THE WORLD READS WHITE PLAINS CITIZENETREPORTER — 8,324,077 VISITS IN ONE YEAR | 2,905,611 VISITORS VISIT 8,324,077 TIMES 3 TIMES EVERY DAY IN ONE YEAR. HIGHEST ACTIVITY IN WPCNR HISTORY.White PlainsCitizeNetReporter lifted its worldwide visits from unique visitors to wpcnr.com to 8,324,077,a 1,306,419 increase in visits in one year from 7,017,658 visits to the site last year which covers White Plains and Westchester County. The 8,324,077 visits were made by 2,005,611 unique visitors who visited wpcnr an average of 3 visits a day. ON JULY 20- -2026 visitors have accessed wpcnr and made 3,072 visits an average of 1.6 visits. In the last week 33,495 individual vistors made 54,458 visits, averaging 1.6 visits. In the last month, 152,940 visitors recorded 229,338 visits (1.5 visits)

WESTCHESTER ENDING 6TH STRAIGHT WEEK OF REDUCED NEW COVID CASES. INFECTIONS DOWN 80%. MONKEY POX HOLDING AT 70 CASES.

Posted on August 20, 2022 by John Bailey

WPCNR COVID LOG STRIP: WESTCHESTER COVID INFECTIONS DAY BY DAY THROUGH THURSDAY. IF FRIDAY SAT CASES STAY AT 200 A DAY, COUNTY WILL SLIP UNDER 1,000 INFECTIONS A WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MARCH 20-26. NOTE THE LOWERING OF INFECTION RATE TO BELOW 7%.

WPCNR DOUBLEDEMIC SURVEILLANCE. Statistics from NY Covid Tracker & N.Y.S MONKEYPOX TRACKER. Observation & Analysis by John F. Bailey. August 20, 2022.

August has seen Westchester County cut its rate of covid new infections by 80% the last 5 weeks.

New York State Covid Tracker reports the County with 998 infections the first 5 days of this week, an average of 200 new cases a day 1/3 less than the average 300 a day in July. If the 200 a day average holds when Friday infections are reported this afternoon and today’s infections tomorrow, stay at the 200 new infections a day pace or decline, Westchester is on target for 1,200 infections a 28% decline from last week 1,664 infections.

WPCNR DAILY COVID LOG SHOWS COUNTY INFECTIONS SLOWING

BUT NASSAU SUFFOLK, 9,000 NEW COVID CASES . ALL 9 COUNTIES

HAVE 56% AS MANY CASES AS NEW YORK CITY

WPCNR DAILY COVID NOTEBOOK SHOWS WESTCHESTER TOWN BY TOWN INFECTIONS WITH OVER 100 NEW CASES.
IN TWO WEEKS, WEEKLY NEW INFECTIONS HAVE DECLINED AMONG THE MOST INFECTIIOUS TOWNS BY 33%. DAILY INFECTIONS BY 3% (BY 77 CASES)

COVID CASES IN THE I.C.U.’S OF WESTCHESTER HOSPITALS THAT ARE MOST BUSY WITH HANDLING NEW HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR COVID. THE STRESSES ON THE I.C.U. CAPACITIES FROM NEW COVID CASES ARE DOWN BUT STILL A FACTOR TO MONITOR.

There is an outside chance the county could decline below 1,000 infections which would be the first time the county has kept the spread of the covid plague below 1,000 in a week. That week was March 20 to 26 when the county recorded 861 new cases. It has been going up since April 1 climb int 1,095 the week of March 27 to April 2, when 1,095 covid cases were reported for a week,

The County has gone up in infections 10 of the last 16 weeks since April 21, but declined in cases for 6 weeks in a row.

Is this due to vacations or Westchesterites handling covid and vaccines stopping covid infections?

Let’s give the citizens credit for being smart, tough, careful and considerate of their families, strangers and the public.

Keep it up.

Monkeypox has 70 cases reported in Westchester as opposed to New York City that has more Monkeypox cases than new covid cases.

**WESTCHESTER, BY CONTRAST REPORTS ONLY 70 MONKEYPOX CASES IN WESTCHESTER.**

WHITE PLAINS WEEK THE AUGUST 19 REPORT 8:30 A.M, 11:30 AM ON FIOS CH 45 & WHITE PLAINS OPTIMUM CH 76 & INSTANTLY ON WWW.WPCOMMUNITYMEDIA.ORG

Posted on August 19, 2022 by John Bailey

MIRIAM LEVITT FLISSER REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR 16TH CONGRESSIONAL SEAT

**INTERVIEW WITH NATIONAL HEALTH CARE OBSERVER ON THE PRIORITIES OF AMERICAN HEALTHCARE AHEAD**

**KINGSLEY II OPENS**—**MAYOR STRONG ON KEEPING WHITE PLAINS AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYONE**

INFECTIONS OF NEW COVID DECLINE 53% IN 5 WEEKS, NOW INFECTING AT 6.7 %

GANNET AS REVENUES PLUMMET. STOCK PRICE DECLINES 54%–GANNETT DISMISSES REPORTERS

JOHN BAILEY AND THE NEWS
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SATURDAY AT 7 ON “PEOPLE TO BE HEARD” ON FIOS CH. 45 AND OPTIMUM CH. 76 WHITE PLAINS & RIGHT NOW ON www.wpcommunitymedia.org (Scroll down the program wall to “People to Be Heard”

Posted on August 18, 2022 by John Bailey

CATHY K. EDDY
NATIONAL HEALTH CONSULTANT
Founder, Healthcare Alliance, 1996
Member, Mediguru Advisory Board

ON WHAT MEDICINE HAS LEARNED FROM THE COVID EPIDEMIC

HOW CARE GIVING HAS TO CHANGE IN YEARS AHEAD

THE FUTURE OF THE HEALTHCARE BUSINESS

SURVEY EVALUATES MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN OF COLOR AS THEY PREPARE FOR GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. NOT GOOD.

Posted on August 18, 2022 by John Bailey

Half surveyed report experiencing moderate to severe depression or anxiety.

WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. From the African-American Knowledge Optimized for Mindfully-Healthy Adolescent Project. August 18, 2022:

As the nation prepares to return students to full-day, in person learning, Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble, renowned psychologist and founder of The AAKOMA Project, today released the first of its kind national survey which focuses on the mental health of Youth of Color.

The State of Mental Health for Youth of Color (SOMHYOC) surveyed almost 3,000 young people of color ages 13 to 25 to study their current state of mental health.

“When I started my research 20 years ago, I knew that a study like this needed to be done,” said Dr. Breland-Noble.

“Study after study of the general population of young people did not capture what we have done with this report. We hope that with the representation of so many different cultures in this study, we can pour truth and knowledge into how we study mental health, how policy in this area is created and how we help our children grow out of what binds them to multi-generational cycles. I am so proud of the work we are presenting today and look forward to scaling and continuing my work in this area of science for years to come.”

The study covers four specific areas: (1) Use of Mental Health Services, (2) Exposure to Racial Trauma, (3) Impact of COVID-19, and (4) Support Circles and resilience.

Unlike many other studies, SOMHYOC made a special effort to have a relatively equal representation of races in order to equitably assess and lay some much-needed groundwork to support all youth.

The survey showed that at least half of Youth of Color in the sample reported experiencing moderate to severe depression or anxiety. Some Youth of Color reported significantly higher depression and anxiety severity scores. Specifically:

Latino/e and Native American Youth had significantly higher scores of depression and anxiety severity than AAPI Youth (26% – 19%)
Overall the most commonly reported symptom of depression was being tired and having low energy (76% – 85%)
The most commonly reported symptom of anxiety was feeling anxious, worried and nervous (68% – 78%)
Youth of Color also reported engaging in non-suicidal self-injurious behavior (22%), having suicidal ideation (27%), and attempting suicide at least once (18%)
Of the Youth of Color who attempted suicide, 5% reported needing medical treatment

There are many factors in today’s world that affect the mental health of young people. The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the future for generations to come and many experience effects in different ways.

The survey found that young People of Color were more likely to be affected or have a loved one with COVID-19. They are more likely to experience social, racial and climate injustice in addition to the strong stigma against seeking treatment that is common among families of color.

Most strikingly, the report found that 61% of Youth of Color were hopeful about their future.

Said Dr. Breland-Noble: “With this report, we aspire to inject truth and hope into the mental health community so that more resources can be allocated to help those who suffer in silence.”

Read more about the survey results behind the study here.