MONKEYPOX NEW CASES OUTNUMBER NEW COVID INFECTIONS IN NEW YORK CITY.
WESTCHESTER COVID INFECTIONS CONTINUE IN SIGNIFICANT DECLINE. MONKEYPOX LURKING.
WPCNR EPIDEMIC SURVEILLANCE. From the New State Department of Health Monkeypox and Covid Tracker. Observations & Analysis By John F. Bailey. August 17, 2022:
In New York City the number of Monkeypox Infections of persons in exceeded the number of new Covid infections over the weekend, 2,431 TO 1,859 with Nassau and Suffolk Counties seeing double digit infections.
Westchester was reported by the New York State Department of Health to have 1,664 new persons testing positive with covid last week, and 66 cases of MonkeyPox, 15 more than the previous week.
In New York City, the Covid Tracker reported NYC having 2,340 new persons testing positive for covid Saturday the 13th, 1,670 new covid positives Sunday, the 14th, and on Monday, 1, 859 new civid cases.
MonkeyPox infections in the five boroughs of NYC number 2,431 as of Wednesday and growing. It should be noted that Nassau and Suffolk Counties are reporting 26 monkeypox cases in Nassau and Suffolk County, 39.
In 12 days, since Monkeypox was declared an emergency by Governor Hochul, the city has hit 2,431 cases. At this rate of spreading the city may have 5,240 cases in the city in two weeks. (or more). Bottom line monkeypox is infecting in freefall.
In Westchester, not as much. The County has 66 infections on the Department of Health Tracker.
It is impossible to tell what the Westchester County spread rate is, as the case count was 51 last week. Nassau County and Suffolk County long a source of steadier higher cases among the 9 counties surrounding New York City during 2-1/2 years of Covid are also seeing significant and steady rise in Monkeypox.
Westchesterites’ terrific performance the last 4 weeks in sharply reducing covid spread to 1500 cases a week down from over 2,000 may be threatened by the monkeypox spread in NYC infecting very fast on a daily basis but that has not happened yet. But it is happening in New York City and Long Island.
JOURNALISTS CONFERENCE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SEPT 8-10 ON CHALLENGES TO THE PRESS AND HOW TO OVERCOME THEM
The world’s leading editors, publishers, and journalists are coming together at the 2022 IPI World Congress in New York City – Sept. 8-10.
Right now, our world and our communities are once again divided between democracy and authoritarianism. Only free and independent journalism can meet the challenge of the moment.
But how can independent media survive and thrive amid threats from repressive regimes or economic hardship? How can we harness new technologies and drive innovation to ensure the survival of a critical press? The world’s leading editors, publishers, and journalists are coming together at the 2022 IPI World Congress in New York City – Sept. 8-10 – to work on answers to these questions.
Hosted by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, and IPI’s North American Committee, the Congress will feature Nobel Peace Prize laureates Dmitry Muratov and Maria Ressa. Muratov and The New Yorker’s Masha Gessen will open the Congress on Sept. 8 with a conversation on autocracy and media freedom in Russia.
The Congress’s flagship Town Hall session will focus on how to counter disinformation and harassment campaigns targeting fact-based journalism. Supported by the Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism, the panel includes The Washington Post Executive Editor Sally Buzbee, Michael Slackman, assistant managing editor for international at The New York Times, and Kyiv Independent Editor-in-Chief Olga Rudenko. Award-winning investigative journalist Azmat Khan will moderate the discussion.
Elsewhere at the World Congress, attendees will hear about innovation, product development, and media sustainability – all crucial factors to keep independent media healthy and able to carry out their core democratic mission. We’ll also talk about the threat to journalism from the all-encompassing power of tech platforms with The Tow Center’s Emily Bell, The Markup’s Julia Angwin, and Siddharth Varadarajan of India’s The Wire, among others.
That’s just a taste: The 2022 IPI World Congress is packed with panels, roundtables – including one with media funders and investors – masterclasses, plenaries, and one-on-one conversations. Be there to learn, debate, and share with peers from around the world who believe in the power of journalism to serve communities and strengthen democracies.
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