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WHITE PLAINS WEEK NOW THE SEPT 16 REPORT ON www.wpcommunitymedia.org ANYTIME
SATURDAY AT 7: EXCLUSIVE 30 MINUTES WITH SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER ON “PEOPLE TO BE HEARD” ON FIOS CH. 45 AND WP OPTIMUM CH.76 & ANYTIME ON WHITE PLAINS TV www.wpcommunitymedia.org JOHN BAILEY INTERVIEWS NINA ORVILLE AND DAN WELSH OF SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE NEW WESTCHESTER CONSORTIUM ELECTRIC RATES AND CON ED RATES?
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THE NEW GREEN RATE AND BASIC ELECTRICITY RATES
WHAT IS NEXT IN SELECTING YOUR POWER SOURCE
MONEY SAVING PLANS THAT CUT SUMMER POWER BILLS
WHY THE NEW GREEN RATES HAVE INCREASED
WHY THE NEW BASIC RATES HAVE INCREASED
HOW PRICE FOR ELECTRIC RATES ARE SET IN NEW YORK STATE
THE FUTURE OF GREEN ENERGY–IS THERE ONE?
IS THERE INCENTIVE FOR NEW YORK ENERGY COMPANIES TO CONTINUE TO GROW GREEN
THE ADVANTAGES OF THE FIXED RATE SUSTAINABLE OFFERS.
WHY THE FIRST AUCTION FOR SUSTAINABLE RATES DID NOT WORK OUT?
MONKEYPOX MONITOR
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WPCNR EPIDEMICA . From NMAC.ORG : MONKEYPOXTRUTH.org. September 14, 2022:
WPCNR EPIDEMICA. From MonkeypoxTruth.org (NMAC.ORG) September 14, 2022:
| The Latest MPV NewsMPV cases continue their modest decline: Nationally, 21,894 people had been diagnosed with MPV in the U.S. as of September 9. New MPV diagnoses have continued to trend downwards for the U.S. as a whole, although epidemic trends vary around the country, with some states and cities seeing faster declines than elsewhere. In a review of data from eight jurisdictions, CDC found that 38% of people diagnosed with MPV were living with HIV and that 41% had a history of having one or more STIs. Health officials are investigating deaths possibly linked to MPV: Many people diagnosed with MPV experience mild or moderate symptoms, but MPV can also be extremely painful, in some cases requiring hospitalization. MPV symptoms can be especially severe among people with compromised immune systems, including people living with HIV who are not virally suppressed. Los Angeles County is investigating to determine whether MPV contributed to one death – the second person diagnosed with MPV who has died in the U.S. Vaccine supplies continue to improve: Increased use of the intradermal method of giving the MPV vaccine (that is, between layers of the skin, which requires less vaccine than the traditional subcutaneous vaccination) is stretching the supply of the vaccine. New York City, for example, announced 16,000 new vaccine appointments for this week and is also now welcoming walk-ins for people who are getting their first dose. But intradermal vaccination isn’t for everyone: A federal review of available data found that intradermal vaccination is likely to be as effective in preventing MPV as subcutaneous vaccine administration. However, people with a history of keloids (scarring) are advised to avoid intradermal vaccination. As Black people are 20 times more likely than whites to experience keloids, many Southern states are relying on subcutaneous vaccination for Black people who receive the vaccine.Vaccine inequities persist, as those who need the vaccine the most are least likely to get it: CNN reviewed available data showing that while Black and Latinx gay/bisexual men are at greatest risk of getting MPV, they are much less likely than white gay/bisexual men to receive the vaccine. There is more data on MPV treatment: A CDC study found that most people with MPV who receive treatment with TPOXX experience no or very limited side effects, and that improvement in clinical symptoms took three days on average. Community advocates call for urgent action to address shortcomings of MPV response: The Fenway Institute released a major report outlining the public health failures that allowed the continued spread of MPV. Among of Fenway’s major recommendations is for the federal government to use the Defense Production Act to address vaccine shortages and to partner with community groups to help close racial/ethnic inequities in vaccine access.MPV at USCHA  The upcoming U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS, in San Juan October 8-11, will provide the national HIV community with the greatest opportunity yet to learn and strategize together about MPV. At USCHA, an institute will enable community members and providers to learn about MPV, including about the resources that are available on MPV testing, treatment and vaccination. A town hall meeting will allow community members to strategize together about how best to fight MPV and to identify key demands for federal, state and local health officials. In addition, MPV will be the focus of the closing plenary, where federal health officials and health experts will provide the latest news on MPV. All of these events at MPV will center the voices of communities and emphasize the urgent need for action to ensure equitable access to vaccines and other MPV tools. |
COVID HELP ON WAY! BOOSTER SHOTS OFFERED FRIDAY SEPT 16 BY WESTCHESTER COUNTY –PROTECTS AGAINST DELTA AND OMICRON VARIENTS.
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(White Plains, NY) – Beginning this Friday, September 16, the Westchester County Health Department will be offering the bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster. The new bivalent vaccine, which contains pieces of both the Delta and Omicron strands of COVID-19, is designed to provide better protection than previous boosters against the virus.
The Health Department will have the Pfizer Bivalent Booster (12 and older) and the Moderna Bivalent Booster (18 and older) available. The Health Department has been directed by the FDA to no longer provide the monovalent booster, however all other vaccines for all other age groups will still be available.
The bivalent vaccine is only approved as a booster shot, and can only be administered two months after your previous booster or your original series of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The bivalent booster will be available at the Westchester County Health Department Clinic, 134 Court St, White Plains, NY 10601.
Vaccine clinics are held on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
On Friday, September 16, the bivalent booster will be available from 1 to 3 p.m.
Appointments are required, and walk-ins will not be accepted.
For more information or to make an appointment, visit the Westchester County Health Department Website.
COUNTY REDISTRICTING TODAY
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WHAT: | As the Westchester County Board of Legislators embarks in the reassessment of the County’s 17 legislative districts, it will hold four public input sessions to interactively engage residents in this important process. The scheduled input sessions aim to educate the public about the proposed changes to the legislative district boundaries and to provide an opportunity for feedback. |
| WHEN: | Tuesday, September 13 & 14, 2022 at 6 p.m. |
| WHERE: | See list of locations below:Northern WestchesterTuesday, September 13th from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pmPeekskill Middle School212 Ringgold St., Peekskill, NY Central Westchester(Remote Participation & Media Opportunity)Wednesday, September 14th from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pmBoard of Legislators Chamber148 Martine Ave., 8th Floor, White Plains, NY |
WESTCHESTER LOWERS NEW INFECTIONS FOR SIXTH WEEK IN ROW. AVERAGING 1,000 CASES A WEEK AS OPPOSED TO 3,000 A WEEK IN JULY A 49% DROP.
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WPCNR CORONA VIRUS SURVEILLANCE. From the New York State Covid Tracker. Observation & Analysis by John F. Bailey. September 13, 2022:
The week of September 4 to 10, the week after Labor Day 3-day weekend, ended with the NYS Covid tracker reporting 1,091 new persons testing positve for covid., down 155 cases from last week’s total of 11,246.
This was the sixth consecutive week since July 31-August 6 where weekly new infections in the county have stabilized. Over that period infections per week have been:
July 31-Aug 6: 2,062; Aug 7-13: 1,664 (down 20%); Aug 14-20: 1,299 (down 22%); Aug 21-27: 1,300 (Even); Aug 28-Sep.3: 1,246 (down 4%); and the week ended Saturday September 10: 1,091 (down 12%).
Total positives in these six weeks of decline in new cases numbered 8,662, 1,443 infections a week down from the 11,489 new covid-infectees the 4 weeks of July,where Westchester averaged 2,827 new cases a week. The covid infections continue at 1,000 a week now a decline of 1,384 new cases or 49%.
The possibility of getting infected now is less. Consensus of the leaders around the county is that covid is in decline. The county suspended covd updates beginning this week.
The last two weeks profiling the number of cases by community around the county shows lowering numbers of new cases. Instead of 17 communities averaging 100 new cases a week the numbers have improved but you should protect yourself. I had to take an in home test last week administered by Brenda Starr, and I want to tell you these at-home tests are not easy. You have to stick a swab up your nose just like Governor Cuomo, affix it to the plastic test strip which (looks like a flashdrive) and wait 15 minutes. The instructions have to be read carefully. If you have trouble reading English, and are nervous you may not get enough nose fluids to sample. The device shows you if you got enough. But mind you–if you have shaky hands you could hurt your nose if you go up too deep. It is as easy as it can be, I guess but at no time did I realize these at-home tests required easing a swab up your nose transfering to a small device that serves as a receptacle for your nose-retrieved sample, then you have to wait 15-20 minutes.
The wait is agonizing.
I wonder how many try the test throw up their hands because they need a second person, or get exasperated and do not complete it. I think that may be a reason why many persons seek out lab tests at medical centers and pharmacies– the discomfort of the tests and misunderstanding them. (Since we have no idea how many at-home tests are administered where people are positive, there is no way to tell whether the documented lab tests provided to the New York State Covid Tracker indicate a much higher rate of ghost infections in the general population than we saw during this diminution over the last six weeks.
Diminution is a very comfortable word leaving you with the feeling covid is dwindling like the summer wind.
The infection rates of persons since only lab-certified test results are being used, have been high in my opinion, landing heavy percentages of new infections a day across 7 counties of the Mid-Hudson Region , New York City and the hotbeds of covid spread, Nassau and Suffolk Counties. The infection rates I see leafing through my day-by-day percentage of infections per county are consistently above the infection rate level, (total persons newly infecting 1 other person or less than one other person) you need to stop covid spread.
The infections rates just last Friday, September 9 the infection rates for Westchester County and the 7 other counties in the Mid-Hudson and Long Island were:
September 9 POP 7-Day Avg Day Spread/100M Tests Positives Infection Rate
Westchester 1,004,000 20.3 (211/wk/844 Mo.) 2,913 196 5.7%
Rockland 338,329 20.3 ( 68/wk/476/Mo.) 766 66 8.2%
Orange 382,000 17 (65/wk/260/Mo.) 1068 65 6%
Dutchess 294,000 23.2 (68/wk./272/Mo) 504 68 14.2%
Ulster 70,088 18 ( 13/wk/52 /mo) 225 33 14%
Putnam 97,668 15.2 (15/wk./44/mo) 230 15 7.6%
Sullivan 78,624 17.2 (14/wk/56/mo) 208 13 6.4%
MID-HUD POP 2,264709 18.74(90/WK/360/MO) 5,914 455 8%
LONG ISLAND
NASSAU 444,967 31 (138/wk/551/MO) 4,767 420 6.5%
SUFFOLK 1,532,424 36.1 (553wk/2,212/MO) 5,313 534 6.4%
Sad to say, as long as Nassau and County continue their upwards of 1,000 new cases of covid a day to the tri state area, infections in New York City are not going to go down. As school begins with virtually no covid distancing and vaccination requirements, the disease will still be out there every day. Will it gain momentum? Will children be as resistant to the disease as anti vaccine and anti social restrictions advocates hope they are and hope is the operative strategy.
With a 25% infection rate in the White Plains Schools last year, with all precautions taken, masking and social distancing, I doubt if dropping all precautions against covid is wise. I hope so. That is what is at play here in politicians, leaders, parents, children: hope.
Though the spread is coming down, are there a lot of ghost cases out there? Is home testing a reliable way of finding out whether you have the disease or just a way of ignoring you might be positive and sort of self-quarantine?
If I had tested positive last week on that at-home test, I do not know what my reaction would have been. I had symptoms. But just knowing I should take the at-home test due to particular possible exposure, I had to take the test.
The greater doubt I have is that the high infection rates across all 9 counties surrounding New York City are not stopping new cases.
The average infection rate is 8.9% over all 7 Mid-Hudson Counties. 1% is the no-spread Holy Grail, and the 7 counties are running 10 times that on very low test quantities.
People are getting it who are vaccinated. People are spreading it who do not have symptoms. The lab tests may be lulling us into a false sense of security. The disease whips up more new variants than craft beers.
But I don’t think we should feel secure. I am apprehensive.
Instead the lab verified tests may be giving us a false definition of the true picture of infected persons every day out there. If the population at large is not testing and the low number of lab,medically conducted tests analyzed by the labs infect at 8% rates,–this could mean that if you were testing 10,000 a day in Westchester like we used to, you’d have 900 infections a day in Westchester alone, or the chaotic 6,300 cases a week levels we saw at the end of January. Even if you have a 4% average infection rate Westchester is getting
With the latest doubts being raised about the under 5 vaccine for kids, it calls into question how good is the FDA vetting process anyway and is it driven to be too hasty in order to advance political fortunes? The medical profession seems to be disagreeing right and left on covid medicines, seriousness, and disease ability to spread.
The information wars have spread to covid to everybody’s peril.
Under no circumstances should the state suspend publishing the daily covid new case counts. Right now it is the only reasonably explicit covid progress system for the state. If it is suspended to build public confidence, this would be a serious mistake.
Without a scoreboard we will not know the score.
Without a steady hand on the covid helm with willingness to act prudently, the disease will continue to afflict, cripple and impede the metropolitan area confidence.
It’s in your hands and mine, to take care of ourselves and loved ones.
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The Torch is Passed to America’s Hope
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WPCNR CITY UNLIMITED. By John F. Bailey. September 12, 2022:
The torch of hope of America was passed to America’s hopes Sunday. Its youth.
Mayor Thomas Roach laid out the mission to new Americans not born 21 years ago yesterday, the day the Twin Towers fell September 11, 2001 Sunday.
The Mayor, city and county leaders empowered America’s now and future generations Sunday.
Their mission going forward is to remember the loss of those who died, the grief of the families, many in attendance that never ends.
“…Those people who died that day had no choice,” the mayor said. “This was something they never expected to see. We can never replace those people We all have to work to make things better.”
State Senator Shelly Mayer urged the coming of age generation to understand 9/11 and “make it real for young people” and to understand it is up to them to create the future and preserve the American hope.
Judge Walter Rivera of New York State Court of Claims honored workers in his court who died on that day and who returned to the site to search for victims. His personal reminisces of the bravery his co-workers shared reflected thousands of experiences of those who lost people they loved or knew and miss today. The Judge impressed this message he took from 9-11. “We are driven to keep moving on. You should know how resilient we are. When we are needed we return to the need to serve.”
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“PEOPLE TO BE HEARD” PROFESSOR STEPHEN ROLANDI ANALYZES THE NEW YORK PRIMARY RESULTS AND PREVIEWS THE NOVEMBER 8 ELECTIONS IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY ANYTIME ON THE WEB AT WWW.WPCOMMUNITYMEDIA.ORG WITH PROFESSOR STEPHEN J. ROLANDI OF JOHN JAY SCHOOL OF JUSTICE & PACE UNIVERSITY, SUCCESSFUL ANALYST OF NY STATE POLITICS & ELECTION PATTERNS
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