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Indah and Kaja at San Diego Zoo (Taken 8.6.22)

I've been meaning to post all week, but I'm actually trying to live my summer, too, so I'm limiting my online time. Plus my apartment is so damn hot, it just feels better to be out at the Zoo in the cooler shady areas than hoping our a/c can fight the heat.

But I did want to write briefly because today is the 10 year anniversary of the night me and Darren met, so even though he's working today, we've been kinda celebrating all week. It's a really big deal for me, after a life of crappy, emotionally abusive relationships, to find someone who loves me and respects me and treats me like a queen and I feel like we've only just begun. I'd say I can count our big fights on one hand, but none have ever been big enough to be big, nothing that I can particularly remember being so mad about we didn't immediately make up. He's been an amazing friend and partner and love, and I just wanted to acknowledge how grateful I am for that magical night at Soda Bar that changed my life forever. 

Beyond that, this week I went to the Father John Misty show on Wednesday and I'm still going to the San Diego Zoo everyday. They're open until 9 through Labor Day, after that we'll have to see how life shakes out and if I can get my ass in gear earlier in the day to pop over. I wanted to at least get this week's data up, though you're on your own for the big need-to-know news of the week. 

Stay safe out there. 

• COVID-19:
• Omicron better at invading young noses than other variants; smell loss may predict memory issues - Reuters (8.2.22)
• Smokers More Likely to Develop Severe COVID Symptoms or Die: UCSD Study. In Denmark, about 17% of the population smokes while around 12.5% of Americans are smokers. - NBC San Diego/City News Service (8.2.22)
• Long COVID: which symptoms can be attributed to SARS-CoV-2 infection? - The Lancet (8.6.22)
• City council provides an update on COVID-19 in San Diego - sdnews.com (8.5.22)
• Politics:
• San Diego approves plan to prioritize infrastructure for neighborhoods in need - City News Service/kpbs (8.1.22)
• Veterans toxic exposure bill clears Senate after tortuous path. Major expansion of veterans benefits heads to President Joe Biden's desk, finally - Roll Call (8.2.22)
• Joe Biden's hugely consequential Covid isolation - CNN (8.6.22)
• News:
• Governor Newsom Proclaims State of Emergency to Support State’s Response to Monkeypox - Office of Gavin Newsom (8.1.22)
• County Declares Monkeypox Local Health Emergency - County News Center (8.2.22)
• US declares monkeypox a public health emergency - CIDRAP (8.4.22)
• Oil Companies Profit As Fuel Prices Soar - Statista (8.1.22)
• What the heck is ‘greedflation’? How can corporations make record profits while consumers struggle to get by? - The Hustle (8.3.22)
• Deadly McKinney Fire continues to burn out of control across Northern California - AccuWeather (8.2.22)
• Other Reading:
• How Beer Drinking Habits Have Changed Since Covid - Statista (7.29.22)
• On the International Stage: SPLC to present evidence of systemic racism in US to UN committee in Geneva - SPLC (8.5.22_
• Government:
• White House
• Letter from Dr. Kevin O’Connor: President Biden SARS-CoV-2 Update
• Remarks by President Biden on the July Jobs Report and Signing of Anti-Fraud Bills
• Bills Signed: H.R. 7334 and H.R. 7352
• Statement by President Biden on the July Jobs Report
• Statement from President Biden on the Inflation Reduction Act
• Executive Order on Securing Access to Reproductive and Other Healthcare Services
• FACT SHEET: White House Takes Action on Climate by Accelerating Energy Efficiency Projects Across Federal Government
• FACT SHEET: President Biden Issues Executive Order at the First Meeting of the Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access
• FACT SHEET: PACT Act Delivers on President Biden’s Promise to America’s Veterans
• Dept of Defense
• U.S. Drone Strike Kills al-Qaida Leader in Kabul
• State Dept
• G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Preserving Peace and Stability Across the Taiwan Strait
• SBA
• Statement by SBA Administrator Guzman on the Signing of the Paycheck Protection Program and Bank Fraud Enforcement Harmonization Act and the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Fraud Statute of Limitations Act - (8.5.22)
• Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 8.6.22 2:20pm):
•  583,834,206 Known Cases/28,161,422 28-Day New Cases
•  6,417,387 Known Deaths/62,388 28-Day New Deaths
• US COVID-19 Stats 
• CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
• American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard 
• JHU
• 92,197,380 Cases/3,534,977 28 Day New Cases
• 1,034,152 Deaths/12,572 28-Day New Deaths
• CDC Data Tracker:
• 114,830 New Cases/91,805,380 Known Cases 
• 393 New Deaths/1,028,062 Known Deaths
• 6,120 New Admissions/36,980 Current Hospitalizations
• California COVID-19 Stats:
• State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
• Vaccination progress dashboard
• Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
• R-effective: 0.90
• 40,956 New Cases/10,024,326 Total Cases (37.7 new cases/100k)
• 167 New Deaths/93,056 Total Deaths (0.1 new deaths/100k)
• 14.4% 7-day test positivity rate
• 4,435 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-116 patients, -2.5% from prior day)
• 505 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-17 patients, -3.3% from prior day)
• 2,147 ICU beds available (-34 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: 0.94
• 3,775 New Cases/891,504 Total Cases
• 13.5% Daily Positivity
• 7 Deaths/5,424 Total Deaths
• 389 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-31 patients, -7.4% from prior day)
• 45 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-2 patients, -4.3% from prior day)
• 244 ICU beds available (-2 from prior day)
• County Data:
• San Diego County Remains in High-Risk COVID Level (8.4.22)
• 1,446 New Cases/891,394 Total Cases 
• Case rate: 51.1 per 100,000 residents overall
• 36.79 for fully vaccinated people 
• 56.80 for fully vaccinated + boosted people 
• 111.77 for not fully vaccinated San Diegans.
• 7 New Deaths Since Last Report/5,424 Total Deaths
• 13.7% Daily Test Positivity/18% 7-day average/17.0% 7-day average after 7-day lag/14.4% Test Positivity (14-day average)
• +25 COVID-19 Hospitalizations Since Last Report
• 420 COVID-19 Hospitalizations. +23% over 30 days
• 47 ICU Patients. +4% over 30 days
• 46 Staffed ICU Beds Available 
• 27 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
• Universities:
• SDSU COVID-19, UCSD COVID-19, USD COVID-19, CSU San Marcos, PLNU