Little Kaja at 14 months and 1 day old (Taken 3.5.23) |
I had been really enjoying my laid back, low-pressure life lately, working remotely at the zoo and all that goodness, but then suddenly that isn't the case. In the past couple weeks, I worked for Almost Monday, King Tuff, Jawny, and Braxton Cook, as well as celebrating Darren's birthday, catching the SG Goodman show (with after-show cocktails at Ould Sod and we know how that goes), plus I was streaming the Murdaugh Trials, and even had jury duty tossed in there. And then there were van repairs and helping my dad and taking Nova and a friend to Sea World for a day and it's all kinda worn me out. And I know a lot of those, particularly hours of Murdaugh Trials were optional, but I couldn't resist the intrigue and anyway, I was only streaming while I did a million other things anyway. Darren has been working his ass off, too, so this week I would just like for everything to slow down, am politely declining invitations, and would like to just be able to get by with my laptop in my backpack at the zoo while I watch all the babies -- Kaja, of course, but there's a new golden takin born on Friday, there's Andean bear cubs who have finally been making appearances, there are amur leopard cubs recently born that haven't made their public debut but who we hear stirrings about not to even mention how much I would like a day at Safari Park since I took off the free seniors month. I've just got to get a handle on all these ding-dang emails and concert announcements...like, my actual work. There are so many shows coming up, it's gonna be a busy spring and summer, I can tell you that right now.
For now, I'm off to bed. I'll get listings up by Wednesday or Thursday. We'll see how punishing this week turns out.
Love you. Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- California and San Diego County's pandemic emergencies are over, what's next - KPBS (2.28.23)
- COVID may be more likely to spread in and beyond bars, clubs than other settings - CIDRAP (2.28.23)
- Final state emergencies winding down 3 years into pandemic - AP (2.28.23)
- Serious Cases of Covid Increase Long Covid Risk - Statista (3.28.23)
- FDA Authorizes First Over-the-Counter At-Home Test to Detect Both Influenza and COVID-19 Viruses - FDA (2.24.23)
- Flu and COVID combo shots won't come in time for this year, FDA official says - CBS News (3.2.23)
- News:
- What you should know about the IRS tax deadline extension - kpbs (2.28.23)
- Winter storms have greatly improved drought conditions in San Diego County and across California - kpbs (3.2.23)
- Murdaugh Murders:
- ‘He was gaslighting everybody’: Mandy Matney on exposing Alex Murdaugh - The Guardian (3.4.23)
- Murdaugh testimony only confirmed his guilt, jurors say - AP News (3.6.23)
- Other Reading:
- How to stop the bird flu outbreak becoming a pandemic. From tracking the disease’s spread in wild birds to updating human vaccines, there are measures that could help keep avian influenza in check. - Nature (3.1.23)
- Avian Influenza A (H5N1) - Cambodia - WHO (2.26.23)
- Eli Lilly cuts insulin costs — for real, this time - The Hustle (3.2.23)
- US COVID-19 Stats (Data from 3.3.23)
- CDC Data Tracker:
- 226,218 New Cases/103,499,382 Known Cases
- 2,290 New Deaths/1,117,856 Known Deaths
- 3,203 New Admissions/19,841 Current Hospitalizations
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- R-effective: 1.16
- 2,760 Average Daily Cases/11,127,153 Total Cases (6.9 new cases/100k)
- 18 Average Daily Deaths/100,424 Total Deaths (0.04 new deaths/100k)
- 6.5% 7-day test positivity rate
- 2,506 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-11 patients, -0.4% from prior day)
- 296 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-15 patients, -4.8% from prior day)
- 1,626 ICU beds available (-190 from prior day)
- San Diego County (Data From 3.2.23)
- State Data:
- R-effective: 1.08
- 257 Average Daily Cases/985,023 Total Cases
- 5.3% Daily Positivity
- 1 Average Daily Deaths/5,785 Total Deaths
- 225 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-39 patients, -14.8% from prior day)
- 21 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-1 patients, -4.5% from prior day)
- 195 ICU beds available (-23 from prior day)
- County COVID Data:
- 1,715 New Cases Since Last Report/984,855 Total Cases
- Case rate: per 100,000 residents overall
- 18 New Deaths Since Last Report/5,786 Total Deaths
- County Influenza Data:
- 43 New Cases Since Last Report/20,991 Known Cases
- 0 New Deaths Since Last Report/40 Known Deaths
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