New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled a series of new CoVID restrictions this week as infections rate nearly double across the Big Apple.
Today’s indicators are sobering:
• 100 patients admitted to the hospital
• 870 new cases
• The infection rate 7-day average is 2.6%We still have a chance to turn this around. Each and every one of us has a role to play. Let's get it done.
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) November 12, 2020
Certain parts of Staten Island are now in a Yellow Zone. We know these focused approaches WORK:
• Mandatory COVID testing in schools
• Indoor, outdoor dining permitted, max 4 people per table
• 50% capacity in houses of worship
• Non-essential gatherings must be 25% or less— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) November 12, 2020
Beginning tomorrow, Friday, Nov 13:
• Bars and restaurants will close at 10pm
• Gyms will close at 10pm
• All private gatherings in homes will be limited to 10 peopleThis is about protecting ALL of us. This is about keeping our city safe.
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) November 12, 2020
City officials are also discouraging residents from traveling or leaving their homes for Thanksgiving; saying “big family meals” can quickly turn into “super-spreader events.”
'SICKENING': Backlash Grows Against Denver Democrat Who Supported Spreading Coronavirus at MAGA Rallies
Denver’s Democratic Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca is facing a growing backlash on social media this week after calling for those sick with the deadly Coronavirus to intentionally spread the disease at ‘Make America Great Again’ rallies.
“Democrat Denver Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca says that she stands in ‘solidarity’ with someone who says that they if they get the coronavirus that they will attend as many Trump rallies as possible She appears to have made the statement on her government Twitter account,” posted a reporter with the Daily Wire.
These people are sick. https://t.co/74mEIJDOpa
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) March 3, 2020
“These people are sick,” posted Donald Trump Jr.
“This elected Democrat in Colorado doesn’t seem very nice!” the Trump campaign War Room Twitter account posted in response.
This elected Democrat in Colorado doesn't seem very nice! @CandiCdeBacaD9 https://t.co/NvCn6UA4Wd
— Trump War Room – Text TRUMP to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) March 3, 2020
Read the full report here.
Source: Fox News
'ROUTINE ERROR': 6,700 North Carolina Residents ‘Incorrectly Told They Have Coronavirus’ via Text
Nearly 7,000 residents in North Carolina were told via text message last week that they tested positive for the Coronavirus despite not actually having contracted the disease.
“More than 6,700 individuals in Mecklenburg County in North Carolina were told in a text message sent from Mecklenburg County Health Department on Friday that they tested positive for COVID-19 and over 500 people were told through a county email that they were also infected with the novel coronavirus. But the results were incorrect due to a technical error by Health Space, the company they use for contact tracing, according to a statement on the county’s website,” reports Fox News.
“An error during routine maintenance last Friday resulted in a county data vendor sending erroneous texts and email messages to people saying they were positive for COVID-19,” the statement on the county website said.
“Very quickly we began to work with the vendor to understand the issue and make sure that it did not continue. Once corrected we were told that 6,727 text messages and 541 emails were sent to individuals who were already in their system. We then worked with the vendor to send a corrected text/email to all that received the erroneous one,” the email stated in part.
Read the full report here.