Thread by @calonghurst

1/ COVID (@UCSanDiego) Chronicles - Jan 16, 2021

Are we turning the corner on the surge? Read on to explore hospital, regional, and statewide data 📉

Plus vaccines, vaccines, and a puppy 🐶

2/ Some good news as case rate data @UCSDHealth is clearly declining this week.

This may be partly a result of the thousands of @UCSanDiego students returning after the holiday break

sandiegouniontribune.com/news/health/st…

3/ The 14-day rolling average of positive tests in @SanDiegoCounty and California also seem to have leveled off

4/ Hospitalizations @UCSDHealth may have also peaked this week 🤞🏽

We are currently caring for 139 inpatients hospitalized for #COVID19 including 36 on ventilators and 9 on ECMO

5/ Hospitalizations for #COVID19 across @SanDiegoCounty also seem to have plateaued with the current total at 1,760 according to @HASDIC

6/ All of this data does supports cautious optimism that the worst is behind us

Of course the key to preventing another surge is vaccinating a sufficient percentage of the population to achieve herd immunity

sandiegouniontribune.com/news/health/st…

7/ @UCSDHealth and @SanDiegoCounty hit the national press this week as we opened the first vaccination superstation in California

In the first 5 days we vaccinated ~17k healthcare workers @PetcoPark 💉💉💉

usnews.com/news/best-stat…

8/ The amazing @UCSDHealth team setup operations in just 5 days. Key lessons:

🅿️- @PetcoPark security, traffic flow, WiFi critical (🙏🏽 @Padres and @CityofSanDiego)

💻- IT infrastructure (85 laptops, 5k ft of cables, etc)

👩🏽‍⚕️ - staffing - 115 vaccinators + 180 staff daily!

9/ Vaccine eligibility has been another confusing topic this week. @SanDiegoCounty sites (including @PetcoPark) are ONLY vaccinating phase 1A (healthcare workers).

Biotech/research labs are NOT in phase 1A unless they have a CLIA license or do research with #SARSCoV2

10/ Since @UCSDHealth is part of @UofCAHealth, we are considered a multi-county entity and receive vaccines directly from the state.

So when @GavinNewsom added seniors > 65 on Wednesday, we opened slots @UCSDHealth (not @PetcoPark) for Thursday

cbs8.com/article/news/h…

11/ Of course, @SanDiegoCounty will begin offering vaccine to seniors over 65 sometime soon, but timing is unclear.

cbs8.com/article/news/h…

12/ Bottom line on vaccine eligibility in San Diego:

🧓🏽 seniors who are @UCSDHealth patients are invited by risk priority (similar for other health systems I presume) health.ucsd.edu/coronavirus/Pa…

🧑🏽‍⚕️ healthcare workers can self-schedule at @SanDiegoCounty sites

13/ To clarify #COVID19 vaccine prioritization for the @UCSanDiego community, Chancellor Pradeep Khosla and @UCSDHealth CEO @PattyMaysent sent this well-written memo yesterday

adminrecords.ucsd.edu/Notices/2021/2…

14/ If you're confused about vaccine eligibility, you're not alone. Love this @TheOnion article!

theonion.com/nation-enters-…

15/ @DrNancyM_CDC was right that US vaccine rollout is speeding up quickly.

As other sites setup operations like @UCSDHealth, I suspect the critical path will move from last mile logistics to supply chain

statnews.com/2021/01/05/nan…

16/ Finally, as our Thanksgiving puppies reach ~8 weeks of age, it is time to find new homes for all but one. Bob Barker (below) is hard at work...

These puppies have a long waiting list, sorry! 🐶