TWF 309 - Nassau County Positivity Rate Breaks 10% (CoVID Update #9)

 Greetings, friends,

Unfortunate news, today, brought to us by Nassau County Executive Laura Curran:

With a 10% positivity rate, that means that one out of every ten people who go in to get tested are turning up positive.  Our biggest problem is that, yesterday, this number was only 6.8%

As you can no doubt see, there are significant problems facing Nassau County.  If this is a one-off and we drop back down to something more like a 6.0, then it's not the greatest warning sign in the world.  If, on the other hand, this number stays elevated...

...Well, we have significant problems.

I don't have much to say.  I don't know what there is to say in a situation like this.  All I can do is say that we need to call our representatives, senators, and the rest and demand that help be provided to businesses and individuals who are suffering the economic hardships of this virus, because the fact is that at this rate there there will need to be another shut-down.

Nobody will like it.

Nobody will be happy with it.

But too many people have already died, and are still dying of this virus.  It's absolute madness to allow it to spread out of control, and when one in ten people tested are positive, well, it's out of control.  Last week, I talked about how our area hospitals were nearly at their ICU capacity.  I talked about how, if you either get CoVID or if you just happen to need intensive medical care for any accidental or chronic reason, you might find that care unavailable.

So once again I'm asking you to limit your gatherings to essential meet-ups only.  That's all there is to it.

Also:

I just want to say a final farewell, and extend my deepest condolences to the family of Freeport High School teacher Robert Lordi.  I worked with Mr. Lordi for five years, did some teaching certification observation hours with him, and he passed away on December 27th.  He was a really great guy.

Thank you for reading.  Jesse Pohlman is an author from Long Island, New York.  He mostly writes Sci-Fi and Fantasy these days, which you can check out at his Amazon Author Page at this link!