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More good news.. What if ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Closer Than Scientists Thought? Now some researchers are wrestling with a hopeful possibility. In interviews with The New York Times, more than a dozen scientists said that the threshold is likely to be much lower: just 50 percent, perhaps even less. If that’s true, then it may be possible to turn back the coronavirus more quickly than once thought. But in parts of New York, London and Mumbai, for example, it is not inconceivable that there is already substantial immunity to the coronavirus, scientists said. “I’m quite prepared to believe that there are pockets in New York City and London which have substantial immunity,” said Bill Hanage, an epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “What happens this winter will reflect that.”

Very good results here in nyc.. New York City on Tuesday released more than 1.46 million coronavirus antibody test results, the largest number to date, providing more evidence of how the virus penetrated deeply into some lower-income communities while passing more lightly across affluent parts of the city. In one ZIP code in Queens, more than 50 percent of people who had gotten tested were found to have antibodies, a strikingly high rate. But no ZIP code south of 96th Street in Manhattan had a positive rate of more than 20 percent. Across the city, more than 27 percent of those tested had positive antibody results. The borough with the highest rate was the Bronx, at 33 percent. Manhattan had the lowest rate, at 19 percent. The data is likely to renew discussion about whether some neighborhoods or communities in New York City may be nearing herd immunity — the point at which enough people have immunity that the virus is no longer able to spread widely within a community.

One large tree down with the power line. I still have power but some of my neighbors don't tree branches all over the place very reminiscent of Sandy

Strongest winds I've seen in years I'm hoping none of my trees come down definitely 70 miles an hour or more but can't confirm in lower Westchester

Monthly departures Cp +2.8 Ewr +2.6 Jfk +3 Lga +4.7 Is there any way we could remove LGA as a reporting station or can they move their sensor to a better spot to give a better representation of Queens it's pretty ridiculous that they're about two degrees above normal from any of the local reporting stations

Next weekend looking very pleasant on ensemble guidance today. Looks like some negative 850 anomalies over the Northeast with the heat dome in central Canada and Upper Midwest

One of the best summer days down here in the suburbs of New York City. Lga 93 temp 51 dp. 90 hi 24% rh. Hpn 87 temp 56 dp 34% rh

Lga temp 93 dp 51 hi 90 rh 24%. That is a perfect summer day

LaGuardia is 89 with a dew point of 58 heat index actually below air temperature at 88 pretty comfortable day so far

Both the GEFS and geps trying to bring the trough into the east late in the Run. Looks like they're trying to connect the ridge from Scandinavia right across the pole to the aleutians. Very late in the run the ridge looks to retrograde but days 13 to 15 look serviceable during Prime climo