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| Emily Haines of Metric, at Observatory 10.3.22 |
There's this pretty obnoxious and condescending guy on Twitter whose tone almost makes him sound gleeful with respect to COVID. Whenever numbers start ticking up, he's like "SEE!? I TOLD YOU THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!!" I've even called him out for it. But I still follow him because he's not wrong, he's just an asshole. But sometimes he's kinda funny, too. The other day he tweeted that he can tell COVID is about to surge again by Yankee Candle Reviews on Amazon. "This Yankee Candle has no scent!!" You'd be surprised how many people say the same, though from everything I'm seeing and reading from Europe, the newer variants present more like a cold with a ripping sore throat and not showing on rapid tests for 3-5 days, long enough for you to spread it to everyone you know or test negative on a home test and think you're in the clear when you're really not.
I had a pretty good week. I met up with my family at Sea World, Darren and I went to the Metric show, I worked for Brass Against, worked for a double header of Champions of Magic, and at the moment I'm working for Ibibio Sound System. I got some Zoo time in this week, we celebrated my niece's birthday, my brother and his family visited from New Mexico, and Darren's cousin visited from Geneva, so we took him to the Safari Park and did the zipline. I'm super exhausted so I'm trying to make the next two hours pass quickly but honestly, it feels all uphill right now. I'm looking forward to the week ahead: it's Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday at the Safari Park so maybe I'll sneak up there if I can find the time. Otherwise, I haven't ruled out going to The War on Drugs on Tuesday and Sunday, my favorite, Rocky Votolato is in town doing a "house show" even though it's actually at a warehouse, plus plenty of Zoo time in between. I'm also hoping to go get my booster and flu shot this week, now that I'm 3 months past my bout with COVID in July, so I'll set some time aside in case they knock me out for a day.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- Supreme Court turns away challenge to U.S. vaccine rule for health workers - Reuters (10.3.22)
- Early signs a new U.S. COVID surge could be on its way - NPR (10.7.22)
- From BQ.1.1 to XBB and beyond: How the splintering of Omicron variants could shape Covid’s next phase - STAT (10.6.22)
- Rising cases of variants BQ.1 and XBB could make COVID drugs all but useless, study finds. COVID variants are evolving ways around vaccines and treatments, fueling deadly conditions for a winter surge. - salon (10.4.22)
- Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Situation Report (10.6.22)
"WHO officials recently indicated that they are currently monitoring more than 300 Omicron sublineages.
Several of these sublineages are particularly concerning, including BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 that evolved from BA.5 and BA.2.275 and XBB that evolved from BA.2. The BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 sublineages are currently circulating in Europe, which could forecast a fall/winter surge in other Northern Hemisphere countries. All 4 of these sublineages exhibit resistance to existing treatments and vaccines, and the XBB sublineage, in particular, threatens to render existing vaccines ineffective. In addition to the risk of global spread of a vaccine-resistant vaccine, the decline in testing volume worldwide and barriers to including at-home test results in SARS-CoV-2 reporting systems could make surveillance problematic. And the general absence of COVID-19 protective measures (eg, physical distancing, mask use) could facilitate community transmission." - Covid-19 boosters could prevent about 90,000 US deaths this winter, but only if more people get them, analysis suggests - CNN (10.5.22)
- Politics:
- Biden, doctors say new abortion laws have chilling impact - Reuters (10.4.22)
- Criminally deceptive - Popular.Info (10.4.22)
- Russia and Saudi Arabia agree to massive cuts to oil output. Here's why it matters - NPR/kpbs (10.5.22)
- Biden pardons thousands for ‘simple possession’ of marijuana - AP News (10.6.22)
- News:
- Mayor Gloria responds to criticism on city's handling of homelessness - kpbs (10.6.22)
- County, City of San Diego Pass Resolution to Create 10,000 Affordable Homes -County News Center (10.4.22)
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 10/9/2022, 7:22 PM)
pm): - 621,455,326 Known Cases/12,927,122 28-Day New Cases
- 6,557,380 Known Deaths/42,008 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- JHU
- 1,435,316 Cases/45,590 28 Day New Cases
- 96,237 Deaths/45,590 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- 41,855 Average New Cases/96,443,656 Known Cases
- 345 Average Daily Deaths/1,056,702 Known Deaths
- 3,357 New Admissions/21,004 Current Hospitalizations
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- R-effective: 1.08
- 3,336 New Cases/10,437,463 Total Cases (8.3 new cases/100k)
- 22 New Deaths/95,414 Total Deaths (0.1 new deaths/100k)
- 4.7% 7-day test positivity rate
- 1,870 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-26 patients, -1.4% from prior day)
- 247 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (+18 patients, +7.9% from prior day)
- 2,121 ICU beds available (-126 from prior day)
- San Diego County (10.6.22)
- State Data:
- R-effective: 1.1 (Spread of COVID-19 likely increasing)
- 340 Average New Cases/924,672 Total Cases
- 4.9% Daily Positivity
- 1 Average Daily Deaths/5,498 Total Deaths
- COVID-19 hospitalized patients ( patients, % from prior day)
- 22 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+4patients, +22.2% from prior day)
- 288 ICU beds available (+23 from prior day)
- County Data:
- Get Vaccinated Ahead of Holiday Gatherings - County News Center (10.6.22)
- 2,284 7-Day New Cases/924,478 Total Cases
- Case rate: 10.1 per 100,000 residents overall
- 6.98 for fully vaccinated people
- 11.90 for fully vaccinated + boosted people
- 23.85 for not fully vaccinated San Diegans.
- 7 New Daily Deaths/5,498 Total Deaths
- 4.3% Daily Test Positivity/5.7% 7-day average after 7-day lag/4.2% Test Positivity (14-day average)
- 171 COVID-19 Hospitalizations. -28% over 30 days
- 22 ICU Patients. -24% over 30 days
- 59 Staffed ICU Beds Available
- 53 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
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