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COLD CHILLS COVID.

Posted on February 6, 2023 by John Bailey

WESTCHESTER 62 NEW COVID CASES Sunday –LOWEST DAILY IN 1 YEAR.

LAST WEEK NEW COVID SUFFERERS: 1,010. 5^TH LOW WEEK IN ROW.

PREVIOUS DAY LOW: 60 NEW CASES ON FEB 28, 2022

WESTCHESTER AVERAGE DAILY CASES MYSTERY: MORE CASES OUT THERE THAN TESTS SHOW

WPCNR CORONAVIRUS SURVEILLANCE. Data from NY State Covid Tracker. Observation & Analysis by John F. Bailey. February 6, 2023 UPDATED WITH TODAY’S HOSP ADMISSIONS:

The last day Westchester recorded as low as 62 cases of new positive coronavirus cases was February 28, 2022.

Back then Westchester had been staggering from the County higest cases of covid in January 2022 when cases were still growing at 1,800 cases a week the first two weeks of February, then as the covid vaccine inoculations started to have impact on infection rates we had sharp drops to 886 infections the third week in February and 492 the final week in February.

The low of 1,010 recorded through Saturday February 4 was the fifth consecutive week Westchester residents had managed to lower infections. The first week of February 2022 last year Westchester suffered 1,883 new persons. Now after five weeks of reductions the county is doing much bette—56% below where we were last year.

Currently Westchester is seeing 6.4 new cases per 100,000 of population. This means since Westchester has 1,004,000 people, it has 10.04 times 6.4 new cases 64 daily new cases of covid a day in the county, which works out to 450 a week, or 1,800 a month. So why are we seeing such low lab-verified cases, yet more hospitals treating more patients for covid larger hospitals having as highas 50% covid patients.

White Plains Hospital Center Friday reported 24 admissions with 18 being treated for covid (75% of admissions.) The last time I checked the numbers on White Plains Hospital on January 17 they were running 53% of admissions being treated for covid.

On January 17, 2023 this was the performance on admissions for 9 Westchester Hospitals The White Plains Hospital has seen the percentage of covid patients go up flirting with 75% of admissions for covid.

The week of cold temperatures continued reduction of covid infections.

The daily projected cases in Westchester (6.4 per Westchester 1,004,000 population) do not match the average daily lab-verified cases.

The daily average infections should be generating 1,800 infections a month, but in January Westchester saw 7,131 cases. If Westchester continues to generate less than 1,000 cases the rest of February we would hit less than 4,000 cases for the month.

Of course, there may be a lag between daily cases reported by hospital and health authorities, but if there is a lag this means new cases should be even more than Westchester average of 6.4 per 100,000.

The daily average of lab-verified cases gives me the conclusion that a lot of citizens are not confirming if they tested positive for covid with a home test, and refuse to confirm the positive with a lab-test.

Could it be that they do not want to quarantine, want to continue to go to work and covid makes them sicker and by the time they are really sick from covid, they go to the hospital. Could this be a reason why daily average new cases do not add up to the positives expected if you go by the daily average lab-confirmed cases?

We need the authorities and health officials to be more analytical and transparent on why the continued hospitalizations 25% to 75% of hospital admissions (not including emergency treat-and-release admission) continues. It, in my opinion is a failure of testing policy on the part of state and local heal departments, that accounts for the continued official word that covid is behind us in the rear view mirror.

Is it coming from children in the schools? (Another failure of transparency)

Is it coming from careless adults trying to covid-it-out and not being able to do so until they panic and go to the hospital?

Is this hidden “hot positive population” a figment of my imagination, be they the unvaccinated, or whatever? Health officials choose to ignore these hospitalization rates at their peril. It’s not total beds a hospital has — it is how many personnel they have to administer ever growing covid cases now, they keep on coming.

If White Plains Hospital continues to get 18 new covid patients a day that is 140 a week.

If Suffolk County Stony Brook Hospital finds 21 patients out of 41 new admissions (50%) as they did Friday February 3, that is 140 a week.

If Northwell Hospital; in Nassau County finds 38 covid patients in 78 admissions Friday that is 266 a week.

If Yonkers Riverside gets 15 of 17 admissions a day a percentage 90% covid positives. That is 75 a week.

Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville saw 8 persons of 14 person positive for covid admissions.

Westchester Medical Center saw 8 covid positives of 42 admissions (20%) Friday that is perhaps 50 admissions for Covid a week.

Up in Yorktown, at New York Presbyterian Hudson Valley they saw 8 of 14 admissions positive for covid (57% of admissions for covid. If infections grow, covid patients could grow past 50 a week, there.

I am not whistling Dixie here.

ONE WEEK AGO, DAILY COVID ADMISSIONS REPRESENTED AN AVERAGE 43% OF NEW HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS ON LONG ISLAND, THE MID-HUDSON REGION (INCLUDES WESTCHESTER) AND NEW YORK CITY. AS REPRESENTED IN THE NEW YORK STATE ADMISSIONS GRID BELOW:

The Mid-Hudson Region as of last Monday, BELOW as well as Nassau and Suffolk and New York City shows the growth of patients suffering from covid ONE WEEK AGO.

JUST IN THIS AFTERNOON (BELOW) HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS BY REGION ONE WEEK LATER COVID ADMISSIONS CONTINUE TO MAKE UP AN AVERAGE 43% OF HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS IN THE 7 COUNTY MID-HUDSON REGION; LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY : LONG ISLAND, 165 IN ONE DAY1,155 A WEEK APPROXIMATE; MID-HUDSON REGION (INCLUDING WESTCHESTER), 128 A DAY (900 A WEEK APPROXIMATE) ; NEW YORK CITY 5 BOROUGHS: 373 A DAY (2,611 A WEEK APPROXIMATE. NOTE THE HIGH PERCENTAGES OF COVID ADMISSIONS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE.

IN MID JANUARY HERE WAS THE PERFORMANCE OF 9 WESTCHESTER HOSPITALS AS OF JAN 17

SHOWING THE GROWTH OF HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL HOSPITALS

They are a reminder that the more we socialize, the more risks we take, the wishful thinking that covid is in the rearview mirror is an excuse we are making to ourselves TO DO WHAT WE WANT.. Look in the sideview mirror. Covid is coming up in your blind spot. Don’t want to get a vaccine up date or booster? Well now you can your shots free. In May when the Emergency is lifted, you will pay as much as $130 for it.

You will not want to pay for the shot, and many of you will not be able to afford to, even though you cannot afford not to get the shot(s).

Con ED VARIABLE RATES CREEP UP TO WESTCHESTER POWER FIXED RATES IN JANUARY

Posted on February 3, 2023 by John Bailey

WPCNR THE POWER STORY. Special to WPCNR from Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner. February 3, 2023:

This is a comparison of the Con Ed and ESCO rate for the month of January prepared by sustainable Westchester. I try to post the comparison monthly -around the 5th of every month. The comparison shows that Con Ed rates are still lower than the ESCOs but residents should be aware that the ESCO rates can’t go up or down till October, 2024 and Con Ed rates can fluctuate each month. The comparison is prepared by Sustainable Westchester.

Anyone who wishes to opt out can easily opt out of the program. Many villages in Greenburgh and other localities in Westchester participate in the Sustainable Westchester initiative which uses green energy.

Greenburgh Residential Electricity Supply Rate Comparison –

January 2023 Westchester Power vs. Con Edison Westchester Power Program

Background

The Town of Greenburgh participates in a Community Energy Program known as Westchester Power. This electricity supply program is managed by the local nonprofit Sustainable Westchester on behalf of the 29 participating municipalities in Westchester County. The program empowers the county and its residents to actively work towards a vision for a healthy and sustainable future by supporting renewable energy. Residents benefit from the fixed price program model that provides cost control assurance on their electric supply charges.

Westchester Power Contract – January 2023 Rate Comparison The Westchester Power program offers two supply options for 100% Renewable and Standard. These rates are fixed until 10/31/2022.

January 2023 Residential Rates Average WP = WESTCHESTER POWER)

Con Edison Standard Rate WP 100%Renewable Fixed Rate WP Standard Supply

12.97¢/kWh 15.28¢/kWh 13.36¢/kWh

Below is an approximate electricity cost comparison for a hypothetical Greenburgh resident in January who consumed 500 kWh of electricity for the month –

For a Greenburgh resident on the ConEd supply, that customer would have been charged roughly $64.85 electricity supply –

For customers enrolled in Westchester Power under the 100% Renewable fixed rate, the charge would have been roughly $76.40 – ($11.55 CENTS MORE)

A Westchester Power Standard user’s charge would have been $66.80 Energy Market Prices Going (Forward) (only $1.95 cents more per kilowatt hour).

The market forecasts for this Winter expect prices for electricity to go substantially higher for customers.

Con Edison has warned customers of surging prices for this Winter and has already seen their rates climb.

Again, Westchester Power rates remained fixed month-to-month regardless of market prices.

For insight into electricity price rises in New York and the reasons for them, refer to these useful statements from official sources:

Con Edison Offering Assistance As Energy Market Prices Surge New York Independent System Operator Press Release – Global Economic Factors Continue to Drive the Cost of Energy up in New York Governor Hochul Announces Actions to Prepare New Yorkers for Rising Global Energy Costs

This Winter Options for Greenburgh Residents

Residents who want to enroll, change their supply, or opt out can visit the Westchester Power web page and fill out the applicable online form on the Sustainable Westchester website at

sustainablewestchester.org/wp/conedenergychoices/, email [email protected], or call Sustainable Westchester at (914) 242-4725 ext. 111 for live assistance.

● Want to enroll?

Greenburgh residents who are not currently enrolled in the program (including those who have previously opted-out of the Westchester Power electricity supply in the past) still have the ability to opt-in and participate, as the current contract price is locked in until October 31, 2024. ● Want to change supply options? ○ For residents already participating in the program at either the 100% Renewable or Standard Supply fixed rates, you can change your supply option at any time. Whether you want to move into the 100% Renewable supply to maximize your clean energy impact, or switch to the Standard Supply for a better financial option, the choice is yours. ● Want to opt-out of Westchester Power altogether? ○ Residents participating in the program can opt-out at any point they wish with no hassle, penalty, or fees