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One of the ~11 Week Old Amur Leopard Cubs at San Diego Zoo (Taken 5.4.23)

It's a Friday night at home and I'm trying to catch up with work and email and everything and I'd been collecting articles per usual...you can see dating back all the way to April, so I'm just going to post this because it's going to keep bugging me if I don't. I really had a lot to say about everything...I'm grateful the County Board of Supervisors decided to have a special election instead of appointing a replacement for Nathan Fletcher. Honestly, finding out that bitch from the anti-vax group is running makes me want to run against her, but hopefully someone more qualified steps up. COVID isn't gone but information about it is pretty much wrapped up and tucked away and we'll hear not much about it again except as a political football, so you're on your own. And if you're planning on travelling to any state or national parks, check their status because the rain, snow, and now melting of the snow is causing floods and closures. 

Back to Friday night. 

• COVID-19
• Trying to Say Goodbye to COVID. Is it really over? - Dan Rather & Elliot Kirschner/ Steady Substack (5.6.23)
• WHO ends global health emergency declaration for COVID-19 - npr/kpbs (5.5.23)
• US health authorities reportedly plan to stop tracking Covid on community level. Instead of using the colour-coded system focusing on the spread of the virus by county, the CDC will track hospitalisation rates - The Guardian (4.29.23)
• XBB.1.16, XBB.1.9.1 gain more ground in the United States - CIDRAP (4.28.23)
• Long-COVID patients show abnormal brain activity on MRI while doing memory tasks - CIDRAP (4.27.23)
• What You Need to Know About the XBB.1.16 'Arcturus' Variant -Very Well Health (4.27.23)
• The Search for Long Covid Treatments Takes a Promising Turn: Scientists believe lasting symptoms following a coronavirus infection are not a single disorder. So new clinical trials are hunting for a range of solutions. - Wired (4.19.23)
• After-action Report Cites Strengths of County’s COVID-19 Response - County News Center (4.20.23)
• Researchers detect 2 new SARS-CoV-2 strains on Polish mink farms - CIDRAP (4.21.23)
• Politics:
• Supervisors OK resolution for special election to replace Nathan Fletcher - City News Service/kpbs (5.3.23)
• EIA slightly revises its forecasts following OPEC+ announcement of oil production cuts - US EIA (4.11.23)
• San Diego County Supervisors call on Nathan Fletcher to resign immediately - City News Service/KPBS (4.11.23)
• UPDATE: Tennessee Speaker admits his family lives hours away from the district he represents - Popular.info (4.11.23)
• News:
• One-Time $4,000 Grant Program Opens Monday For Low Income Families Hurt By COVID-19 - County News Center (5.5.23)
• State Park Campgrounds in the Sierra Delay Opening Dates Due to Historic Snowpack - California State Parks (5.3.23)
• County Could See More Housing Dollars with “Prohousing” Designation - County News Center (5.3.23)
• Inflation Reaches Lowest Point in Almost Two Years - Statista (4.12.23)
• Other Reading:
• The US Wants to Close an ‘SUV Loophole’ That Supersized Cars. A new proposal from the EPA would make it less attractive for automakers to build big vehicles. - Wired (4.14.23)