California issued shelter in-place orders on Tue Mar 17, 2020. I have been logging the highlights and lowlights. The slow Mar month increased speed to the fastest Apr month for 2025.
Wed Apr 2. The Food And Drug Administration (FDA) delayed full approval of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA wanted more data. The Novavax vaccine is a protein-based vaccine under emergency authorization use since 2022.
Mon Apr 7. Errands at REI and Nob Hill.
Tue Apr 8. Errands at REI and Smart & Final.
Fri Apr 11. Santa Clara Country Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody retired today. Dr. Sarah Rudman is the acting health officer and director of public health. Cody and other Bay Area health officers issued the first stay-at-home orders when the pandemic began.
Tue Apr 15. The Center For Disease Control (CDC) recommended ending the recommendation for Americans to get vaccinated yearly. The CDC new recommendation is vaccination based on the individual risk of contracting COVID-19. The Advisory Committee On Immunization Practices makes the final decision for the CDC. The policy change study began on Nov 2024. The change recommendation is voted on Jun 2025.
The target recommendation people are adults age 65 years and older, people with an underlying health condition, people exposed to COVID-19 patients such as health care workers, and people who wants a vaccine shot.
The World Health Organization (WHO) doesn't recommend annual COVID-19 vaccines for healthy adults under 65 or healthy children. Likewise for the countries United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.
Less than 25% of adults and less than 13% of children received a COVID-19 vaccine shot since winter 2024. The CDC said COVID-19 remains a dangerous disease causing hospitalizations and deaths.
Fri Apr 18. The Trump Administration replaced federal COVID-19 health information and testing websites with the theory the COVID-19 virus leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan, China. The new website is titled, "Lab Leak: The True Origins Of COVID-19" published by the White House. The CIA issued a report with low confidence COVID-19 came from a lab leak in Jan 2025. The Energy Department and State Department reached similar conclusions. The WHO remains open to all hypotheses. Scientists believe the virus occurred naturally in animals which spread to humans in an outbreak at the Wuhan market.
Thur Apr 24. A friend with long COVID-19 shared her health status. She's the only person I know with long COVUID-19. Her symptoms are fatigue, headaches, inconsistent sleep schedules, dizziness, and aphantasia. Aphantasia is the inability to visual objects in a brain. She's sensitive to brightness. She lost most of her hair due to scalp psoriasis.
A resting MRI on her brain the results were negative for neurological damage. She needs a functional MRI on her brain to determine treatments.
Fri Apr 25. Shopped at Smart & Final and Costco.
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