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RIP Devi the Asian Elephant (Taken February 2022)

I had this fantasy that my weekend was going to be super chill and I'd just hide in the red tent, so to speak, but the reality didn't work out that way. I already mentioned that I worked for Babe Rainbow on Halloween, went to Snail Mail on Tuesday, worked for Son Little on Wednesday, Darren worked late so Nova and I had to help my dad without him  on Thursday, and then Friday and Saturday I worked at the Balboa Theatre, doing one Friday night show and running to Chula Vista after and then Saturday, Darren worked with me and we did two shows, so by the time we were done and helped my Dad, it was already well past midnight. All that was on top of going to the Zoo in the morning while Darren worked a partial shift at Safari Park. I mean, I went every day besides Halloween, so no shocker there. It felt like after it was announced that Devi was euthanized that I had to be there to pay respects. Tonight finds me back at Music Box working for Duckwrth, which is a sold out show but they are maybe at the end of tour because I sold out of almost everything I had in the first 12 minutes of doors being open. So now I'm being paid to sit at my laptop with precisely 9 small hoodies left to sell. 

Maybe this week will be more chill. On Monday we're going to the SDZWA Staff Day at Sea World, and we postponed jury duty until February, so unless I get asked to sling for Alice Phoebe Lou again, I'll be laying low. Tegan & Sara is next weekend, but I think I've already waited too long to submit for that one. Zoo hours are now back to closing at 5 so I'm basically going to have to find new ways to spend my time. Maybe I'll actually organize photos or do something productive. Maybe just start nesting for winter. I'd gladly take San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival Grand Tasting tickets if they fell in my lap, but maybe I should just enjoy the downtime, catch the season finale of The Handmaid's Tale, reorganize the studio. Hopefully I can continue to dodge getting sick again because the closer to "normal" life has been feeling makes you realize just how many people are sick and out and about just passing that shit along. 

Election Day is Tuesday. I'm going to go through my ballot and I'll share my picks in another post because this one is a very big deal. 

Stay safe out there. 

• COVID-19:
• San Diego County COVID-19 Update – 11-3-2022 - County News Center
• Federal, State and Local Leaders Urge Protection Against Virus Trio - County News Center (11.3.22)
• Pfizer, BioNTech report new Covid booster is more protective against recent Omicron variants than original vaccine - STAT (11.4.22)
• Politics:
• Violent crime is a key midterm voting issue, but what does the data say? - Pew Research Center (10.31.22)
• Americans Feel Like Crime is Worsening - Statista (11.2.22)
• 'Do better': Newsom pauses $1B in homelessness spending - kpbs/AP (11.3.22)
• News:
• Audubon California says take down bird feeders to help stop avian flu - kpbs (10.31.22)
• Padres Goose Likely Affected by Avian Flu and Drought. The good-luck goose that landed in Dodger Stadium during the San Diego Padres’ Major League Baseball playoff game was probably sick and exhausted while migrating during California’s climate-driven drought. - Voice of San Diego (11.1.22)
• $700M transformation planned for the San Diego River. The long-term vision from county and city officials, would develop the river from Ocean Beach, Mission Valley and all the way through the mountains. - CBS 8 (12.1.22)
• County of San Diego Awarded Grant from the Office of Traffic Safety for Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Program - County News Center (11.4.22)
• 45-year-old Asian elephant Devi is euthanized at San Diego Zoo - San Diego Union-Tribune (11.4.22)
• Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 11.6.21 7:21pm):
• 632,614,441 Known Cases/11,213,463 28-Day New Cases
• 6,600,577  Known Deaths/42,127 28-Day New Deaths
• US COVID-19 Stats 
• JHU
• 97,741,764 Cases/1,046,663 28 Day New Cases
• 1,072,594 Deaths/9,861 28-Day New Deaths
• CDC Data Tracker:
• 273,110 New Weekly Cases/97,604,763 Known Cases 
• 2,504 New Weekly Deaths/1,068,667 Known Deaths
• 3,283 New Admissions/21,335 Current Hospitalizations
• California COVID-19 Stats:
• R-effective: 1.17
• 2,460 Average New Cases/10,519,175Total Cases (6.1 new cases/100k)
• 14 Average New Deaths/96,185 Total Deaths (0.03 new deaths/100k)
• 4.5 % 7-day test positivity rate
• 1,700 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (+66 patients, +4.0% from prior day)
• 196 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-4 patients, -2.0% from prior day)
• 1,985 ICU beds available (-153 from prior day)
• San Diego County 
• State Data:
• R-effective: 1.16
• 223 Average New Cases/931,531 Total Cases
• 4.2% Daily Positivity
• 1 Average Deaths/5,532 Total Deaths
• 186 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (+69 patients, +59.0% from prior day)
• 16 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+4 patients, +33.3% from prior day)
• 243 ICU beds available (-22 from prior day)
• County Data:
• 1,702 New Cases Since Last Report/931,279 Total Cases 
• Case rate: 6.5 per 100,000 residents overall
• 8 New Deaths Since Last Report/5,532 Total Deaths
• 4.2% Daily Test Positivity/4.3% Testing Positivity (7-day after 7-day lag)/3.7% Test Positivity (14-day average)
• 132 COVID-19 Hospitalizations. -25% over 30 days
• 16 ICU Patients. -11% over 30 days
• 51 Staffed ICU Beds Available 
• 1 Community Outbreaks (7-day)