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| Red Panda at San Diego Zoo (Taken 4.5.22) |
I don't know if you happened to turn on your TV to the hearing with oil execs today, but it was a doozy. Seeing these thugs cry about their perceived losses (which only means "we didn't get as rich" in 2020) was absolutely disgusting. And of course the daily reminders of gas prices crawling up was on the news every day, but my gas today was 60 cents cheaper than just two weeks ago, and I don't see any reports thanking Biden while everyone was quick to blame him for the rises. Rockets and Feathers, they call it. I understand the whole market it way more complex than that, but it was nice to see an ease nonetheless. Meanwhile the latest outrage in San Diego is more bike striping -- which takes cars off the roads when people can safely use bikes -- and it is just hilarious to hear people getting their panties in a bunch about having to slow down on roads where they're "used to driving double the speed limit" according to one Point Loma man.
My day didn't really go according to plan. My up all night, sleep all day plan was foiled by three cats and a dog who just didn't want that to happen, and the incessant rolling in of emails and things to stir my brain. But I did finally get a nap, then spent the afternoon at Nova's lacrosse game, jammed home to get Darren, and we had a big family gathering with Jochi Filipino food to celebrate my parents' anniversary. We haven't all been together like that since Christmas, so it was brief but nice.
I've been thinking now that Darren is working I have to make better use of my days, so perhaps I'll get on that just as soon as I work off this sleep debt. In today's data, we learn that the County is modifying and scaling back testing, so make note if you need tests. We actually increased in cases week to week, so we're back to "substantial spread" and should all be taking appropriate precautions. Meanwhile, I've been thinking about how easy it was to sneak into hotel pools when Nova was smaller and now there's an app that charges and I wonder if a middle-aged woman can just show up with a laptop and appear to be a hotel guest. If anyone works at a hotel that wouldn't mind me sitting by the pool for a few hours with my laptop, please let me know.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- County Modifies Vaccine and Testing Efforts to Reach Vulnerable Populations - County News Center (4.6.22)
- This is boring but kind of important: the County is saying that demand for testing has dropped significantly so they're scaling back testing. Where testing is still available, antigen tests will be administered, and then only people with a positive antigen test will be reswabbed for a PCR test. This will significantly change the way cases are discovered so we should expect data metrics to change significantly. Should a significant wave return, we may not know it until the 4-6 week lagging hospitalizations. That is not good. It is especially frustrating because, for example, the 312,033 people who tested positive from December 1 through January 31st were specifically told not to take a PCR test again for 90 days because lab tests could still detect virus even if no longer contagious. So maybe keep an eye on what's going on with San Diego Wastewater Surveillance to have an idea what's going on in San Diego.
- SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 variant is neutralized by vaccine booster-elicited serum, but evades most convalescent serum and therapeutic antibodies - Science Translational Medicine (4.5.22)
- What we learned about COVID-19 safety from a NYC anime convention. November’s Anime NYC convention was not a COVID-19 superspreader event, which means there are lessons to be learned. - Nature (4.6.22)
- COVID-19 Tied to High Risk of Thrombotic Events — Swedish study finds 33-fold increased incidence of pulmonary embolism in month after diagnosis - MEdPage Today (4.6.22)
- Politics:
- Matt Gaetz Narrowly Avoids Being Called a “Smug Little Shit” in Official Congressional Record. He spent a Tuesday hearing attacking General Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for the military supposedly being overrun by woke-ness. - Vanity Fair (4.5.22)
- Lawmaker blasts Big Oil CEOs at hearing: 'You are ripping off the American people' - CNN (4.6.22)
- News:
- San Diegans Urged to Take Precautions from Heat - County News Center (4.6.22)
- What we know about the deadliest U.S. bird flu outbreak in 7 years - npr/kpbs (4.6.22)
- Other Reading:
- Hidden Hate: How Instagram fails to act on 9 in 10 reports of misogyny in DMs - Center for Countering Digital Hate (4.6.22)
- Government:
- White House
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 6, 2022
- Remarks by President Biden at Signing of H.R. 3076, the “Postal Service Reform Act of 2022”
- Readout of Congressional Briefing on National Security Impact of Semiconductor Supply Chain and Importance of Passing Bipartisan Innovation Act
- Remarks by President Biden at North America’s Building Trades Unions Legislative Conference
- Bill Signed: H.R. 3076
- Statement by Press Secretary to the Vice President Kirsten Allen (Harris will isolate due to close contact)
- President Biden Announces Key Nominees
- FACT SHEET: United States, G7 and EU Impose Severe and Immediate Costs on Russia
- A Message to the Congress, on Prohibiting New Investment in and Certain Services to the Russian Federation in Response to Continued Russian Federation Aggression
- Prohibiting New Investment in and Certain Services to the Russian Federation in Response to Continued Russian Federation Aggression
- Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on New Economic Costs on Russia
- Statement by President Biden Extending the Pause on Student Loan Repayment Through August 31st, 2022
- Statement by Vice President Kamala Harris On Extending the Pause on Student Loan Repayment Through August 31st, 2022
- Dept of Defense
- Dept of Justice
- Statement on Attorney General Merrick B. Garland (Tested Positive For COVID)
- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks on Enforcement Actions to Disrupt and Prosecute Russian Criminal Activity
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 4.7.22 12:20pm):
- 495,135,380 Known Cases/43,635,909 28-Day New Cases
- 6,166,518 Known Deaths/148,435 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 80,248,986 Cases/837,363 28 Day New Cases
- 983,817 Deaths/19,138 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- 26,845 New Cases/80,066,744 Known Cases
- 533 New Deaths/980,220 Known Deaths
- 1,455 New Admissions/9,938 Current Hospitalizations
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
- R-effective: 0.92
- 9,925 New Cases/8,503,930 Total Cases (5.2 new cases/100k)
- 148 New Deaths/88,355 Total Deaths (0.1 new deaths/100k)
- 1.5% 7-day test positivity rate
- 1,154 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+24 patients, +2.1% from prior day)
- 211 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-12 patients, -5.4% from prior day)
- 2,377 ICU beds available (+127 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: 0.99
- County Data:
- Influenza Watch:
- 157 New Cases/2,098 Total Cases
- 0 New Deaths/4 Deaths Total
- Vaccinations Urged for People at Higher Risk from Influenza - County of San Diego (4.6.22)
- County of San Diego COVID-19 Watch
- After 1 week in "Moderate Transmission", San Diego is back in "Substantial Transmission"
- 255 New Cases/752,078 Total Cases
- Case rate: 5.4 per 100,000 residents overall
- 4.2 for fully vaccinated people
- 5.8 for fully vaccinated + boosted people
- 11.7 for not fully vaccinated San Diegans.
- 7 New Daily Deaths/5,205 Total Deaths
- 2.9% Daily Test Positivity/2.7% 7-day average/2.7% Test Positivity (14-day average)
- 0 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- 110 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-63% over 30 days)
- 30 ICU patients. (-47% over 30 days)
- 50 Staffed ICU Beds Available
- Universities:
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