Denny (Taken 8.19.22) |
But what I really wanted to talk about was COVID, RSV, and the Flu. I got my bivalent booster last week, and while I was kinda hopeful it would knock me out and I'd get real sleep, in actuality I felt nothing except the tender arm and it felt like all week, related or not, my anxiety and insomnia were through the roof. I also intended to get my flu shot at the same time, but insurance is dumb so now I have to use Sharp to get that on Monday.
I'm so glad to have finally gotten a booster though. The San Diego Zoo has been especially crowded during the month of October because kids 11 and under are free and they have extended weekend hours for HalGLOWeen and of course this is only anecdotal, but kids are sick. Coughing and sneezing and touching everything and their parents just sip their beers and margaritas while dragging their sick kids all over the place, and it is so frustrating. And it didn't help that a prominent right-wing talking head this week claimed that the vaccines are responsible for more deaths than COVID is kids (not true) but then that message spread and we just have a whole bunch of stupid idiots listening to rich and cunning propagandists and it feels like we're back in summer of 2020. So whatever. You do you. Don't vaccinate your kids and then watch them get the virus over and over and damage their organs and take that chance. Or be like a person in my family who intentionally got her son sick. I'll keep taking my chances on science with my mask on and boosters.
Stay safe out there.
(Phillies just won the game. I'm out. Going to see Denny.)
- COVID-19:
- Biden officials search for backup for key Covid therapy for immunocompromised people - STAT News (10.18.22)
- Covid-19 Cut Life Expectancy Short Around the World - Statista (10.18.22)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines for Use as a Booster Dose in Younger Age Groups - FDA (10.12.22)
- Evidence suggests pandemic came from nature, not a lab, panel says. New report takes sides in debate over COVID-19’s origins - Science (10.10.22)
- WHO chief urges immediate action to tackle ‘devastating’ long Covid. Exclusive: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calls for ‘sustained’ efforts to help people still experiencing ‘prolonged suffering’ - The Guardian (10.12.22)
- Politics:
- The real stakes of 2022 - Popular.info (10.17.22)
- Governor to end California coronavirus emergency in February - AP News (10.17.22)
- California announces pandemic state of emergency to end, San Diego County likely to follow suit - kpbs (10.18.22)
- Does Your Sheriff Think He’s More Powerful Than the President?Richard Mack has built a “Constitutional sheriff” movement to resist state and federal authority on guns, COVID-19 and now election results. A new survey shows just how many sheriffs agree with him. - The Marshall Project (10.18.22)
- Gas Prices came down after Newsom called a special session for a windfall tax proposal as the gas companies and refineries play chicken with the state. But I found this from July 15, 2021 that has a breakdown of our gas fees. They've gone up a few cents in taxes since this report, but nothing that justifies our state paying $2.50 more per gallon than other parts of the country. Are the gas companies trying to end all green initiative and make dems look bad for midterms in favor of more anti-regulation shady republicans? Absolutely.
- Federal excise tax – 18.4 cents per gallon (cpg)
- California state excise tax – 51.1 cpg, some of which is used for roads, freeways and bridges
- Sales tax – It varies by area. The average is 12.7 cpg
- Underground storage tank fee – 2 cpg
- Fuels under the cap – 15.1 cpg This program works to control greenhouse gases.
- Low carbon fuel standard - 22.6 cpg This program is designed to reduce carbon intensity in transportation fuels.
- News:
- Rapid and Early Start to Flu Season Prompts Calls for Increased Caution - County News Center (10.20.22)
- County Launches Respiratory Virus Surveillance Report - County News Center (10.20.22)
- Other Reading:
- October is National Pedestrian Safety Month
- This National Teen Driver Safety Week, Talk to Your Teens About Safe Driving. National Teen Driver Safety Week is October 17-23 - CA ABC
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 10/23/2022, 1:22 PM):
- 627,607,547 Known Cases/12,590,093 28-Day New Cases
- 6,578,310 Known Deaths/40,269 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- JHU
- 97,198,630 Cases/1,129,304 28 Day New Cases
- 1,067,686 Deaths/11,065 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- 260,808 New Cases/97,063,357 Known Cases
- 2,566 New Deaths/1,065,152 Known Deaths
- 3,220 New Admissions/20,941 Current Hospitalizations
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- R-effective: 1.09
- 2,580 Average New Cases/10,476,942 Total Cases (6.4new cases/100k)
- 21 New Deaths/95,808 Total Deaths (0.1 new deaths/100k)
- 4.4% 7-day test positivity rate
- 1,617 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+16 patients, +1.0% from prior day)
- 210 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-2 patients, -0.9% from prior day)
- 1,989 ICU beds available (-71 from prior day)
- San Diego County
- State Data:
- R-effective: 1.07
- 228 Average New Cases/928,182 Total Cases
- 4.2% Daily Positivity
- 1 Average Deaths/5,517 Total Deaths
- 130 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (0 patients, 0% from prior day)
- 25 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+1 patients, +4.2% from prior day)
- 244 ICU beds available (-5 from prior day)
- County Data:
- 1,591 New Cases/097,970 Total Cases
- Case rate: 7.7 per 100,000 residents overall
- 10 New Reported Deaths/5,517 Total Deaths
- 4.0% Daily Test Positivity/4.7% 7-day average after 7-day lag/3.9% Test Positivity (14-day average)
- 130 COVID-19 Hospitalizations. -28% over 30 days
- 25 ICU Patients. +39% over 30 days
- 51 Staffed ICU Beds Available
- 125 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
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