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COVID AT LARGE: SPANNING THE METROPOLITAN AREA –ONLY BAD NEWS DESPITE ENCOURAGING OPTIMISM FROM MEDIA AND POLITICIANS
PERSONALITIES: INTERVIEWS OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DR. JOSEPH RICCA; GEORGE LATIMER STATEMENT; COUNCILMAN JAMES MARTIN ON THE CITY BUDGET; PREVIEW OF WESTCHESTER THEATRE DEBUT THE MOST NEWS IN 28 MINUTES COMMERCIAL FREE!
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379 NEW CASES A DAY FIRST 4 DAYS OF WEEK, 1,516 TOTAL SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
WPCNR COVID DAILY. Statistics from NY State Covid Tracker. Observations & Analysis by John F. Bailey. May 5, 2022:
Westchester County experienced its largest day of positives Wednesday since January 27 of this year when it was coming off the covid 4th and largest wave and it reported 569 new infections that day.
Sadly, the number of 513 infections of new persons with covid, also matched up with the 548 new positives Westchester had December 14, 2001 when that fourth wave was just beginning. That is very ominous as we enter an “Anything Goes” behavior mode.
If the 569 infection level a day continues through Saturday, Westchester will hit 2,653 infections through Saturday well above the 2,649 experienced through April 30. However the pattern of these last five weeks indicates that Thursday, Friday and Saturday escalates infections. Last week we had 1,214 infections the last three days of last week If we hit that level or exceed it Westchester could conceivably hit 3,867 infections for this week.
All the counties in the Mid-Hudson Region are experiencing high daily growth rates. Covid is spreading strongly in Orange,. Rockland., Dutchess and Ulster County, averaging 291 new positives yesterday. The infection rates on the low number of tests done in Orange, Rockland, Dutchess and Ulster are an average 7-1/4 % positives of the low numbers of tests.
The Mid-Hudson Region WPCNR COVIDSTOPPERS NOTE BOOK shows the Mid-Hudson region of 1,252 infections over our 7 counties is dwarfed by Nassau County with 906 new positives Wednesday and Suffolk County new positives of 742 – 1,648 in a day, 400 more than the Mid-Hudson counties. Nassau & Suffolk have been the leaders in infections for months proportionately ahead of the 7 Mid-Hud counties.
New York City Wednesday reached 3,476 new positives across the 5 boroughs, when on Sunday NYC reported only 1,971. Wednesday was the second straight day that all 5 boroughs totaled 3,000 new positives. As of the end of testing Wednesday, NYC had 11,043 new cases. This week at 3,000 new infections the next three days, NYC can report as many as 20,000 new positives. The media, our political leaders, are whistling past the graveyard, crossing their fingers and betting your health.
The irresponsible mantra repeated by the media that covid is in retreat is simply not true. What data is there to prove that? It’s not there. This is the sixth consecutive week in Westchester where we are going to increase in infections.
It is not spreading less. It is spreading more. Who does not see that? The infections by my observations are infecting others more quickly, within 2 days!
The rush to public gatherings under the guise of getting “back to normal,” should be called “getting back to making money at the people’s peril.”
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ON FENDING OFF INFLATION
THE NEW CAPITAL PLAN THAT SAVES OUR SCHOOLS
THE PROPOSITIONS ON THE BALLOT
COVID SITUATION IN THE SCHOOLS
IS THE DISTRICT GROWING OR NOT
HOW THE BUDGET PLANS FOR THE FUTURES OF WHITE PLAINS YOUNGEST
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WPCNR STAGE DOOR. By John F. Bailey. May 5, 2022:
Bill Stutler’s Westchester Theatre is opening Million Dollar Quartet this week at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center on the Reader’s Digest former headquarters campus.
The ovations for the Gershwin Entertainment production preparing to take Tony Award winning and nominated Quartet have filled the classic CPAC. Following Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins of Quartet through May 22 is is the musical comedy, Menopause The Musical behind the footlights June 16 through 25.
They are the first two productions in the debut effort Mr. Stutler, former empressario for 46 years of the Westchester Broadway Theatre is undertaking to bring back Equity productions of outstanding Broadway classics, new Broadway hits and one-night superstands back to the discerning Westchester County theatre crowd
WPCNR caught up with Mr. Stutler by the virtual “Stage Door” of Zoom today to discuss this effort its promise of the future to be. Here is my interview with Bill,from this afternoon.
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WPCNR COUNTY CLARION-LEDGER. From the Westchester County Department of Communications. May 5, 2022:
Westchester County Executive George Latimer is reintroducing a community engagement program, On the Horizon, to hear from the public on the future of Westchester County Airport.
In February 2020, Latimer first launched the Program to support the Master Plan Supplement for Westchester County Airport.
After the COVID-19 pandemic put the project on hold for more than two years, Latimer is once again opening up a County-wide discussion to listen to the concerns of residents, community organizations, the business community, environmental activists and more. Together, Latimer is hoping to create a new vision for Westchester County Airport.
Latimer said: “Westchester County Airport is just one project that unfortunately came to a screeching halt with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but my administration is committed to completing a thorough evaluation of airport operations and its impacts, and a robust community engagement program.
“Whether you use the Airport to fly with your family to Florida, to pick up your parents who are visiting for the winter, or you use the Airport for business travel, we need to hear from you. Our goal is to engage everyone the Airport touches – our homeowners, business community, environmental groups, community organizations and more – a balance I am confident we can achieve. We look forward to having the public be an integral part of this process moving forward, and together, we will ensure the Airport evolves as a valuable, transportation resource.”
The Master Plan Supplement Community Engagement Program, called On the Horizon, includes a series of public events such as town halls. The Master Plan Supplement will focus on analysis of the Airport with respect to the physical condition of the Airport property, buildings and infrastructure, additional analysis of noise and environmental impacts and the local and regional economic impact of the airport. This analysis will be used to develop a vision for the Airport in the future.
The On the Horizon Town Halls on Westchester County Airport are as follows:
Tuesday, May 24 at 6 p.m.
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
78 N. Broadway, White Plains, NY 10603
Thursday, June 2 at 6 p.m.
Manhattanville College
2900 Purchase St, Purchase, NY 10577
Thursday, June 9 at 6 p.m.
Mercy College
555 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
Director of Economic Development Bridget Gibbons said: “The Airport plays a significant role in the economic development of the County. This Master Plan Supplement and the feedback from the business community will be vital in shaping a vibrant economic landscape in Westchester County in the years to come.”
Director of Energy Conservation and Sustainability Peter McCartt said: “Westchester County understands the importance of protecting the environmental resources surrounding the Airport. We look forward to developing a deeper understanding on how to continue balancing Airport operations and environmental concerns in the future through the Master Plan Supplement and Community Engagement Program.”
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BULLETIN: NEW PERSONS TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID INCREASED 40% TO 471 IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY YESTERDAY MAY 3 WITH 471 TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID OF 5,476 TESTING. INFECTION RATE 8.5% ON LIMITED TESTING. THIS WEEK SO FAR MAY 1, 2, 3: 1,003 CASES.
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WPCNR COVID DAILY. Statistics from the NY Covid Tracker. Observations & Analysis by John F. Bailey. May 4, 2022:
Sunday and Monday produced 251 and 281 new covid cases of 6,218 tests conducted in Westchester County (266 NEW CASES A day) indicating a pattern of increasingly growing infections now at the beginning of weeks.
The infections then as the pattern of the WPCNR COVID LOG BOOK FOR APRIL shows over the last three weeks grow swiftly Wednesday Thursday and Friday as more persons test and discover they have covid.
Why the public choosees to self-test, or come in for a test is unclear.
Do they have symptoms? Are they going to travel? Go to a party? Why test? Are they unvaccinated? Are they vaccinated with one dose? Or if you are fully vaccinated plus a booster, why test at all? When I felt I was exposed to persons who got covid, I got tested and crossed our fingers.
The assumption I make, and it is strictly my opinion is those who have symptoms from activity on weekends with persons , perhaps this means a fast fast fast ability of covid variants to spread and infect.
But let us not kid ourselves. I am not a doctor and I do not have the statistics that should be being kept on every positive-reported person daily. The question is does the medical leaders in counties across NY really want to know what can shed light on this spread. Privacy laws applying to health matters cannot take precedence, here. Information must be gathered to see if the incubation period of the posse of covid variants is the same (10 to 14 days) or is faster.
Where are the answers to the obvious questions we need to know about persons testing positive.
Those questions are, in my opinion, and I am not a doctor, just a reporter trying to help.
The only way to fight the obviously growing spread is to know how people are getting infected, why people think they might be positive, what their activities were, their ages, especially school children 5 to 18, and we know the infections in the schools are growing rapidly the last two weeks, and how sick did all persons get. In the matter of growing hospitalizations, obviously the covid infections for those hospitalized were serious. I would say the public needs to know who is getting really sick from this disease now being touted by officials as “people are not getting as sick from it.”
Questions we need to know about the new positives, I believe should be:
That way you can establish a pattern of what is causing this spread. We the public need to told the truth about what is happening to cause 2,000 new infections a week in this county.
Since most persons testing are doing it at home with a more reliable test, or at a pharmacy or pop-up spot should be being closely monitored to answer questions like the ones that come to my mind as a rational reporter, if these questions are asked and info being collected we should be told the patterns.
If this information is known and is being collected and analyzed the intelligence and patterns that can be determined from these infections should not be suppressed. Medical experts information to public officials on the state of the disease effects on various segments and demographics of the now 5th Wave rolling in for a month should not be held back.
Let us assume that it is not being held back.
That would mean these questions I as a complete amateur are not being asked.
If this pandemic is now being judged over and we are opening up everything: restaurants, concerts, parades, beaches, and promoting and this is the effort of political leaders to promote that it is safe out there, let us hope 10,000 in a month in this county alone is just due persons refusing to vaccinate.
But if the leaders and health officials are wrong.
So far the laissez faire approach to socializing, masking mingling and staging giant events is not working. 10,000 cases in 5 weeks tells you that.
Through yesterday 19 Westchester Towns and Cities has over 100 cases the last two weeks and averaged 398 new cases daily, roughly paralleling the 4,615 new cases in Westchester the last two weeks. The spread of the infections are in the North, South East and West sections of the county. The highest infections are in the cities, but Peekskill and Port Chester each have less than 100 cases, 80 each while White Plains has 312 cases, Mount Vernon, 287, New Rochelle 399 and Yonkers, 692.
AROUND THE COUNTY, TOWN BY TOWN, CITY BY CITY TWO WEEKS OF OVER 100 ACTIVE CASES RANKED MAY 2, 2022
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