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Alvvays at Observatory (Taken 10.30.22)

I keep thinking that I'm going to quit doing these COVID posts. The CDC has pretty much given up. The County's COVID committee just had their final meeting, and the data that is still provided is almost assuredly unreliable. Without free tests out there ---we were promised they'd cost a couple bucks once the demand died down and yet they're still about $15 a pop at most pharmacies and grocery stores -- people don't even seem to be testing anymore, writing off illness to anything but COVID. I'm not any different. I had a cough last night, assumed it was from overdoing it on Saturday night, took and allergy pill, and was fine today. And you know I'm at the San Diego Zoo nearly every day and the number of kids who are outright sick but still there in their strollers coughing all over everyone is truly alarming. 

So here I am at my second sold out show of the weekend...we attended Alvvays on Sunday and now I'm working for Babe Rainbow...and I'm masked and just doing the best we can, I guess. Nova and Darren both got their flu shots and COVID boosters last week and didn't really feel any obvious side effects, though Darren went to bed super early that night and probably got 12 hours total. That could just be time catching up with him, though. The park has been super busy and he recently got a promotion so that's all very exciting. 

As for me, I'm still trying to hit the Zoo everyday, and I jones for it when I don't. I went on Saturday night but am hoping to get some solid sleep tonight and do a morning sess with the orangs. I'm working a lot, and trying to disconnect from the internet more and more as the election gets closer and closer. Everything is pretty terrible. The campaign ads are fucking ridiculous. But I would NEVER not vote. 

Stay safe out there.  Your mental health is just as critical as your physical health. 

• COVID-19:
• Omicron keeps finding new evolutionary tricks to outsmart our immunity - kpbs (10.25.22)
• Respiratory viruses hit families and children especially hard - kpbs (10.26.22)
• Even a mild case of COVID can put you at higher risk for blood clots and death, according to a new study - Yahoo! (10.25.22)
• Updated Covid-19 vaccines boost protection, but may not beat original formula against BA.4 and BA.5, early studies suggest - CNN (10.26.22)
• Politics:
• Churches Are Breaking the Law by Endorsing in Elections, Experts Say. The IRS Looks the Other Way. - ProPublica (10.30.22)
• The Quiet Insurrection the January 6 Committee Missed. A former congressman who helped the House select committee investigate the Capitol attack says the US is losing sight of the big picture. - Wired (10.23.22)
• News:
• Port Signals Support for $550M in Public Funding for Seaport Village Redevelopment. Six years after the Port selected a developer to rebuild Seaport Village, the developer now says the project requires half a billion public dollars for infrastructure. - Voice of San Diego (10.12.22)
• Tyson will pay $10.5M to settle Washington poultry price-fixing suit - FoodDive (10.25.22)
• Other Reading:
• How Ticketmaster gets away with it - Popular.info (10.20.22)
• Which Largest U.S. Cities are Most Expensive for Household Bills in 2022? - Doxo (10.2.22)
• Take a look at Leslie Jordan's best moments of dancing, singing and storytelling - kpbs/npr (10.25.22)
• San Diego bests Los Angeles, San Francisco in attracting leisure and business travelers since pandemic - Pacific SD (10.25.22)
• Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 10.31.22 8:21pm):
•  630,546,571 Known Cases/12,010,532 28-Day New Cases
• 6,590,357  Known Deaths/40,819 28-Day New Deaths
• US COVID-19 Stats 
• JHU
• 97,495,076 Cases/1,057,656 28 Day New Cases
• 1,070,389 Deaths/10,445 28-Day New Deaths
• CDC Data Tracker:
• 265,893 New Cases/97,329,787 Known Cases 
• 2,649 New Deaths/1,066,351 Known Deaths
• 3,096 New Admissions/11,873 Current Hospitalizations
• California COVID-19 Stats:
• R-effective: 1.11
• 2,456 Average New Cases/10,499,008Total Cases (6.1 new cases/100k)
• 15 Average New Deaths/96,068 Total Deaths (0.04 new deaths/100k)
• 4.1% 7-day test positivity rate
• 1,674 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+137 patients, +8.9% from prior day)
• 192 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-6 patients, -3.0% from prior day)
• 1,983 ICU beds available (-28 from prior day)
• San Diego County 
• State Data:
• R-effective: 1.03
• 230 Average New Cases/929,768 Total Cases
• 3.8% Daily Positivity
• 1 Average Daily Deaths/5,524 Total Deaths
• 175 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (+64 patients, +57.7% from prior day)
• 21 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (0 patients, 0% from prior day)
• 231 ICU beds available (-9 from prior day)
• County Data:
• County Health Department Warns of Triple Threat of Diseases - 10.28.22
• First Flu Death of Season Reported in San Diego 0 
• 1,569 New Cases SInce Last Report/929,549 Total Cases 
• Case rate: 6.6 per 100,000 residents overall
• 7 New Deaths Since Last Report/5,524 Total Deaths
• 3.2% Daily Test Positivity/4.4% 7-day average after 7-day lag/3.7% Test Positivity (14-day average)
• 124 COVID-19 Hospitalizations. -41% over 30 days
• 21 ICU Patients. +24% over 30 days
• 49 Staffed ICU Beds Available 
• Community Outbreaks (7-day)