California issued shelter in-place orders on Tue Mar 17, 2020. I have been logging the highlights and lowlights. February was a fast month. February was a low-key month. February was a productive boring month. Infection rates and death rates were decreasing. Vaccination rates were increasing.
Fri Feb 5. Shopped for groceries for Super Bowl Sunday at Costco, Lucky, and Safeway. Minimal crowds at Costco and Lucky. Costco brough back the sample booths without free handouts. The sample booths are advertisements only.
Mass vaccination sites planned in the Bay Area. The locations announced were Moscone Center in San Francisco, Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, and Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara.
The NFL announced all stadiums can be mass vaccination sites.
Sat Feb 6. Santa Clara County banned all indoor activities.
Sun Feb 7. Super Bowl LV.
Mon Feb 8. Congressman Ron Wright (R-TX) died from COVID-19. COVID-19 cases down 20% in the USA. Hospitalization rates down 17% in the USA. Retail pharmacies received vaccines.
Wed Feb 10. CDC recommended people wear two masks to slow the COVID-19 spread. Wear a cloth mask over a medical procedure mask or nylon covering mask. State Of California reported the South Africa variant.
Thur Feb 11. Wore two masks shopping at The Home Depot and Bed Bath & Beyond.
Sat Feb 13. The San Jose Sharks played a home game for the first time since Mar 2020.
Sun Feb 14. Mass vaccination site at the Moscone Center paused because lack of vaccines.
Tue Feb 16. The USA variant discovered.
Wed Feb 17. My parents received the first of two Pfizer vaccines.
Thur Feb 18. Midwest and Southern States slammed by winter storms delayed vaccine shipments.
Sat Feb 20. Governor Gavin Newsom reserved 10% vaccines for teachers and school staff starting in Mar. Schools can reopen as late as Apr 15.
CA Department Of Public Health announced outdoor high school sports at counties where the per-capital case rate is 14 or lower per 100,000 residents. Local counties can override state guidelines.
Mon Feb 21. 500,000 people died in the USA.
Tue Feb 22. Newsom signed the CA $7.6B stimulus package. Marin and San Mateo were the first counties in the Bay Area to move from the most restrictive purple tier to red tier in the state COVID-19 guidance and restrictions.
San Francisco lifted the 10-day travel quarantine order.
Wed Feb 23. 50,000 people died in CA.
Fri Feb 26. Shopped at Safeway and Costco. Costco's two people per membership allowed in the warehouse keeps the number of customers inside down. I saw a line at a CVS for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Sat Feb 27. Santa Clara County loosen outdoor activities restrictions including youth sports.
The average weekly cases in CA were the lowest since Nov 2020. Hospitalizations in CA were below 6,000 since middle Nov 2020.
FDA approved the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for emergency use.
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