WHITE PLAINS CITIZENETREPORTER SETS RECORD VISITS FOR YEAR 7,017,658 VISITS! 2,098,003 VISITORS MADE 6 VISITS A DAY EVERY DAY. 63,330 UNIQUE VISITORS MADE 133,730 VISITS IN DECEMBER. WPCNR AVERAGED 17,284 VISITORS A WEEK, VISITING 31,270 TIMES.

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WPCNR COVID DAILY. From NYS Covid Tracker. Observations & Analysis By John F. Bailey. May 22, 2022:

If Saturday Covid infections stay under 500 this will be the first time  in 7 weeks Westchester declines in new covid cases.

Meanwhile, New York City cases continue to rise at 4, 124 new cases a day.

Mid-Hudson counties other than Westchester continue on the rise with very limited testings being administererd.

Westchester reported 539 lab covid positives Friday on 5,704 tests a 9.5% infection rate. Orange County reported 209 on 2,302 tests (7.9% infections). Dutchess now lead Rockland County in new infections with 165 positives on 1,864 tests (9.2%), Rockland declined to 124 positives of 1,452 tests (7.9%). Putnam county, long least in fections moved up finding  51 positives in 505 tests a 10.7% infection rate. Ulster had 50, Sullivan 32.

The Mid-Hudson Region testest 13,407 Friday and had 1,171 people test positive—a 9% Positive Rate.

Reports on the 100,000  per continues to show how inept that rate us for the public to understand the rate of positives. You need to know the total population New York City Boroughs and each county to figure how many per day really you have.

On the other hand, with no mandated testing, only volunteer testing, the public is lead to believe that infections on low quanties “really aren’t so bad.”

This conflict of policies and providing results based on past how many more infections in the past we had compared to now, and breaking down positives into 100,000 population segments may be snazzy statistics (“Look mom, I know the populations of counties and can divide and multiply by 100,000 segments) is just a matter of  giving high numbers in a way that makes the infections appear low.

The result is it has made people confident the disease is down when it is way up.

New York City in “Lab tests” is infecting at 4,124 a day, that is 28,000 a week and next week that should hit 35,000. That is not good.

The Center for Disease Control in a series of  press releases yesterday, now says by their own convoluted statistics that New York City is way up in hospitalizations and that the new variant of the day discovered is way more contagious. 

This after a month of this new 100,000 population moving average  giving without the latest census figures. Now they say we’re “up” and need to mask indoors, and out.

There obviously is a need to test more in the schools, hot beds of spread.  (Officials are reluctant to do this.)

CDC consistently changing its mind on directives and trends has created a sense of recklessness by the public,  an “I’ll do what I want” attitude and  “make your own decision culture” of “coexistence with covid,” giving the latest renegade variants invitations to infect.

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WPCNR THE LETTER TICKER. May 21, 2022:

To the Editor:

  I was disappointed to learn that Congressman Mondaire Jones will no longer represent Greenburgh in the United States Congress.

Thanks to redistricting, the Congressman has decided to run for his Congressional seat in a new district in NYC.

  Congressman Jones was an exceptional Representative who worked hard for our district. 

Besides fighting for progressive values – the Congressman helped the town of Greenburgh receive a one million dollar grant from the federal government to build a new sidewalk on Dobbs Ferry Road, an initiative that will make walking safer for pedestrians and residents who don’t have cars. We asked the Congressman for help and Congressman Jones not only tried. He succeeded in helping our community.

  During the Afghanistant crisis last year, the Congressman’s office did an amazing job helping a refugee I was trying to help escape the Taliban.

Unlike many elected officials who go thru the motions  making you think they are helping the Congressman did much more.

The Congressman’s office was in constant  contact with a military liaison who stayed in touch with the woman trying to escape -until she was on the plane in Kabul.

Thanks to the Congressman’s staff a second chance in life was given to the cousin of an Ossining resident who was escaping the Taliban.

  Congressman Jones has fought hard for infrastructure funding which is helping local governments. He has fought hard for progressive initiatives from health care reforms, helping the hungry and fighting to change Washington, bringing people together.

  I hope that Congressman Jones is successful in winning election to the Congress in a new district. I will be happy to spread the word to NYC residents who might not be familiar with what an excellent public servant the Congressman is.

PAUL FEINER
Greenburgh Town Supervisor

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5:10 P.M. EDT 05/20/22

WESTCHESTER COUNTY REPORTED 625 NEW RESIDENTS POSITIVE FOR COVID THURSDAY.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY REPORTED 625 NEW RESIDENTS POSITIVE FOR COVID THURSDAY.

THE TOTAL OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY RESIDENTS THROUGH FIRST 5 DAYS OF THIS WEEK IS 2,595.

ABOUT 519 WESTCHESTERITES ARE TESTING POSITIVE EVERY DAY THIS WEEK MEANING IT THAT KEEPS TODAY AND SATURDAY THE COUNTY WILL HAVE 3,663 NEW CITIZENS WITH COVID MAKING A 8TH CONSECUTIVE WEEK OF COVID GROWTH FROM 1,095 CASES THE LAST WEEK IN MARCH TO 3,663 IN 2 MONTHS, NOW APPROACHING 4,000 INFECTIONS A WEEK.

THE MID-HUDSON REGION AND LONG ISLAND NASSAU & SUFFOLK COUNTIES RECORDED 3,553 POSITIVES COMPARED TO NEW YORK CITY’S 4,241.

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 WPCNR HEALTH ADVISORY. From the Westchester County Department of Health. May 20, 2022:

The Westchester County Health Department is urging residents to never dilute/water down infant formula in an attempt to extend their supply, try to make formula at home, or use milk or toddler formula to feed infants. While the FDA has announced plans to ease the national shortage of baby formula, it will take at least another six to eight weeks before an ample supply of formula is available on store shelves again.

Westchester County Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Sherlita Amler said: “I particularly caution parents that while it may be tempting to water down formula to stretch it out, it is not safe to do so. This practice can have severe consequences beyond malnourishment. As a pediatrician, I have personally seen an infant who suffered seizures due to an electrolyte imbalance caused by diluted infant formula.”

The Federal Government has issued the following links on their webpage to help families feed their babies:

Manufacturer Hotlines:

• Gerber’s MyGerber Baby Expert : reach a certified nutrition or lactation consultant by phone, text, Facebook Messenger, web chat, or video call, who can help you identify a similar formula that may be more readily available.
• Abbott’s Consumer Hotline: call 1-800-986-8540
• Abbott’s urgent product request line : ask your OBGYN or your infant’s pediatrician to submit an urgent product request by downloading and completing the form – PDF 
• Reckitt’s Customer Service Line: call 1-800 BABY-123 (222-9123)

Community Resources

• Locate your nearest Community Action Agency (CAA) . Your neighborhood CAA may be able to provide you with formula or connect you with local agencies that have formula in stock.
• United Way’s 2-1-1 : dial 2–1-1 to be connected to a community resource specialist affiliated with United Way who may be able to help you identify food pantries and other charitable sources of local infant formula and baby food.
• Feeding America : call your local food bank to ask whether they have infant formula and other supplies in stock.
• Human Milk Banking Association of North America  (HMBANA): certain HMBANA-accredited milk banks are distributing donated breast milk to mothers in need; please note that some may require a prescription from a medical professional. Find an HMBANA-accredited milk bank .

WIC-Eligible Families

• Contact your local WIC  office to identify or obtain additional sources of infant formula nearby.

General Guidance

• Call your OBGYN or pediatrician to see if they have in-office samples or can suggest a similar formula that may be more readily available in stores and is nutritionally similar to your infant’s typical formula.
• You should not water down formula, try to make formula at home, or use toddler formula to feed infants. Don’t discard formula unless it is expired or is part of the recall. Check your formula’s lot code  to see whether or not it was affected by the recall.
• You can find more guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics .

Additionally, locally the Health Department is notifying the public about the New York Milk Bank in Valhalla. The New York Milk Bank is the first comprehensive nonprofit milk bank based in New York State where breast milk is collected from carefully screened donors, pasteurized and distributed to infants in need. Women looking to donate breast milk can also reach out to the New York Milk Bank to provide excess breast milk to babies in need.

Clients of the Health Department’s WIC Program should contact their WIC clinic for support if their grocery store is out of their WIC infant formula. Yonkers WIC clients should call (914) 231-2510 and
Port Chester WIC clients should call (914) 813-7244.

The Department of Health will continue to monitor the situation and communicate with families. For more information, support and WIC eligibility, visit the Health Department’s website at https://health.westchestergov.com/ 

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WPCNR COVID DAILY BULLETIN 11 P.M. EDT 05/19/22

WESTCHESTER COUNTY  RECORDED 643 NEW COUNTY RESIDENTS POSITIVE WEDNESDAY 34% MORE POSITIVES THAN TUESDAY (480).

THE FIRST 4 DAYS  THIS WEEK TOTAL 1,970, AN AVERAGE OF 492 POSITIVES PER DAY.

THE STATE’S 7-DAY POSITIVE DAILY AVERAGE IS A DAY FOR WESTCHESTER, AT THAT NEW POSITIVES PACE, THE COUNTY WILL HAVE 3,220 POSITIVES FOR THIS WEEK BY SATURDAY, DEPENDING ON THE NEXT THREE DAY POSITIVE TALLY.

LAST 4 DAY TOTAL OF 492 POSITIVES A DAY WILL YIELD 1,476 NEW POSITIVES THROUGH SATURDAY, CREATING 3,446 POSITIVES FOR THE WEEK WHICH WOULD MARK THE EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE WEEK OF INCREASES A WEEK.

THE 1,970 NEW COUNTY POSITIVE INFECTIONS AVERAGE 9.88% ON AN AVERAGE OF 4,787 TESTS PROCESSED PER DAY.  

THE LOW NUMBER OF TESTS AND THE HIGHER RATE OF INFECTION ON THE LOW NUMBERS COULD  MEAN THAT IF 10,000 PEOPLE  WENT FOR TESTING WERE TESTED PERHAPS 1,000 A DAY WOULD BE POSITIVE WITH THE SAME 10% PER CENT RATIO THAT WOULD REVEAL AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PICTURE OF THE INFECTIONS AHEAD.