before you respond to me with knee jerk denial bullshit... please do a google search...the numbers were updated today...
ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) –
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that the number of statewide random antibody tests has expanded to 7,500, which reveals a better picture of the extent of
coronavirus spread in New York.
Cuomo said 14.9% of those tested statewide tested positive for
COVID-19 antibodies, which is up from
the initial 13.9% statewide when a previous sample of 3,000 people was done on April 22. Cuomo said the 1% increase is statistically in the margin of error.
Regionally, the results suggest:
- 24.7% positive in New York City
- 15.1% positive in Westchester/Rockland
- 14.4% positive on Long Island
- 3.2% positive in the rest of the state
The governor said he’s going to conduct antibody surveys of 1,000
NYPD and
FDNY personnel to determine the infection rate in those organizations. A similar survey will be done with 3,000 health care workers and 1,000 transit workers.
“We want to un-PAUSE. May 15 is when the
PAUSE regulations expire statewide. I will extend them in many parts of the state. But in some parts of the state, some regions, you can make the case that we should un-PAUSE on May 15. But you have to be smart about it,” Cuomo said. “Start thinking through what it means to reopen.”
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
As for the conditions of a reopening, Cuomo said first
CDC guidelines suggesting a decline of hospitalizations for 14 days must be met. Construction and manufacturing would be the
first industries to be brought back, but precautions to protect the workers must be considered. The health care capacity of a region which might also be reopened also needs to be considered, especially as flu season approaches later this year. Testing and tracing systems must also be in place.
“We can’t open an attraction that might bring many people from outside the region and then overwhelm people in that region. You have a lot of pent up demand,” Cuomo said.
CORONAVIRUS:
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NYC Health Dept. | NYC Call 311, Text COVID to 692692 |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Cuomo said he had asked
President Donald Trump to allow the
temporary medical facilities the federal government has constructed to stay in place through September. More than 1,000 people had been treated at the temporary hospital at the
Javits Center.
WEB EXTRA:
See Gov. Cuomo’s Daily Presentation Slides (.pdf)
Cuomo said the state was going to commit $25 million to help food banks that have been overwhelmed by demand as the pandemic continues. He asked philanthropies to also help. Food banks had seen a 40-60% surge in demand upstate, 40% increase on Long Island, 100% increase in New York City and 200% increase in Westchester. Philanthropies willing to help should contact Fran Barrett, Director of Nonprofits by emailing
COVIDPhilantrhopies@exec.ny.gov.
“This is, I would say, the number one thing they can do to help,” Cuomo said.
PHOTO GALLERY:
Coronavirus Shutdown 30 Days In
The governor launched an initiative to prevent dairies from dumping excess milk. Cuomo said the state was partnering with various dairy-related production companies to purchase the excess milk and have it turned into products that can be brought to food banks.
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/0...es-present-in-nearly-25-of-all-nyc-residents/
The concept that 25% of New York City's population has antibodies in not holding up well in follow-up testing from what I have seen in newscasts. A more realistic number is in the single digits.
The anti-body test study that purported this figure only tested 3000 people across the entire state of New York by only selecting people found outside of their homes (showing they are not isolating properly possibly).
NYC is ramping up their testing and soon more complete results will be available.
