COVID-19: 'Under Control'? | Backwards Ass Arizona Bans Abortion | Excessive Heat Advisory |

Adams Avenue Street Fair Sunset (Taken 9.24.22)

I had a super weekend - caught up on sleep, worked at the Adams Avenue Street Fair for Starcrawler, had some drinks, ordered and received my new camera lens, spent time with the family, and generally lazed around. I went to sleep extra early last night because I knew today would be a big work day, but wanted to get this general update published while it was on my brain. 

It's my birthday week and I've got some fun shows to go to and some Zoo time ahead of me and hopefully gonna get some snorkeling in, too. A high school acquaintance just died of cancer, so it just makes this whole thing called life a little more sweet while we've got it. 

Stay safe out there.  

• COVID-19:
• Regional Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Centers Closing as Demand Decreases - County News Center (9.22.22)
• Covid Still Kills, but the Demographics of Its Victims Are Shifting - KHN (9.21.22)
• Biden clarifies COVID comments: Pandemic ‘basically is not where it was’ - The Hill (9.20.22)
• Is Covid ‘Under Control’ in the US? Experts Say Yes - KHN (9.26.22)
• Covid will be a leading cause of death in the U.S. indefinitely, whether or not the pandemic is 'over'. Disease experts predict that Covid will remain among the top 10 causes of death in the U.S. for the foreseeable future. - NBC News (9.19.22) 
• Joe Biden says the COVID-19 pandemic is over. This is what the data tells us - NPR/kpbs (9.19.22)
• Biden: ‘The pandemic is over’ - The Hill (9.18.22)
• Biden on ‘60 Minutes’: ‘The pandemic is over’ - Politico (9.18.22)
• Biden’s claim that ‘pandemic is over’ complicates efforts to secure funding. Impromptu remarks on ‘60 Minutes’ come as officials struggle to secure new funding for coronavirus vaccines, tests and treatments - Washington Post (9.19.22)
• Updated COVID booster tied to strong Omicron immune response - CIDRAP (9.19.22)
• CDC MMWR:
• Mortality Risk Among Patients Hospitalized Primarily for COVID-19 During the Omicron and Delta Variant Pandemic Periods — United States, April 2020–June 2022
• Politics:
• Arizona's 1864 law banning abortion in most circumstances in effect, judge rules - Arizona Republic/AZ Central (9.23.22)
• Arizona Judge Approves Return To Strict Abortion Ban Law From 1864. The 19th century law makes abortion illegal in nearly all cases, and could result in prison time for providers. - Teen Vogue (9.26.22)
• News:
• Excessive Heat Advisory Issued Monday, 9/26/22, 10 a.m. through Wednesday, 9/28/22, 8 p.m. - County of San Diego Emergency Updates
• US COVID-19 Stats 
• CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
• American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard 
• CDC Data Tracker:
• 53,376 New Cases/95,795,378 Known Cases 
• 356 New Deaths/1,050,631 Known Deaths
• 3,933 New Admissions/24,035 Current Hospitalizations
• California COVID-19 Stats:
• State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
• Vaccination progress dashboard
• Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
• R-effective: 1.05
• 4,409 New Cases/10,384,673 Total Cases (11.0 new cases/100k)
• 26 New Deaths/95,009 Total Deaths (0.1 new deaths/100k)
• 5.0% 7-day test positivity rate
• 2,115 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-69 patients, -3.2% from prior day)
• 283 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (+8 patients, +2.9% from prior day)
• 2,076 ICU beds available (-65 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: 1.09
• 399 Average New Cases/920,118 Total Cases
• 4.9% Daily Positivity
• 2 Average Daily Deaths/5,487 Total Deaths
• 180 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-1 patients, -0.6% from prior day)
• 21 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (3 patients, +16.7% from prior day)
• 281 ICU beds available (+27 from prior day)
• County Data:
• 2,634 Weekly New Cases/919,938 Total Cases 
• Case rate: 11.3 per 100,000 residents overall
• 9.25 for fully vaccinated people 
• 14.65 for fully vaccinated + boosted people 
• 29.59 for not fully vaccinated San Diegans.
• 4 New Daily Deaths/5,487 Total Deaths
• 3.4% Daily Test Positivity/6.8% 7-day average after 7-day lag/4.6% Test Positivity (14-day average)
• 180 COVID-19 Hospitalizations. -42% over 30 days 
• 21 ICU Patients. -16% over 30 days 
• 59 Staffed ICU Beds Available 
• 7 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
• Universities:
• SDSU COVID-19, UCSD COVID-19, USD COVID-19, CSU San Marcos, PLNU