Only 900 Today

Only 900 vaccinations were done today; usually we have been doing closer to 1100 each day. We started out very hectic, VAMS has changed the sign-in requirements to a 2-factor authentication system & we were having difficulty signing in. Then only one of the 14 Stations was coordinated with the Vaccinator number; we had to reassign all the data entry volunteers. Which meant trying to sign-in again! Auē! After about an hour or so we got things straightened out; although about half the volunteers are new to data entry, nearly all of them were very good with computers. I walked over 2&1/2 miles today. Towards the end of the day, when the vaccinators were closing up the stations, a student nurse came up to me; it was Crystal, one of the CNAs at Maunalani that took care of Dad! It was nice to see her there; she said she was going to be back on Thursday. We got everything done by a little past 4 pm.

There was a lot of work being done on the roads this morning. The first was about a block away from the house; the second was on the freeway near the exit I take to get to LCC.

Lunch today was from S & P Kitchen. I had the vegetarian option. But it's a good thing I'm not really a vegetarian; the "tofu" was actually fishcake. 

This morning the bananas were definitely yellow and ready to eat. One (or more) of The Roommates took some to work as a snack; I tried one when I got back from the POD.  They're ready!

The Aix weather app forecast cloudy with precipitation through early afternoon for Honolulu; there were some clouds. But it was an occasional light misting, nothing measurable. For Kapaʻau it forecast clouds and precipitation getting heavier towards the early afternoon. The Tesla app recorded less insolation than on a sunny day, with even less as the day progressed after lunch.

Looking easterly, 8:37 am.

Looking northerly at the nā Koʻolau, 8:42 am.

The lava lake at Kīlauea caldera is showing some cooler spots floating in the lake.

There were 47 new cases of COVID-19 reported today, bringing the total known cases up to 27,270. There were no new deaths reported today so the death toll remains at 431; currently there are 693 cases that are considered active. The 7-day new case average for O'ahu is 29 with a 1.1% positivity rate.

Yesterday the information on vaccine administration changed. The "Doses Administered by State" graphic has been available since I first found this information but it was originally on the right side until about a week ago when it was flipped with the "Vaccines Shipped to States" graphic. The "Doses" also originally showed what percent of the doses shipped had been administered; it now shows the portion of the total US population that has received only the 1st dose as well as those who got both doses; this is a more meaningful metric. The "Vaccines Shipped to States" graphic that was originally provided, showed the number of doses shipped as a portion of the population & further broke it down by Pfizer doses & Moderna doses; which would have become unwieldy as more vaccines are approved. The "Status of the Supply" graphic only showed up on Sunday; it is the original "Doses Administered" graphic but in blue instead of red.