8 mass shootings in 8 states on Saturday and Sunday - Gun Violence Archive (4.4.22)
• Government:
• White House
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan
• Remarks by Vice President Harris on Public School Infrastructure
• Statement by President Biden Marking 54 Years Since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassination
• Remarks by President Biden on the Trucking Action Plan to Strengthen Our Nation’s Supply Chains
• FACT SHEET: The Biden Administration’s Unprecedented Actions to Expand and Improve Trucking Jobs
• Statement from Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the COVID-⁠19 Bipartisan Funding Proposal
• Nominations Sent to the Senate
• Remarks by President Biden After Marine One Arrival
• FACT SHEET: The Biden-⁠Harris Action Plan for Building Better School Infrastructure
• Statement by President Joe Biden on the Mass Shooting in Sacramento (4.3.22)
• Dept of Defense
• U.S. Supplying Ukraine With Defensive Weapons as Rapidly as Possible, Says Defense Official 
• Russians Retreating From Around Kyiv, Refitting in Belarus 
• State Dept
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report on Mitigation
• To Walk the Earth in Safety: Report Showcases Landmine Clearance and Conventional Weapons Destruction
• Establishment of the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy
• Dept of Justice
• $90 Million Yacht of Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Viktor Vekselberg Seized by Spain at Request of United States
• DHS
• Fact Sheet: DHS Efforts to Combat Child Exploitation and Abuse
• USIEA
• Today's Gasoline Prices (down 5 cents since last week)
• Interior
• Interior Department Releases Five-Year Monitoring, Maintenance and Treatment Plan to Address Wildfire Risk
• Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 4.4.22 10:20pm):
•  493,675,018 Known Cases/44,944,715 28-Day New Cases
•  6,169,931 Known Deaths/157,411 28-Day New Deaths
• US COVID-19 Stats 
• CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
• American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard 
• JHU
• 81,495,644 Cases/2,151,520 28 Day New Cases
• 997,127 Deaths/35,859 28-Day New Deaths
• CDC Data Tracker:
• 25,074 New Cases/79,991,833 Known Cases 
• 572 New Deaths/979,108 Known Deaths
• 1,378 New Admissions/6,547 Current Hospitalizations
• California COVID-19 Stats:
• State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
• Vaccination progress dashboard
• Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
• R-effective: 0.86
• 4,026 New Cases/8,494,005 Total Cases (5.0 new cases/100k)
• 92 New Deaths/88,207 Total Deaths (0.1 new deaths/100k)
• 1.6% 7-day test positivity rate
• 1,165 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-44 patients, -3.6% from prior day)
• 217 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-5 patients, -2.3% from prior day)
• 2,161 ICU beds available (+40 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: 0.91
• 597 New Cases/752,281 Total Cases
• 2.5% Daily Positivity
• 9 Deaths/5,178 Total Deaths
• 133 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (+1 patients, +0.8% from prior day)
• 33 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (0 patients, 0% from prior day)
• 219 ICU beds available (-8 from prior day)
• County Data:
• 156 New Cases/751,576 Total Cases 
• 7 New Daily Deaths/5,192 Total Deaths
• 87 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
• Universities:
• SDSU COVID-19, UCSD COVID-19, USD COVID-19, CSU San Marcos, PLNU