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| Mazza, the greater one-horned rhino from San Diego Zoo is now at Safari Park(Taken 5.9.22) |
It was a really crazy week. I kept coming back to this post and adding to it and now it's like a whole week of crises that I just kinda need to post it and get it out of my conscience -- shootings, formula shortages, bigots, a fucked-up SCOTUS, rampant white supremacy, attacks on women and people of color and LGBTQIA+ communities and it is a lot.
Sometimes it can be really hard to keep perspective. Like personally, I actually had a pretty amazing week...for Mother's Day, Darren bought me a behind-the-scenes tour of the Rhino Rescue Center at the Safari Park, I've been more regular about my days so besides Monday and Wednesday when I went to Safari Park, I went to the San Diego Zoo every day for at least an hour or two to get sun and exercise. I got a little sick last week, but I've taken 3 COVID-19 tests and it wasn't that, I think just the drastic swing in weather and extreme allergies ran me down a bit. The week also included seeing Big Thief at the Observatory on Friday, spending Saturday at De Anza Cove for Nova's Lacrosse picnic, and I worked for Wet on Saturday night on the Casbah. On Sunday, we ran down to Ikea and Lowe's and Darren and Nova built our cats a superhighway, I binged the new season of Workin' Moms, and though the marine layer was thick in Normal Heights, we got to see the Blood Flower Super Moon Eclipse when we went to assist my parents in Chula Vista.
I've got lots of posts I'm behind on so hopefully I can get some of those this week.
Stay safe out there. COVID is on the rise and people are fucking crazy.
- COVID-19:
- What the current spike in Covid-19 cases could say about the coronavirus’ future - STAT News (5.12.22)
- The ‘five pandemics’ driving 1 million U.S. Covid deaths - STAT News (5.10.22)
- Pandemic gets tougher to track as COVID testing plunges - AP News (5.10.22)
- "(a) modeling group... estimates that only 13% of cases are being reported to health authorities in the U.S. — which would mean more than a half million new infections every day.
- Biden mourns 1 million US Covid deaths as 'irreplaceable losses' - CNN (5.12.22)
- Biden marks "tragic milestone" of 1 million American lives lost to COVID-19 - CBS News (5.12.22)
- Dr. Fauci on the state of the pandemic as the U.S. marks 1 million COVID-19 deaths - PBS Newshour (5.12.22)
- US, EU Grieve Millions of Covid Dead in Summit on Vaccine Push - Bloomberg (5.12.22)
- Why Won’t More Older Americans Get Their Covid Booster? - KHN (5.12.22)
- County Encourages Skilled Nursing Facility Residents to Get All COVID-19 Boosters - County News Center (5.12.22)
- Adequacy of Serial Self-performed SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Detection Testing for Longitudinal Mass Screening in the Workplace - JAMA (5.6.22)
- Politics:
- After Roe - Popular.info (5.11.22)
- Report: Trump officials, meat companies knew workers at risk - AP News (5.12.22)
- News:
- San Diego Flu Cases Continue Late-Season Surge - County of San Diego (5.11.22)
- 189 New Cases This Week
- Ballots Go Out to Registered Voters for June Primary Election - County News Center (5.9.22)
- Firearm-related homicide rate skyrockets amid stresses of the pandemic, the CDC says - npr/kpbs (5.10.22)
- Reports of Road Rage Shootings are on the Rise - Everytown Research and Policy (4.4.22)
- Online diary: Buffalo gunman plotted attack for months - AP News (5.16.22)
- Accused Buffalo gunman followed familiar radicalization path - AP News (5.16.22)
- Authorities: Hate against Taiwanese led to church attack - AP News (5.16.22)
- California's under-21 gun sales ban is unconstitutional, court says - npr/kpbs (5.11.22)
- The Latest on the White Supremacist Attack in Buffalo - The Trace (5.16.22)
- Cal/OSHA Releases Fact Sheets and FAQs on Updated COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards - (5.7.22)
- What Employers Need to Know About the April 21, 2022 Standards
- COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine – What Employers and Workers Need to Know (Updated May 7, 2022)
- Revisions to the COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards Updated May 7, 2022 - FAQs
- Inflation triggers California minimum wage increase in 2023 - AP News/kpbs (5.13.22)
- Other Reading:
- The baby formula shortage and the twisted priorities of the American economy - Popular.info (5.12.22)
- Government (A selection from the past week):
- White House
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, May 16, 2022
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, May 13, 2022
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, May 12, 2022
- Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre En Route Kankakee, Il 5.11.22
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, May 10, 2022
- FACT SHEET: U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council Establishes Economic and Technology Policies & Initiatives
- President Biden Announces New Actions to Ease the Burden of Housing Costs
- FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Hits the Ground Running to Build a Better America Six Months into Infrastructure Implementation
- Remarks By President Biden at the U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit
- FACT SHEET: President Biden Issues Call for State and Local Leaders to Dedicate More American Rescue Plan Funding to Make Our Communities Safer – And Deploy These Dollars Quickly
- FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Additional Steps to Address Infant Formula Shortage
- Readout of President Biden’s Virtual Meetings with Retailers and Infant Formula Manufacturers
- Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials to Address Infant Formula Shortage
- Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain
- U.S. FACT SHEET: The 2nd Global COVID-19 Summit
- 2nd Global COVID-19 Summit Commitments
- Remarks by President Biden at the Global COVID-19 Summit
- Background Press Call by Senior Administration Official Previewing the Second Global COVID Summit
- Remarks by Vice President Harris at the Global Covid-19 Summit
- Statement from President Biden and President von der Leyen on occasion of the second Global COVID-19 Summit, May 12, 2022
- A Proclamation on Remembering the 1,000,000 Americans Lost to COVID-19
- FACT SHEET: The Biden-Harris Administration Global Health Worker Initiative
- Statement by President Biden on Consumer Price Index in April
- FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Address Putin’s Price Hike, Make Food More Affordable, and Lower Costs for Farmers
- FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Releases Permitting Action Plan to Accelerate and Deliver Infrastructure Projects On Time, On Task, and On Budget
- Remarks By President Biden on the Economy
- Dept of Defense
- U.S. to Resume Small, Persistent Presence in Somalia
- Howitzers Proving Very Effective Against Russians, DOD Official Says
- State Dept
- G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Russia’s War Against Ukraine
- G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Situation of Women and Girls in Afghanistan
- Dept of Justice
- Justice Department Files Complaint and Proposed Consent Decree to Ensure Safety of Abbott Laboratories’ Infant Formula
- Justice Department Statement on the Mass Shooting in Buffalo, NY
- DHS
- US Energy Info Admin
- EIA expects increased U.S. crude oil production, with continued high petroleum prices in 2022 (5.10.22)
- Labor
- Interior
- Biden-Harris Administration Announces More than $68 Million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Conserve and Strengthen Ecosystems and Economies
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 5.16.22 pm):
- 521,793,487 Known Cases/16,862,007 28-Day New Cases
- 6,265,205 Known Deaths/64,217 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 82,593,025 Cases/1,833,730 28 Day New Cases
- 999,798 Deaths/10,862 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- 90,337 New Cases/82,376,975 Known Cases
- 263 New Deaths/997,215 Known Deaths
- 2,698 New Admissions/9,783 Current Hospitalizations
- California COVID-19 Stats (Data From Friday, May 13):
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
- R-effective: 1.14
- 19,701 New Cases/8,707,327 Total Cases (18.5 new cases/100k)
- 160 New Deaths/90,117 Total Deaths (0.03 new deaths/100k)
- 4.4% 7-day test positivity rate
- 1,339 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+66 patients, +5.2% from prior day)
- 162 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (+10 patients, +6.6% from prior day)
- 2,339 ICU beds available (+5 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: 1.2
- County Data (From 5.12.22):
- Weekly Status Update 5.12.22
- COVID-19 Watch 5.10.22
- 660 New Cases/771,980 Total Cases
- Case rate: 15.5 per 100,000 residents overall
- 11.69 for fully vaccinated people + Booster
- 6,98 for fully vaccinated people
- 23.56 for not fully vaccinated San Diegans.
- 6 New Daily Deaths/5,277 Total Deaths
- 5.4% Daily Test Positivity
- 110 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+4% over 30 days)
- 20 ICU Capacity (-9% over 30 days)
- 52 Staffed ICU Beds Available
- 20 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
- Universities:
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