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How good is this? Keith Urban put on a live concert back in May at a drive-in theatre near Nashville - invited guests only - all 200 guests were doctors/nurses/medical staff from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. To thank them for all they have been doing during the pandemic.
(I only just found this out on tonight's Aussie 60 Minutes show.)

 
Charges could be filed in connection with party that forced Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School to begin school year with all remote learning
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Authorities in Sudbury said charges could be filed against a teen who hosted a recent drinking party that forced school administrators to switch to all remote learning at the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, according to MetroWest Daily News.
The parents of the teen could also face charges, Sudbury Police Chief Scott Nix told the newspaper.
Nix said on Friday that police are “strongly looking at filing charges” but said nothing had been in Framingham District Court yet.
If any charges are filed, they will be for violating the social host law, Nix told MetroWest Daily News.
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8th Coronavirus Death Tied to Wedding in Maine
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An eighth death has been linked to a coronavirus outbreak stemming from a wedding and reception in the northern part of Maine.
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday that the man who died was in his 80s and from Somerset County.
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Massachusetts’ COVID-19 data on college campuses incomplete, advocates say
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A glance at the Massachusetts data on higher education COVID-19 testing suggests close to 500 people have confirmed coronavirus cases at colleges and universities, but public health experts and transparency advocates say the report is far too incomplete to serve the public.

The report released this week does not specify whether students, staff or faculty members tested positive. Nor does it break down the testing volumes or results by college, meaning the public won’t know by looking at the data whether an increase in daily positive tests after Labor Day weekend could be attributed to the over 100 cases reported at Boston College, for example, or another outbreak somewhere else that has yet to be reported.
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NH Middle School Cancels Betsy DeVos Visit, Says Staffer Tested Positive for COVID-19
Much more at link /is this one too political/OT?:rolleyes:
A Bedford public school canceled a scheduled visit Friday by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus, a spokesperson for the New Hampshire Department of Education said.
"They had informed us this morning that they had a positive test and obviously wanted to cancel the visit" at McKelvie Intermediate School in Bedford, spokesperson Grant Bosse said.
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No COVID-Related Spike of Teacher Retirements in Mass. Before School Year
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The beginning of the school year amid the coronavirus pandemic did not lead to the surge of teacher retirements some had feared.
That's according to figures the NBC10 Investigators obtained from the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System.
Those stats show the roughly 2,600 retirement applications were actually a little below the average of 2,800 retirements over the previous five years.
 
weepingangel said:
No COVID-Related Spike of Teacher Retirements in Mass. Before School Year
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The beginning of the school year amid the coronavirus pandemic did not lead to the surge of teacher retirements some had feared.
That's according to figures the NBC10 Investigators obtained from the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System.
Those stats show the roughly 2,600 retirement applications were actually a little below the average of 2,800 retirements over the previous five years.
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That is interesting. Could it mean that vulnerable, or near ready to retire teachers found a safe place to continue working in online classrooms? At a time like this, more working teachers is a very good thing.
 
I haven’t really been following RI stuff much
How Rhode Island brought most students back for in-person learning — and Massachusetts did not - The Boston Globe
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In Massachusetts, only about a dozen districts, most of them made up entirely of elementary schools, plan to return all students to classrooms full time this fall. Meanwhile, in Rhode Island, the vast majority of the state’s 66 districts and charter schools plan to offer full-time in-person learning by October.
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Nearly 4,000 new students at Catholic schools in Boston, 700 in Springfield as they field calls from parents wanting in person learning
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The Archdiocese of Boston announced the closure of 10% of its schools earlier this year with fears that even more would have to close this fall. But increased enrollment due to parents wanting in person learning during the pandemic is turning that around.
“This almost sounds like [Charles] Dickens,” said Thomas Carroll, superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Boston. “It was the best of times and the worst of times.”
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Connecticut
COVID-19 Positive Test Rate Reaches 1.6%, Hospitalizations Highest Since July in Conn.
The coronavirus positive test rate has increased to 1.6% and hospitalizations have reached a high that Connecticut hasn't seen since July 10, according to Governor Ned Lamont.
Lamont said this uptick is a trend and it is "something we are watching carefully."
"I do look at Rhode Island. I do look at New York, and I see some similar trends," Lamont said.
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David Ortiz reveals he had COVID-19: 'This is no joke'
The former Red Sox slugger revealed during an appearance on NESN during the Red Sox’ game agains the Yankees that he had contracted the virus a few weeks back, having been asymptomatic. His brother, however, spent a week in the hospital while batting the coronavirus.
“This is no joke,” said Ortiz, who has overcome the bout with COVID-19, having recently received tests back showing he was negative.
 
Coronavirus Outbreak at Navy Shipyard, Maine Signs Order on Pandemic Revenue Shortfall
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The Maine Center for Disease Control is investigating an outbreak involving 18 confirmed virus cases at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

Those who have tested positive include 13 Maine residents, four New Hampshire residents and one Massachusetts resident, said Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine CDC.
The outbreak appears to be linked to a group of nine workers who commuted from Sanford, Shah said. Seven of the nine people have tested positive, he said.

York County has several virus outbreaks. The largest is at the county jail where more than 70 people have tested positive. The Maine Center for Disease Control is also investing an outbreak at a church and at a VFW.


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‘We're Not Seeing a New Surge': NH Health Officials Not Worried About Rise in Cases
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The number of daily COVID-19 infections in New Hampshire has increased, but health officials said Thursday there is no sign of a second surge.
Dr. Benjamin Chan, the state's epidemiologist, said the positive test rate has grown from about 20 per day to about 35 a day in recent weeks. But he said that is due mostly to the increase in testing associated with the return of students to schools and universities across the state, including a new cluster at the University of New Hampshire's Gables apartment complex.

"We are not seeing a new surge in New Hampshire," he said. "Many of our other metrics are stable."
Chan said the positive test rate remains around 1%, and the number of hospitalizations remain low. But he urged residents to continue following the safety precautions that have helped to keep the virus under control.
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Vermont Allows Bar and Counter Seating With Social Distancing
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Food and drink service can take place at bar and counter seating in restaurants, and lodging facilities can rent all of their rooms, as long as social distancing and other requirements are followed, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott said Friday.

"I know some may worry about whether this means we'll have a flood of people from other states," Scott said his weekly news conference. "So I want to remind everyone that our campgrounds, marinas, cottages — which are now closing for the season — had been at 100% capacity all summer."
 
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Rocco said:
Hopefully those who don't care are just a vocal minority.

Masks are not required when out in public by our city but a poll was taken by our local paper and approximately 70% of the residents said that masks should be required. However, reading the local comments about masks, one would think most people were against them. The latest was a few days ago when some people were demanding the library re-open and masks not be required.

I'll never understand the adamant refusal to wear a mask.
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It is something that people can "control". Right now, people are in a situation that they can not control at all.

Wearing a mask, or refusal to wear one is "ONE" thing that people can control. It is a choice, because it hasn't actually been made an absolute law. It is an opportunity for people who like to rebel, to do so. The fact that it is counterproductive to the person, isn't even part of the "logic". It is flawed, and unreasonable "logic". But, they see themselves as "freedom against tyranny".
 
More from Maine including more details re the Naval shipyard cluster I posted just up thread
Maine reports 46 new COVID-19 cases, as outbreaks grow
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The outbreak is believed to be related to a commuter van from Sanford, where seven of nine people who used the van contracted COVID-19.

Gary Hildreth, spokesman for the shipyard, said in a statement that “those in the vanpool did not wear cloth face masks while commuting to and from work.”

The Maine CDC reported that 16 of the 18 people in the shipyard outbreak were employees, while the other two were close household contacts of employees




10 Maine hospital staff quarantined, 2 test positive for COVID-19 | newscentermaine.com
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Dr. Gavin Ducker said ten Northern Light Inland Hospital staff workers were quarantined Friday after having direct or indirect exposure to a hospital patient who also tested positive for COVID-19.

Dr. Ducker said in a statement posted to the hospital website, "Ten staff members have been quarantined after direct and indirect exposure to our hospitalized COVID patient last week. (Direct exposure means they had prolonged face-to-face contact with the patient. Indirect exposure means they may have had prolonged exposure to the person who was face-to-face with the patient.) We just received results that of those ten, two employees have tested positive for COVID-19. The two employees are not care providers and, more importantly, had social contact with the patient prior to admission and as visitors in the hospital before the patient's COVID diagnosis. The two employees are isolating at home."
 
I am really having a problem with how people who get Covid are being treated in society. I am talking to people who are crying, they are being treated like lepers. Geez, I thought that our society had evolved further than victim blaming people who get a virus.

This is important. And I am not seeing a lot of sympathy or empathy for these folks. They caught a virus, often because they are out in the community working. Yes, they have to isolate and are under quarantine, along with their close contacts.

If you know of someone who is positive for COVID-19, call them. Ask if they need anything. Be their friend.
Coronavirus Today: 'I call it COVID shaming'
 
 
musicaljoke said:
I've learned a new word, "cyberchondria".

From the article:

[...] misinformation - spreading rapidly through social media - poses a serious threat to the COVID-19 response.

Our findings suggest a person's trust in online information and perceived information overload are strong predictors of unverified information sharing. Furthermore, these factors, along with a person's perceived COVID-19 severity and vulnerability influence cyberchondria.


Why do People Share Misinformation during the COVID-19 Pandemic?
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you know that theory never occurred to me but makes so much sense-- thanks for
posting this really good information.
 
weepingangel said:
More from Maine including more details re the Naval shipyard cluster I posted just up thread
Maine reports 46 new COVID-19 cases, as outbreaks grow
More at link
The outbreak is believed to be related to a commuter van from Sanford, where seven of nine people who used the van contracted COVID-19.

Gary Hildreth, spokesman for the shipyard, said in a statement that “those in the vanpool did not wear cloth face masks while commuting to and from work.”

The Maine CDC reported that 16 of the 18 people in the shipyard outbreak were employees, while the other two were close household contacts of employees




10 Maine hospital staff quarantined, 2 test positive for COVID-19 | newscentermaine.com
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Dr. Gavin Ducker said ten Northern Light Inland Hospital staff workers were quarantined Friday after having direct or indirect exposure to a hospital patient who also tested positive for COVID-19.

Dr. Ducker said in a statement posted to the hospital website, "Ten staff members have been quarantined after direct and indirect exposure to our hospitalized COVID patient last week. (Direct exposure means they had prolonged face-to-face contact with the patient. Indirect exposure means they may have had prolonged exposure to the person who was face-to-face with the patient.) We just received results that of those ten, two employees have tested positive for COVID-19. The two employees are not care providers and, more importantly, had social contact with the patient prior to admission and as visitors in the hospital before the patient's COVID diagnosis. The two employees are isolating at home."
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So...I think there are 7 dead due to this cluster, IIRC?
 
musicaljoke said:
That is interesting. Could it mean that vulnerable, or near ready to retire teachers found a safe place to continue working in online classrooms? At a time like this, more working teachers is a very good thing.
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That's just in Mass. In Arizona, over 750 teachers have retired or resigned and they're having a very hard time replacing them. Class sizes are therefore larger than recommended (apparently just back to normal in some places like Prescott).
 
weepingangel said:
With a ten minute dwell time if I’m remembering correctly.
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You are correct. I had missed that just glossing over the headline...so glad I saw your post, thank you:

“To disinfect against coronavirus, the company said customers should apply full-strength Pine-Sol with a clean sponge or cloth on a surface, wait 10 minutes, then rinse. For heavily soiled surfaces, the company said precleaning to remove excess dirt first is required.“

Pine-Sol cleaner has been approved to kill coronavirus on hard surfaces - CNN
 
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