California issued shelter in-place orders on Tue Mar 17, 2020. I have been logging the highlights and lowlights. Oct was the slowest month of the year. There were a few days which went fast. Christmas sales and early Black Friday sales were seen in stores and in advertisements. Governments issued relaxing restrictions and stopping mandates.
Fri Oct 1. Total US cases 43,500,000. Total US deaths 700,000. Worldwide cases 219,000,000. Worldwide deaths 4,550,000.
Governor Gavin Newsom mandates all eligible students in CA private schools and public schools to be vaccinated. It's the first school mandate in the US beginning in the 2022-2023 school year. The expectation is the Food And Drug Administration (FDA) approves vaccines for ages 5-11 beyond emergency authorization. Religious and medical exceptions are granted when requested.
Tue Oct 5. Northwell Health fired 1,400 or 1.8% of the workforce who failed to comply with New York's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The company is the largest health care provider in New York.
Wed Oct 6. Kaiser Permanente suspended 2,200 unvaccinated employees nationwide. These employees must be vaccinated before Dec 1 or be terminated.
Thur Oct 7. Shopped at Costco during the 1pm hour. It was dead. Social distancing was easy. I ordered take-out at The Pasta Market afterwards.
Mon Oct 11. TX Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order to ban COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers. He asked state lawmakers to pass the ban into law. MT passed a law preventing employers from mandating workers to get vaccines.
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Halloween trick-or-treat is safe as long as it's outdoors and everyone is vaccinated.
Tue Oct 12. 70,000 CA residents died from COVID-19. The number was the highest in the US. TX was second. FL was third. CA was below average per capita at 177 deaths per 100,000. The US average per capita was 214 deaths per 100,000.
Thur Oct 14. Purchased gas. Purchased Get Back by The Beatles book and groceries at Costco. The food court opened.
Fri Oct 15. US travel restrictions lifted for fully vaccinated foreigners from 33 countries begin on Mon Nov 8. United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, and China are some of the countries. Proof of vaccination and a negative test are required within three days of travel.
Non-essential travel restrictions lifted from Canada and Mexico. The travelers must be fully vaccinated.
San Francisco County and Marin County lifted indoor mask mandates in certain situations. The situations include offices, gyms, religious gatherings, and college classes with less than 100 people. Facilities must be properly ventilated, no recent outbreaks, and no children under 12. Masks are required in restaurants, stores, and K-12 schools. Marin County and Contra Costa County lift indoor mask mandates on Nov 1.
Mon Oct 18. A second friend tested positive for COVID-19.
Former Secretary Of State Colin Powell died from COVID-19 complications. He was fully vaccinated.
People protested the school vaccine mandate at the CA capitol in Sacramento. Some parents pulled their children out of school to attend the rally. Some parents kept their children out from school as a statewide protest.
Wed Oct 20. The FDA approved the Moderna vaccine and Johnson & Johnson vaccine for booster shots. Mixing vaccines are okay.
San Francisco shut down the In-N-Out restaurant for indoor dining in Fisherman's Wharf for violating the city's COVID-19 health order. The staff didn't check customers for proof of vaccination.
Thur Oct 21. The Center For Disease Control (CDC) approved the Moderna vaccine and Johnson & Johnson vaccine for booster shots. Mixing vaccines are okay. Nursing home residents, people with underlying health problems, front line workers, education workers, and people in homeless shelters can get boosters.
Fri Oct 22. A summary for people eligible for boosters. Mixing vaccines from different companies okay. However, the CDC doesn't recommend mixing.
Pfizer and Moderna: People must wait a minimum of six months after the second dose and must be 65 or older. People 18 or older living in long-term care, a front line worker, or with an underlying medical condition.
Johnson & Johnson: People must wait a minimum of two months after the dose. Age 12 or older and other factors are irrelevant.
Sat Oct 23. The COVID-19 delta variant was detected in CA, DC, MA, NC, and WA.
COVID-19 cases increase in Britain. Hospitalizations and deaths increasing. The government is not planning to restrict daily life.
Sun Oct 24. First day of rain for the rainy season. It rained all day non-stop.
Wed Oct 27. Errand day. I went to the post office, repaired my windshield, smog check, and shopped at Costco. Costco crowd was a prepandemic busy afternoon at 3pm. I ordered from the food court kiosk for the first time. The self checkouts were moved closer to the center of the checkout registers.
Fri Oct 29. Music festival Outside Lands happened at Golden Gate Park during Halloween weekend. People must show proof of vaccination or proof of a negative test within 72 hours. Masks were required.
Costco's Black Friday ad arrived from the mail.
FDA approved Pfizer vaccine for children 5-11 for emergency use. The dosage is 1/3 of the teen and adult dosage. The second shot is administered three weeks later.
Sat Oct 30. Total US deaths 740,000. Worldwide deaths 5,000,000. Britain deaths 140,000. Brazil deaths 600,000. Italy deaths 132,000.
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