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shadowkatCrazy org is driving me crazy. I'm so confused. And worse, so are my managers.
But hey, folks congratulated me on doing an awesome job organizing, presenting and hosting my first 94 person Microsoft Teams Meeting.
Mother: I told your brother about Twitter booting you out because you called a soap opera character a bimbo. He thought that was hilarious.
It is.
I'm tempted to look up the word.
I have...
bim·bo
/ˈbimbō/
nounderogatory•informal
noun: bimbo; plural noun: bimbos
an attractive but unintelligent or frivolous young woman.
Yeah, I was right about it.
I mock you social media.
So let's see FB tried to boot me off for discussing which fictional soap opera character would kill off a fictional soap opera psycho. And Twitter for calling a fictional soap opera character a bimbo.
Meanwhile we have far worse hate speech happening on both.
Hmmm.
**
COVID
I want to give you an update on our progress in the pandemic and the blueprint for moving forward. Our overall cases, positivity rate, and hospitalizations are down, while our hospital capacity, vaccination rates and booster rates are up. Back on January 9, the peak of the winter surge, there were nearly 382 cases per 100,000 people. Today, there were under 31 cases per 100,000 people — among the lowest in the nation. The numbers are clear — we are seeing major improvement on the key metrics we've been tracking throughout this pandemic.
We are not where we were in early December, and I want to thank New Yorkers for doing the right thing to help us get through this winter surge. But make no mistake about it: This pandemic is not over. Our fight against COVID-19 continues, and I've put together a five-point toolkit that ensures we keep New Yorkers safe and plan for the future, including a first-in-the-nation effort to help those experiencing long-term effects from COVID. We’re moving in the right direction and our winter toolkit lays out our path forward.
Given the rapid decline of cases and hospitalizations, we are now lifting the statewide mask-or-vaccine requirement for indoor businesses starting today, February 10. Counties, cities and businesses can still choose to require masks. The mask requirement remains in effect statewide for specific settings like health care facilities, nursing homes, and schools.
We’re continuing to track many key metrics and to take steps to keep kids safe, including sending every K-12 student home with two COVID tests ahead of the Midwinter break. I’ll continue looking closely at the numbers and working with education partners, and I will make an assessment on school masking in early March.
THE LATEST ON THE NUMBERS
THIS WEEK'S COVID TRENDS. As of February 9, 2022, 4,398 New Yorkers are hospitalized with COVID-19. Our 7-day percentage positivity average is 3.88%, which is down from 5.51% last week. There were 30.88 cases per 100K statewide.
Per the CDC as of February 10, 2022, 85.0% of adult New Yorkers have completed their vaccine series. So far, 36,341,991 total vaccine doses have been administered, with 47,976 doses administered over the past 24 hours.
ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS
Every week, we’re answering some commonly asked questions about COVID-19 and vaccinations. You can submit a question for a chance to get your question answered in next week’s newsletter. Submit your question here.
QUESTION: What can you do to ensure students are kept safe in schools from COVID-19? (Heather, Ontario County)
ANSWER:
I know how important it is to make sure our kids are safe and in the classroom. As part of our winter surge plan, we’ve distributed over 14 million tests to students in public, charter, and private schools. Masks are still required at schools throughout the state and I am working with teachers, administrators, school boards, & parents on any future guidance. The vaccines are among our best tools to keep our kids safe in schools, and New Yorkers age 5 and up are eligible to get the vaccine. You can learn more about how we’re keeping kids and staff safe in schools here.
New Yorkers, thank you for being smart, doing the right thing, and helping us to get through this winter surge. Let’s keep working together to fight the pandemic and keep each other safe.
Mother told me that friends of hers from choir had contracted COVID - and been wiped out by it, far more than we were from our cold. She's convinced the tests we took are right - and we're COVID free.
From NY Times Briefing..
* Infections and hospitalizations are falling in most of the U.S., but are still troublingly high in several Southern states.
* New York City is set to fire up to 3,000 unvaccinated workers tomorrow.
* Prince Charles tested positive a second time, after being in close contact with the queen.
Meanwhile Ottawa is still having issues with the truckers. Friend on Twitter was upset about how the US was covering it - she lives in Ottawa, and apparently it's nowhere near as bad as they are reporting it to be. It's not shut down the city.
Anyhow...I'm tired...here's a picture:
But hey, folks congratulated me on doing an awesome job organizing, presenting and hosting my first 94 person Microsoft Teams Meeting.
Mother: I told your brother about Twitter booting you out because you called a soap opera character a bimbo. He thought that was hilarious.
It is.
I'm tempted to look up the word.
I have...
bim·bo
/ˈbimbō/
nounderogatory•informal
noun: bimbo; plural noun: bimbos
an attractive but unintelligent or frivolous young woman.
Yeah, I was right about it.
I mock you social media.
So let's see FB tried to boot me off for discussing which fictional soap opera character would kill off a fictional soap opera psycho. And Twitter for calling a fictional soap opera character a bimbo.
Meanwhile we have far worse hate speech happening on both.
Hmmm.
**
COVID
I want to give you an update on our progress in the pandemic and the blueprint for moving forward. Our overall cases, positivity rate, and hospitalizations are down, while our hospital capacity, vaccination rates and booster rates are up. Back on January 9, the peak of the winter surge, there were nearly 382 cases per 100,000 people. Today, there were under 31 cases per 100,000 people — among the lowest in the nation. The numbers are clear — we are seeing major improvement on the key metrics we've been tracking throughout this pandemic.
We are not where we were in early December, and I want to thank New Yorkers for doing the right thing to help us get through this winter surge. But make no mistake about it: This pandemic is not over. Our fight against COVID-19 continues, and I've put together a five-point toolkit that ensures we keep New Yorkers safe and plan for the future, including a first-in-the-nation effort to help those experiencing long-term effects from COVID. We’re moving in the right direction and our winter toolkit lays out our path forward.
Given the rapid decline of cases and hospitalizations, we are now lifting the statewide mask-or-vaccine requirement for indoor businesses starting today, February 10. Counties, cities and businesses can still choose to require masks. The mask requirement remains in effect statewide for specific settings like health care facilities, nursing homes, and schools.
We’re continuing to track many key metrics and to take steps to keep kids safe, including sending every K-12 student home with two COVID tests ahead of the Midwinter break. I’ll continue looking closely at the numbers and working with education partners, and I will make an assessment on school masking in early March.
THE LATEST ON THE NUMBERS
THIS WEEK'S COVID TRENDS. As of February 9, 2022, 4,398 New Yorkers are hospitalized with COVID-19. Our 7-day percentage positivity average is 3.88%, which is down from 5.51% last week. There were 30.88 cases per 100K statewide.
Per the CDC as of February 10, 2022, 85.0% of adult New Yorkers have completed their vaccine series. So far, 36,341,991 total vaccine doses have been administered, with 47,976 doses administered over the past 24 hours.
ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS
Every week, we’re answering some commonly asked questions about COVID-19 and vaccinations. You can submit a question for a chance to get your question answered in next week’s newsletter. Submit your question here.
QUESTION: What can you do to ensure students are kept safe in schools from COVID-19? (Heather, Ontario County)
ANSWER:
I know how important it is to make sure our kids are safe and in the classroom. As part of our winter surge plan, we’ve distributed over 14 million tests to students in public, charter, and private schools. Masks are still required at schools throughout the state and I am working with teachers, administrators, school boards, & parents on any future guidance. The vaccines are among our best tools to keep our kids safe in schools, and New Yorkers age 5 and up are eligible to get the vaccine. You can learn more about how we’re keeping kids and staff safe in schools here.
New Yorkers, thank you for being smart, doing the right thing, and helping us to get through this winter surge. Let’s keep working together to fight the pandemic and keep each other safe.
Mother told me that friends of hers from choir had contracted COVID - and been wiped out by it, far more than we were from our cold. She's convinced the tests we took are right - and we're COVID free.
From NY Times Briefing..
* Infections and hospitalizations are falling in most of the U.S., but are still troublingly high in several Southern states.
* New York City is set to fire up to 3,000 unvaccinated workers tomorrow.
* Prince Charles tested positive a second time, after being in close contact with the queen.
Meanwhile Ottawa is still having issues with the truckers. Friend on Twitter was upset about how the US was covering it - she lives in Ottawa, and apparently it's nowhere near as bad as they are reporting it to be. It's not shut down the city.
Anyhow...I'm tired...here's a picture:
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Date: 2022-02-11 06:53 pm (UTC)Prince Charles tested positive a second time, after being in close contact with the queen.
Given all the public appearances, not surprising. The bit about unvaccinated workers reminded me of an article I read yesterday about how one of the two hospitals in our area, and our dominant healthcare provider overall, has not met the state's requirements re: vaccination of employees. An anonymous nurse who quit the system claimed 7 patients were infected by an unvaccinated nurse and one had just gone through heart surgery. So instead we lose the nurse who did get vaccinated.
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Date: 2022-02-12 02:33 pm (UTC)Mayor Eric Adams said that the folks getting fired in the City brought it on themselves. They chose this. And he doesn't feel bad at all about firing them. LOL!
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Date: 2022-02-11 10:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-02-12 02:32 pm (UTC)Evil marketing people strike again!
I agree - FB didn't take down the marketing scam put up in Ellen DeGeneris's name - even though she sued them, and others complained. We should sue Twitter and FB every time someone gets scammed - Twitter and FB should pay them back.