cny rider

I disagree with some of your other political posts, but that's for another discussion. But I agree this can't be one size fits all response for the entire state of NY. Here in Otsego County we have a trickle of new cases, typically 3-4 per day. One death so far. Some stress on our healthcare system but manageable so far. We're rural and people are distancing well. But: Our economy wasn't so hot to begin with, and now it is being obliterated. We have already committed to having no school through April. Our children need to get back to school. Our adults need to have an opportunity to earn a living. If case numbers remain low by late April we need a mechanism that gets kids back in school, and at least a partial resumption of economic activity while keeping tight surveillance for flare ups of the virus. I'm not saying that's what should happen in Queens or Brooklyn but we need to give it a try in rural counties with low case loads.

I disagree with some of your other political posts, but that's for another discussion. But I agree this can't be one size fits all response for the entire state of NY. Here in Otsego County we have a trickle of new cases, typically 3-4 per day. One death so far. Some stress on our healthcare system but manageable so far. We're rural and people are distancing well. But: Our economy wasn't so hot to begin with, and now it is being obliterated. We have already committed to having no school through April. Our children need to get back to school. Our adults need to have an opportunity to earn a living. If case numbers remain low by late April we need a mechanism that gets kids back in school, and at least a partial resumption of economic activity while keeping tight surveillance for flare ups of the virus. I'm not saying that's what should happen in Queens or Brooklyn but we need to give it a try in rural counties with low case loads.

I think it's important to remember those without symptoms haven't had symptoms yet. LEt's see what happens in the next few weeks with that group before drawing conclusions.

I'm sorry.....it sounds like you are closer to volunteering at this point than working in a professional position. We thank you for your service. One good thing about volunteering is you can decide to do as much of it or as little of it as you like. If it's stressing you out too much at current levels perhaps a reduction in workload is in order.

Step up, my man. My kids parents both work in heath care. We are busting our asses, literally risking our lives every day now to better and possibly save the lives of others. It's not easy.....and having our kids home from school unexpectedly isn't making it any easier. And you're bitching about having to work, as in actually performing the job you get paid for? For an entire extra week? In a time of crisis like this, you're bitching about having to work and actually earn your pay and benefits? Is the 10 weeks off you have coming up this summer not enough? Do you not see the plight of so many others around you who got laid off and have no pay, and no benefits coming in? How tone deaf can you be?

Abbott is putting out a new test that will detect COVID infection in minutes. It will be available in early April. Imagine how different the course of this disaster would have been in America if we had that test a month ago. If we had a pandemic response team at the NSC for example, or merely even a competent President who listened to briefings on what was happening in January and had started working with industry to get PPE stockpiled, and these rapid tests developed. We would have been testing and rapidly isolating individual cases and outbreaks instead of watching thousands of Americans die as we are now.

Thank you for that explanation re: tracking area in June.

I also enjoyed that. I hope we can look back in a week, using this post, to understand how and why it ultimately plays out.