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Rocky Votolato at Black Horse Coffee Roasters (Taken 10.16.22)

I have been keeping track of COVID Twitter and it is not looking good over there. Just when I thought I'd be winding down talk of COVID, you hear about it sneaking back into our lives. You hear anecdotally about outbreaks, about people missing work, about tours canceling, about friends who are sick with "a really nasty cold" and I gotta say - treat it all like COVID. Whether it's a cold or COVID and just not showing up on a test until the fifth day, or the nasty flu that's going around, the whole point is when you're sick you shouldn't be out in the world getting other people sick. I wasn't able to get my booster last week, but while I was writing this I went to CVS.com and got an appointment for tonight, so I guess I'll go to the Zoo, get my bivalent Pfizer shot and throw in a flu shot with it. 

As for me, I've had a pretty good week. I was bummed to miss The War on Drugs and Florence and the Machine but I need a little more advanced notice than just day of show. I'm old and have responsibilities which kinda kicks spontaneity out the door. Though last minute work is almost always accepted and when Darren took me to the Safari Park for a cart tour I of course said yes because the Zoo was already in my plans.

It was kind of a whacky weekend...I watched the Padres win and spent a few hours, unplanned of course, rescuing a dog in my neighborhood that got out in the rain. That was an ordeal, but he's safe now. This week is pretty chill, much of the same and a couple nights of work ahead. 

Stay safe out there. It's coming back, even if we want to wish it away.

 

• Big News: 
• Padres eliminate Dodgers, advance to NLCS for 1st time since 1998 - ESPN (10.15.22)
• COVID-19:
• County Public Health Officials Renew Call For Vaccinations Against COVID-19 - County News Center (10.13.22)
• "Pretty troublesome": New COVID variant BQ.1 now makes up 1 in 10 cases nationwide, CDC estimates - CBS (10.14.22)
• It’s time to redouble and refocus our efforts to fight covid, not retreat - bmj (10.7.22)
• Will Covid Spike Again This Fall? 6 Tips to Help You Stay Safe - khn (10.14.22)
• The next U.S. COVID wave is coming. Why it will be 'much weirder than before.' - Yahoo! News (10.13.22)
• What the White House sees coming for COVID this winter - npr/kpbs 10.13.22
• Politics:'
• The Fifth Circuit Holds That DACA Exceeds Executive Authority - Lawfare (10.7.22)
• Biden calls testimony, video from Jan. 6 committee hearing 'devastating' - Reuters (10.16.22)
• Voting by Mail is Simple, Convenient, Secure - County News Center (10.17.22)
• News:
• U.S. Job Growth Continues Beyond Pre-Pandemic High - Statista (10.10.22)
• The San Diego Union Tribune Followed Up On Bill Walton's Whining About Homelessness And Basically Called It Bullshit, But Then Gave It A Stupid Headline So I'm Just Going To Link The Story Here. There's a very funny part where an unhoused person said that they don't harass him...though they might make fun of his goofy ass bike spandex. Lolz. - (10.8.22)
• Kroger and Albertsons plan merger to combine 2 largest supermarket chains - npr/kpbs (10.14.22)
• Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 10/16/2022, 10:22 PM)
•  pm):
• 624,693,490 Known Cases/12,693,640 28-Day New Cases
• 6,567,485 Known Deaths/39,871 28-Day New Deaths
• US COVID-19 Stats 
• JHU
• 96,952,191 Cases/1,277,660 28 Day New Cases
• 1,065,109 Deaths/11,382 28-Day New Deaths
• CDC Data Tracker:
• 37,808 New Cases/96,713,658 Known Cases 
• 332 New Deaths/1,059,390 Known Deaths
• 3,248 New Admissions/19,625 Current Hospitalizations
• California COVID-19 Stats:
• R-effective: 0.7
• 3,003 New Cases/10,458,792 Total Cases (7.5 new cases/100k)
• 19 New Deaths/95,604 Total Deaths (0.05 new deaths/100k)
• 4.7% 7-day test positivity rate
• 1,746 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-13 patients, -0.7% from prior day)
• 232 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (+14 patients, +6.4% from prior day)
• 2,037 ICU beds available (-186 from prior day)
• San Diego County 
• State Data:
• R-effective: 0.88
• 275 New Cases/926,574 Total Cases
• 4.7% Daily Positivity
• 1 Deaths/5,507 Total Deaths
• 144 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-1 patients, -0.7% from prior day)
• 20 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (0 patients, 0% from prior day)
• 238 ICU beds available (-30 from prior day)
• County Data:
• 1,855 7-Day New Cases/926,364 Total Cases 
• Case rate: 9.4 per 100,000 residents overall
• 6.08 for fully vaccinated people 
• 11.01 for fully vaccinated + boosted people 
• 22.65 for not fully vaccinated San Diegans.
• 9 New Deaths Since Last Report/5,507 Total Deaths
• 4.1% Daily Test Positivity/5.5% 7-day average after 7-day lag/4.2% Test Positivity (14-day average)
• 144 COVID-19 Hospitalizations. -35% over 30 days
• 20 ICU Patients. -17% over 30 days
• 47 Staffed ICU Beds Available 
• 25 Community Outbreaks (7-day)