NEW DELHI: The Haryana government on Sunday decided to follow the Centre’s guidelines for the next phase of lockdown and allow the interstate movement of people and goods.
Following this decision the state will also lift restrictions on its border with the national capital, said officials.
Haryana CM M L Khattar held a meeting with some of his senior ministers and officials on late Sunday evening and took a call on the Centre’s fresh lockdown guidelines.
“It has been decided in the meeting that there will be no restrictions on interstate and inter-district movement of people or goods,” the Haryana government said in a statement after the meeting.
Meanwhile, the Gautam Buddh Nagar administration has said that Noida-Delhi border will remain sealed for movement of people to and from the national capital.
The decision has been taken as the source of infection in 42 per cent of coronavirus cases detected in the district in the last 20 days has been tracked to Delhi, the guidelines said.
The inter-state travel ban exempts ambulances, doctors, goods carriers, media, those directly involved in COVID-19 services and those with passes issued by the administration.
Earlier in the day, the Delhi government said that it is in favour of allowing movement of people from Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and other cities of NCR as the nation exits the lockdown in a phased manner.
A senior government official in the East Delhi district administration said, “There are lakhs of people from Noida and Greater Noida, who come to Delhi for works and vice versa. If authorities in Noida and Greater Noida agree to hold a meeting to start inter-state movement, a final decision can be taken.”
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LUDHIANA: The Punjab Police on Sunday busted the alleged paddy seed scam with the arrest of a private firm owner found selling spurious seeds to farmers at exorbitant rates here.
Confirming the development, chief agriculture officer Narinder Singh Benipal said, “The store was selling seeds at inflated rates by branding them as high-yielding varieties PR-128 and PR-129. The store owner’s licence has been cancelled.”
Benipal added that raids were also conducted at other seed stores near Panjab Agriculture University on Sunday.
Ludhiana-based Brar Seeds owner Harwinder Singh alias Kaka Brar (56) is being questioned by a special investigation team (SIT) of the Ludhiana Police, officials said.
The probe is expected to lead more arrests in the case, said director general of police Dinkar Gupta.
Ludhiana police commissioner Rakesh Kumar Agrawal said that during raids by the SIT, huge stock of seeds was seized from Brar’s store, and the samples were sent for testing. Their analysis confirmed that some of the seeds were spurious, said Aggarwal.
Brar used to sell these to farmers on the pretext that the seeds were of some newly developed varieties which were yet to be certified by the government.
Seniors are often regarded as our nation's most vulnerable population, largely due to health and mobility issues that often leave them isolated. Seniors also tend to financially insecure -- particularly those who rely mostly on Social Security to pay their bills. It's not surprising, then, to learn that 27% of retirees are concerned about falling victim to financial fraud or a money-related scam, according to a new survey by the Society of Actuaries. If you share similar fears, here are some important rules to keep in mind.
1. Guard your Social Security number
Your Social Security number is an important identifier. Once a criminal gets hold of it, he or she can use it to open a credit card in your name or even attempt to steal your tax refund or Social Security benefits. That's why you should never give your Social Security number out without first fully vetting the person, company, or agency that's asking for it. And also, don't carry your Social Security card with you. There's really no need for that, and if your wallet is lost or stolen, you could end up with a serious identity theft problem on your hands.
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2. Don't give out your Medicare ID number
A criminal may not be able to use your Medicare ID number to open a bank account, but you never know what trouble someone unscrupulous will cause. While it's OK to provide your medical providers with that information, don't give it out to people calling randomly over the phone asking you to verify your benefits. That's not something Medicare itself does, and while a medical office may need to do it, make sure you're actually talking to that office before sharing those details -- namely, by hanging up and initiating a call to that office yourself.
3. Safely discard all documents containing personal information
You probably get your share of financial statements in the mail containing information criminals can use to their advantage. To avoid dangerous consequences, invest in a paper shredder and make a point to shred any documents containing your Social Security number or account information.
4. Don't keep your banking or credit card passwords written down and posted in your home
Difficult as it may be to remember your various banking and credit card passwords, writing them down and posting them in different corners of your home is a bad idea. Chances are, you'll forget they're there, which means any time you have a repair professional, cleaning service, or delivery person enter your home, that individual will have an opportunity to access those passwords -- and that's a recipe for disaster. If you need help remembering your passwords, try using a password manager on your computer. And while emailing them to yourself isn't a great idea, it's safer than writing them down and storing them in plain sight.
Financial fraud is a scary thing, and unfortunately, seniors are particularly vulnerable to it. If you're worried about being a scam victim, stick to the above rules. Doing so could spare you a world of stress and heartache.
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As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, the rapidly growing number of cases is alarming—largely because many are stymied by its origins. COVID-19 is an exampleof zoonosis: a disease or infection that is transmitted to humans from animals.
COVID-19 is the name of thespecific illness caused by the novel coronavirus. The exact origins of COVID-19 are not yet clearly understood, but the first outbreak of cases have been associated with alive animal market in Wuhan, China. It is thought that this particular coronavirus originated in bats who then infected the live animals sold in the market. The leap from animal to human was thought to have occurred because of humans’ close exposure to the animals in the market; but which exact animals were the source, and whether humans inhaled, ingested, or simply touched animal byproducts to become infected, is still unknown.
Stackerused theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) site and other public health resources to compile a list of 30 other diseases that are also transmitted by animals to humans. These illnesses range from diseases to infections and may cause a variety of symptoms, from vomiting and hallucinations to external rashes and sores. Though some are spread widely through the contamination of other surfaces by an animal’s bodily fluids, some can only be contracted through direct contact with a specific animal.
Once humans are infected, they may be able to spread it from person to person—as is the case with Ebola, giardiasis, and ringworm—or it may only be contracted directly from animals—as with Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and many other diseases. The ability for humans to transmit disease to one another after it is initially introduced from animals has historically been a dividing line between zoonosis cases that remain relatively uncommon, and those that have progressed into widespread national health concern—even pandemics like the one we are experiencing today.
Read on to learn about some of the most notable animal-transmitted diseases, where they are found, and what can be done to treat them.
You may also like: 25 virology terms to help you understand outbreaks, from the common cold to COVID-19
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That's because of numerous glitches found in the latest operating system upgrade. While Microsoft tries to patch security flaws, performance issues and bugs in each of its operating systems ...this will often lead to more being introduced. Since updates come thick and fast, the fix is usually around the corner.
But with millions of people staying home to work, take classes and keep in touch with all of their friends and relatives – the timing couldn't be worse. Fortunately, Microsoft has been very upfront and published a complete list of the problems discovered inside the new version of Windows 10, dubbed May 2020 Update.
Some of these issues are pretty minor and shouldn't be enough to put you off installing Windows 10 May 2020 update – like a bug that stops some monitors with a variable refresh rate working as expected, which won't be an issue if you're not using a monitor with an optional high refresh-rate panel.
However, some are serious enough for Microsoft to warn users: "We recommend that you do not attempt to manually update".
Considering Microsoft is primarily a software company, that's a pretty serious step.
Of course, vast numbers of Windows 10 users allow their operating system to update automatically – the default setting – which means it'll be too late for them. While automatic updates can be incredibly useful as it keeps your machine guarded against the latest malware attacks and protected against bugs ...it can be a problem as it leaves means you don't have the option of skipping an operating system update with dangerous or frustrating glitches.
One of the issues found inside the Windows 10 May 2020 Update, the first of two major updates that ship for the operating system each year, causes issues when connecting multiple Bluetooth devices simultaneously to your machine.
Another glitch relates to Intel GPUs, while unplugging certain Thunderbolt devices from your Windows 10 machine after the update could also cause you a headache.
The full list of everything wrong in Windows 10 May 2020 update can be found below, taken from the Microsoft help-page:
DISM might incorrectly report corruption is still present after repair
Variable refresh rate not working as expected on devices with Intel iGPU
Difficulty connecting to more than one Bluetooth device
Errors or issues during or after updating devices with Conexant ISST audio drivers
Errors or issues during or after updating devices with certain Conexant audio drivers
Issues using ImeMode property to control IME mode for individual text entry fields
Stop error when plugging or unplugging a Thunderbolt dock
Errors or unexpected restarts for some devices using Always On, Always Connected
No mouse input with apps and games using GameInput Redistributable
Issues updating or starting up devices when aksfridge.sys or aksdf.sys is present
Issue with older drivers for Nvidia display adapters (GPU)
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Hours after Kenneth Braithwaite was sworn in as Navy secretary, he was named in a lawsuit by a retired SEAL who claims service officials illegally leaked documents to a reporter in an attempt to smear him.
Eddie Gallagher, a former chief special warfare operator who was convicted of taking an improper photo with a corpse in a high-profile war crimes case last year, also named The New York Times reporter Dave Philipps in the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.
In the suit, which asks for unspecified damages and alleges defamation of character and corrupt dealings by the Navy, Gallagher claims Philipps was offered a "Golden Egg" by the Navy: exclusive access to a "mother lode" of privileged communications and confidential documents in exchange for reporting a damning narrative designed to pressure the SEAL into taking a plea deal.
Gallagher had been accused of 10 war zone offenses, including allegedly stabbing to death a teenage Islamic State prisoner during a 2017 deployment to Iraq, and was also accused of shooting Iraqi civilians. Following a trial full of missteps, including a prosecution witness who confessed to the prisoner murder Gallagher was accused of, and a lead prosecutor kicked off the case after allegedly attempting to spy on reporters covering the matter, the SEAL was acquitted on all but one charge.
He was demoted in July 2019 for posing for a photo with the dead prisoner's body, but President Donald Trump, who had taken an active interest in Gallagher's case, announced in November that he would restore his chief petty officer rank. Trump also opposed Navy efforts to strip Gallagher of his SEAL trident, a coveted uniform device, before his retirement. Amid the ensuing tension between the White House and the Defense Department over the issue, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer would be fired. Gallagher was allowed to keep his trident.
The new lawsuit states Philipps, who covered the matter for the Times in 28 separate articles, demonstrated "reckless disregard for the truth" and "worked in earnest" to frame Gallagher in a "false negative light," aided by 500 pages of documents allegedly leaked to him by members of Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the Navy's prosecution team, and Naval Special Warfare Command.
In a statement to Military.com Friday night, the New York Times defended Philipps' reporting in its entirety.
"Mr. Gallagher's complaint is long on conspiracy theory and very short on facts about what actually happened in Iraq," Danielle Rhoades Ha, the Times' vice president of communications said. "Dave Philipps did what any good journalist should: he accurately reported on a criminal trial, including testimony that implicated Mr. Gallagher in the death of a man. Nowhere in a 40-page complaint does Mr. Gallagher deny his role in the killing."
Cmdr. Clay Doss, a Navy spokesman at the Pentagon, late Friday night declined to comment on the complaint.
“We don’t discuss pending litigation,” he said.
Philipps, who is now writing a book about the Gallagher case, had numerous explosive scoops on the matter, including a December 2019 story including video interviews the SEAL's former teammates gave to investigators.
"This guy is freaking evil," one SEAL said of Gallagher, according to the report. Another called Gallagher "toxic" and said he was "perfectly OK with killing anybody that was moving."
Gallagher's attorney, Tim Parlatore, a former naval surface warfare officer who filed Friday's lawsuit, said at the time the videos in question were full of lies and inconsistencies, and said in the complaint that the videos were "completely eviscerated" when the SEALs later testified in court.
The lawsuit, which denigrates Philipps, a 2014 Pulitzer Prize winner and 2010 finalist, as a "marginal reporter" who traffics in "negative and bigoted stereotypes," also castigates Cmdr. Christopher Czaplak, the prosecutor initially assigned to the Gallagher case, as an ambitious officer with "marginal legal skills" who, it alleges, fed false information to reporters to get a win.
The complaint itemizes alleged inaccuracies in multiple reports by Philipps, claiming he invented witnesses and made up allegations against Gallagher including that he "indiscriminately [sprayed] neighborhoods with rockets and machine-gun fire."
As a result of the reporting, and the Navy's alleged campaign to tarnish Gallagher, the complaint states, the SEAL's family was subjected to death threats and spent thousands in additional court costs and therapy and counseling fees, and suffered intense mental and emotional distress.
Parlatore told Military.com Friday night that it was "pure coincidence" that the lawsuit was filed the same day Braithwaite was sworn in as Navy secretary, adding he had been waiting for "more than a year" for the Navy to investigate the alleged improper leaks and get to the bottom of them.
"We didn't want to do this. Had the Navy done a proper investigation, we wouldn't have to do this," he said.
While the lawsuit is a civil complaint and seeks only monetary damages, he said the identification of Navy officials who improperly leaked privileged information could lead to charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
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On a weekend off before the phrase “social distancing” became commonplace, some local people asked me questions about running for office in Seal Beach. It wasn’t the first time, either, so this seems like the moment to go over the basics. I may elaborate on some of these matters as the year goes on. Another time, I’ll ask why anyone would want to hold elected office—either during or after the pandemic.
For now, however, let’s just bottom line it up front:
• The Seal Beach City Council election is currently scheduled to be held in November. COVID-19 might possibly effect that.
• Seal Beach is divided into five council districts. Different districts are in play every two years. In November 2020, the City Council seats for Districts Two and Four will be up for election.
• Council members serve four years per term.
• Council members are limited to two back-to-back terms. I can’t recall anyone successfully winning a third term after going away for four years, but it’s possible that could happen in some future election. (Editor’s note: The day this op-ed appeared in our print edition, Patty Campbell of College Park East called to remind me that Frank Laszlo was on the Seal Beach City Council from 1976 to 1984 and again from 1988 to 1996. So while I couldn’t recall it—it has happened. Local historian Larry Strawther confirmed the Laszlo dates and described Campbell as the definitive source. According to Campbell, College Park East’s Garry Miller finished out the term of Ray Ybaben and then served two terms on the City Council.)
• The mayor is elected by council members at the end of the year. The voters don’t pick the mayor.
• If no one challenges the incumbent council member for a district, the election for that district may be canceled. The incumbent will then be sworn in. This is legal and saves the city money. (Opinion: It is also a rare occurrance in the city of Seal Beach. I have covered a Los Angeles County city that went for about a decade without anyone challenging the incumbents. Voter turn out remains low in that town.)
• A few years ago, a reader asked me when the city manager runs for re-election. The city manager position is not an elected office. The city manager is hired by the City Council and essentially serves at the council’s collective pleasure.
• The council as a body makes policy (subject to the limits of the law) and gives direction to the city manager and staff.
• Yes, you have to live in Seal Beach to run for office in Seal Beach.
• Yes, you have to live in the district in which you run.
• No, you don’t have to own a home in Seal Beach to run for office in Seal Beach. Renters may also run for public office. (I know some people believe the right to vote and run should be limited to homeowners. That wouldn’t work in Leisure World, where only one of the Mutuals allows direct ownership of units.)
• As a practical matter, you will need to have a job, business, or a pension if you want to serve on the City Council. Or a romantic partner who can support the two of you. According to the California Controller’s Office, each of the Seal Beach council members were paid $7,200 in 2018. That’s the most recent data available. (Opinion: Reporters make better money than Seal Beach City Council members. Pizza delivery workers make better money.)
• Seal Beach council members don’t get a pension after they leave office, either. (Some cities do provide pensions for council members. Seal Beach isn’t one of them.)
• You will need to study the part of the Municipal Code that governs running for office. In 2010, for example, the council adopted an ordinance that limits campaign contributions to $500.
• In the summer, the City Council will “call the election” and candidates will be able to file their paperwork. You will need to contact the City Clerk’s Office to get the required paperwork and begin gathering the required signatures.
• Meet your filing deadlines or you won’t get to run.
• If you choose to run, go to the Orange County Registrar of Voters website and visit the Candidate Filing Portal.
• You will need to visit the California Fair Political Practices Commission website to learn about the state regulations governing political campaigns and to find the forms you have to fill out. Take note: Those forms will become public records that may be read by any member of the public. That includes your political opponents and the news media. Of course, you’ll also be able to look up your opponents’ records.
Look up the “Candidate Toolkit” at the FPPC website. Set aside several evenings. It’s time for you to do homework. (No one warned us homework would be eternal.) The good news: it isn’t algebra homework. The bad news: it is dry reading.
More good news: No one is going to grade your homework.
More bad news: getting things wrong—or missing deadlines—can expose you to fines, the criticisms of your opponents, the negative attention of the news media and the mistrust of voters.
Start by clicking “Getting Started” on the FPPC website.
Explore all the information you can at the website. When in doubt, ask for an opinion from the FPPC before you do anything.
• You’ll need to read the section of the Seal Beach Municipal Code concerning political campaigns.
• You’ll also want to read the City Charter.
• You’ll need to learn about the Brown Act—it’ll be more imporant if you win than if you lose, but learn about it early.
Charles M. Kelly is associate editor of the Sun Newspapers.
I’m wondering if motor homes (mohos) need a permit to park overnight or even for days. We live in Bridgeport and there are three mohos that regularly park along 5th St or near the Pacific Inn. There are others that will park on 5th and make it look at times like a used moho lot. Isn’t there a law regarding sleeping overnight in a moho?
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Hi Franny,
Thanks for your questions. There are a few local laws that pertain to motor homes. Anytime someone wishes to park an oversized vehicle on any City street overnight, they need to obtain an oversized vehicle permit from the Police Department. What’s overnight? Per this section of the Seal Beach Municipal Code it is between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. What’s oversized? A vehicle or combination of vehicles (car and trailer) that exceeds 20 feet in length or 90 inches in width. Unattached trailers cannot be parked on any street.
So Franny, these oversized vehicles cannot park on Marina Drive or anywhere else unless they have a permit. However, our night watch officers regularly check on these motor homes and the majority are under 20 feet in length or have obtained a permit from us. If not, we issue them citations.
Also, vehicles cannot remain parked in one location for over 72 hours on any street in Seal Beach. Our parking control officers regularly mark vehicles for 72 hours violations and issuing warnings. After 72 hours, cars that do not move are either cited or towed.
As far as sleeping in vehicles goes, it is also prohibited in Seal Beach between the hours of 9 p.m. and 9 a.m. Although we can and do enforce this section of our Municipal Code, we do so with understanding of each individual’s unique circumstances. I’ll give you an example. Not too long ago I contacted a young man sleeping in his car in Old Town overnight. The young man told me that he was a struggling college student who was working two jobs just to keep his head above water. He had recently lost his apartment and had nowhere else to go. He was faced with the tough decision to either sleep in his car or somewhere on the streets. I decided not to issue this student a ticket, and instead I connected him with resources for temporary housing and other social benefits.
As you can see, there are sometimes circumstances which require a level of compassion and understanding. Our job is not only to enforce the law, but more importantly to help all members of our community.
All of our officers understand the concept of community-oriented policing, and that is one of the reasons I’m so proud to wear the Seal Beach Police patches and badge.
ragamnyakabar.blogspot.com A bearded seal rests on sea ice off the coast of Alaska. (June 21, 2011; John Jansen, NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center.)
“The skinny seals now, I don’t think anybody is harvesting them, they’re just washing up on the shores, the beaches; very skinny, they look like they have all their hair, no sores,” said Brandon Ahmasuk.
He represents the Bering Strait region and Kawerak on Alaska’s Ice Seal Committee. He also is the Vice President of Natural Resources at Kawerak. Ahmasuk says residents across the region are concerned about what’s been happening to the ice seals in recent years.
“We were hoping to document whether those previous two, very low sea ice years, [2018 and 2019], had impacts on the year classes of pups that would have been born in those years. We suspect there was low reproduction and low survival.”
But due to restrictions related to the coronavirus, Boveng’s research cruise was postponed indefinitely, forcing the NOAA team to make do without his potential findings from this spring. It’s too early to tell when Boveng and his research team could reschedule their cruise. But he says the spring birthing season for ice seals, when sea ice is still present in the Bering Sea, is the ideal time for their research.
Bovengand his NOAA colleagues aren’t the only ones paying attention to the Unusual Mortality Event (UME) that’s affecting three different species of ice seals: bearded seals, spotted seals, and ringed seals.
“What we know about these species is based on a lot more than just our own research, and a big part of it is what we know and hear from people in the local communities,” said Boevang.
Gay Sheffield of Nome is the onsite coordinator for this UME under NOAA. According to her, the investigation team is testing seals for a slew of diseases like Phocine Distemper Virus (PDV), Avian Influenza, and even COVID-19, just to rule out some possible causes and address public concerns. Sheffield says they are also testing for toxoplasma (a single cell parasite Toxoplasma gondii detected in people, land animals and recently in monk seals), biotoxins from harmful algal blooms like saxitoxin and domoic acid, and potential injuries from fishing gear.
“We have not to this point gotten very many carcasses, whole carcasses to send, but those that were from 2017, 2018, and 2019 were in poor body condition. So, the leading hypothesis is with our marine ecosystem in transition, with the pollock moving in, the capelin going down in number, the Arctic cod going down in number and the pollock and the big cod coming in, is that maybe prey items are not as available,” said Sheffield.
“What I remember from 2011 to just a few years ago, is seals showing up with hair loss, almost complete hair loss, sores covering almost the whole body, very little blubber, oozing and stuff around the eyes…some of them had a bad smell,” he said.
Although some seals with hair loss or other signs similar to the 2011 UME may be found in the Bering Strait region today, Ahmasuk says the latest event from the last few years features more seals that are showing signs of starvation.
So, these stranded ice seals look different than they did during the last UME to hit the region, and potentially for a different reason. But Sheffield says there are even more differences between the last UME and the current one, like regional tribal communities being involved at a greater level.
“In Western and Northern Alaska, we go beyond conservation concerns and we have public health and food security concerns when we’re talking about bearded, ringed, and spotted seals,” said Sheffield.
So far only a few communities have called in to the handful of team meetings NOAA has hosted thus far, however Sheffield says the investigation is moving forward. She is also letting seal subsistence hunters know they can help the investigation by having their seals tested.
Required tissue samples include a D-cell battery sized chunk of lung and brain matter, as well as one to two feet of intestine from near the seal’s anus (uncleaned).
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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – At a virtual board of education meeting held last week, 13 South Plainfield High School (SPHS) seniors were honored for earning the Seal of Biliteracy. The Seal, which is recognized by the New Jersey State Department of Education, certifies that a student is proficient in both English and a second language.
For 2019-2020, seniors Kaylee Basantes-Lllerena, Liesl Co, Adrian Dominguez, Rafael Estrella, Julianne Ferraro, Nicole Freire, Jessica LaCross, Nicole Lujan, Gabriel Mont, Skylar Negron, Monica Paiz-Che, Saulio Quinchia, and Kevin Veliz each earned the honor for their proficiency in English and Spanish. An official ‘Seal of Biliteracy’ will be included on each of their student transcripts.
Mary Flora Malyska, the district’s assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, stated that, to earn the ‘Seal,' the 13 South Plainfield seniors scored a ‘4’ or ‘5’– the two highest possible scores – on the ELA state standardized assessment as well as on either the AP Spanish exam or the Seal of Biliteracy STAndards-based Measurement of Proficiency (STAMP) assessment.
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“The Seal of Biliteracy is a huge achievement for our students. Not only do they need to demonstrate proficiency in the English language through a rigorous assessment, they also must then demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language of the same caliber,” said Malyska. “Congratulations to all of you on this wonderful accomplishment.”
According to the State of New Jersey Department of Education website, the Seal of Biliteracy was an initiative started by Californians in 2008 to acknowledge and award hardworking bilingual and multilingual students. In January 2016, New Jersey became the 15th state to implement a legislated statewide Seal of Biliteracy and, last year, seven seniors were recognized as the first South Plainfield students to earn the recognition.
“I would like to thank Annemarie Stoeckel, supervisor of world language for the South Plainfield School District, for all of her hard work with getting this initiative off the ground, and I would also like to recognize all the world language teachers who make this possible,” said Malyska.
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You may have heard the phrase ‘not all heroes wear capes’. Some, like these sea life rescuers, wear gloves and use scissors as a tool for salvation.
This just over 40-second-long clip was posted on TikTok by an account called ‘namib_naude’ on May 26. The video has been shared with a caption that reads, “This little guy said ‘Thank You’ after his rescue. Usually, they just bite and run. I was happy and he was happy”.
The clip starts with the camera showings a herd of seals running from the shore towards the ocean. One of the rescuers, holding the camera,runs along with the animals, barefoot. He spots a seal with, what appears to be, a bunch of hay stuck on a string. He catches the seal swiftly and holds it between his legs.
The seal seems less-than-pleased with this sort of handling. It tries to break free by shimming a few times. However, after a few seconds, it stops in its tracks and lets the rescuer do his magic. Suddenly, another pair of hands appear in the frame. With one swift motion they cut a string choking the seal which all the hay was stuck to.
After taking all the trash away from the seal’s body, the rescuer who was initially holding the animal in-between his legs gives it a full-body stroke. Then, he encourages it to run back towards the ocean with its other friends.
The seal, probably shocked at this random act of kindness, doesn’t move for the first few seconds. After trusting that it is safe for it to join its friends, it slowly starts to wiggles forward. But, it turns back many-a-times to glance at the humans. The rescuer takes this as a sign of gratitude and says, “It’s a pleasure”.
We wonder if this seal will tell its friends about this kind gesture.
Since being shared, the film has been watched almost 13.5 million times. Additionally, it has nearly 3 million likes on the video-sharing application.
Here is how TikTok users reacted to the share. One person said, “He waddled away like ‘thank you...I guess’”. While another individual joked, “Woah what dog breed is that”.
“Faith in humanity being slowly restored,” read one comment.
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HONG KONG/FRANKFURT -- Volkswagen Group is in final talks to seal its largest investment deals with Chinese electric-vehicle makers, two sources said, as the automaker accelerates its push into the world's largest market for environmentally friendlier cars.
VW is poised to buy 50 percent of Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Holding, the parent of its EV partner JAC Motors, for at least 3.5 billion yuan ($491 million), the people said on condition of anonymity as the matter was private.
It is also set to become the biggest shareholder of EV battery maker Guoxuan High-tech Co., the people said. The deals could be announced as early as Friday, they said.
VW declined to comment on the deals. JAC and Guoxuan also declined to comment.
The deals highlight how VW is keen to retain its status as the largest foreign automaker in China even as government virus-busting measures decimate sales, in the face of encroaching rivals such as Tesla, which last year became the first foreign automaker to wholly own a car plant.
At the end of last year when 25 million vehicles were sold in China - and just before the coronavirus was first reported in December - the government targeted 25 percent of 2025 annual vehicle sales to be made up of new energy vehicles.
The deals would make VW the latest foreign automaker to increase ownership in China since the government started to relax ownership rules in 2018 here with BMW quick to take control of its main local venture.
Anhui Jianghuai, based in the eastern city of Hefei, is fully state owned. It counts its core asset as its 25.23 percent stake in JAC, formally Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group, which has a market value of $1.84 billion.
The Anhui provincial office of the State-owned Asset Supervision and Administration Commission declined to comment.
After completing the deal, VW plans to invest fresh capital in its 50:50 venture with JAC and build capacity with its modular MEB platform, an architecture enabling efficient production of various EV models, said one of the people.
Shanghai-listed JAC last week said its parent planned to bring in a strategic investor, which will not cause change in its control.
Battery deal
VW's purchase of a stake in Shenzhen-listed Guoxuan, also based in Hefei, would mark it first direct ownership in a Chinese battery maker.
VW plans to buy about 27 percent of Guoxuan mostly via a discounted private share placement as well as from top shareholder Zhuhai Guoxuan Trading, which holds 18 percent, and founder Li Zhen, who owns 12 percent, said one of the people. Son Li Chen also owns 2.5 percent, showed filings to the stock exchange this month.
Based on Guoxuan's market capitalization of $4.3 billion, a 27 percent stake is worth $1.16 billion.
Zhuhai Guoxuan and Li Zhen could not immediately be reached for comment.
Guoxuan has suspended trading of its stock since May 20 and on Tuesday said Zhuhai Guoxuan and Li Zhen would sell part of their holdings to an unidentified strategic investor. It said it will also issue shares to the investor via a private offering.
The deals have yet to be finalized and investment sizes may change as negotiations continue, the people said.
VW also has ventures with state-owned China FAW Group and SAIC Motor. It aims to sell 1.5 million new energy vehicles a year in China by 2025.
"Volkswagen consistently searches for ways to strengthen and deepen our relationships with local partners," the automaker told Reuters. "In this regard we will explore possible options together with all stakeholders to secure long-term success."
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If you thought that only hoomin SEAL Team members would be facing life-changing career decisions when the CBS drama returns with Season 4, Cerberus has a bone to pick with you.
In an early April episode, Bravo’s resident bomb sniffer (played by Dita) blew a call, leading Jason & Co. to a dead end. In the episode that followed, Brock (played by Dita’s real-life handler, police officer and technical consultant Justin Melnick) was seen running Cerberus through some rigorous drills, reminding a curious Jason, “He was off last time we went out, and you know what happens when a dog loses his edge.”
When Jason, perhaps identifying with the veteran pup too much, argued that everyone has a “bad day,” Brock maintained, “He’s my third dog and the best, but you gotta know the signs.” He added that despite Bravo 1’s positive POV, “It’s on me to know when he’s had enough.”
Later in that penultimate Season 3 episode, we saw Jason and Cerberus “hanging out by the fire pit, both of them reflecting…. It was a pretty image,” David Boreanaz recalled when speaking with TVLine.
Boreanaz then went on to share that “the emotional tie between the two of them plays big in [Episode 21],” which he directed and was two days shy of being completed when the pandemic shut down production in mid-March. As such, that episode — which also flashes back to Jason’s days as Bravo 3, at the time the team took out Asim Al-Hazred — will now serve as the Season 4 premiere, possibly airing as soon as this fall.
What the future holds for Cerberus “is a huge story point, it really is,” Boreanaz reiterated. “[Episode] 21 is big with the dog.”
What will it take for the public to travel once again?
VisitDallas is hoping a seal of approval on places such as hotels that show they comply with industry best practices in cleaning, disinfection, and infectious disease prevention will restore consumer confidence in travel and tourism once again.
The Dallas tourism marketing arm is leading the charge, alongside the Dallas Tourism Public Improvement District (DTPID), for the City of Dallas’ Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center, arts and cultural institutions, and hotels to be among the first city destinations to receive a clean and safe accreditation from the world’s leading cleaning industry association.
The Global Biorisk Advisory Council’s (GBAC) new GBAC STAR facility accreditation program has established a protocol to assist public venues, including offices, convention centers, hotels, and stadiums, with proper work practices, protocols, procedures, and systems to control risks associated with infectious diseases, such as COVID-19. The GBAC STAR’s accreditation process assesses a facility’s preparedness and provides staff with training for cleaning, disinfection, and infectious disease prevention.
The program comes at a time when restoring consumer confidence in the travel and tourism industry is going to take trust.
“People aren’t going to travel until they feel safe,” said Brad Kent, Senior Vice President of Sales at VisitDallas. “The GBAC STAR will become a trust mark more than a trademark, and when we see it, we will recognize a level of trust and comfort.”
Kent is leading the initiative to provide support and funding to about 120 member hotels in Dallas’ tourism public improvement district to begin the 30-day accreditation process, as well as provide training scholarships for city-owned arts and culture institutions.
“If we’re going to have a welcoming environment, then we need to have a clean and healthy city,” Kent said. “And we want to help the city be the best place for residents, visitors, and businesses, and providing education on a higher standard of cleanliness is the key.”
With 40 years in the tourism industry, Kent said the pandemic’s long-term effects on the travel and tourism industry will require hotels, attractions, and cities to adhere to higher standards and protocols for cleaning and disinfecting properties and visitor attractions.
“We are very committed that being clean, pathogen-free, and disinfected as a city is really important, not only for tourism but for the community, for residents to feel comfortable going to restaurants and cultural centers again,” he said. “Proper cleaning protocols will be the longtail of the pandemic, and the tourist experience is about so much more than the convention center. VisitDallas is really trying to get all businesses involved.”
The Dallas Independent School District, Texas Restaurant Association, and Hotel Association of North Texas are several of the organizations Kent is working to sign up and include in the GBAC STAR accreditation process.
“It’s been great to see the outpouring of interest from the school district and other organizations,” he said. “This really has to be a citywide and regional effort because people want to know they are visiting establishments and a city that is taking precautions.”
While many hotels and businesses have cleaning standards, Kent said GBAC’s non-bias third party establishment of protocols for cleaning and review of a facilities process creates another level of trust in travel that is important to the industry as it tries to recover from the pandemic.
“As I think about my family and if they were traveling, I would want to know they were safe. If they saw the GBAC STAR on the facility, whether a hotel or gas station, I would feel more comfortable with them there knowing the site is cleaning to a higher standard,” he said.
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The American College of Radiology has awarded a three-year gold seal of accreditation in mammography to Cooper Clinic, representing the highest level of image quality and patient safety.
The ACR was founded in 1924 as a professional medial society and serves more than 37,000 radiologists nationwide. Practices must meet the ACR’s parameters and standards and receive a peer-review evaluation by physicians and medical physicists who look at image quality, personnel qualifications, facility equipment, quality control, and quality assurance. Cooper Clinic offers same-day mammography that uses a low-dose X-ray system to examine breasts.
Breastcancer.org says women should begin receiving mammograms yearly at age 40, and that even though a mammogram is the most important tool for finding growths, they still miss 20 percent of cancer. Ultrasounds and MRIs can also be used to detect difficult to find breast cancer. Mammograms can detect cancer before it can be felt and when it is most treatable. According to the ACR, for every 100 women who receive a mammogram, 96 will eventually be told results are normal, two will be asked to come back in 6 months, and two will be asked to have a needle biopsy where tissue will be studied more in depth.
“All women should have full understanding of mammography to make more informed decisions regarding breast health care. Knowing the facts decreases fear, empowering women to address their health concerns head on.” says Cooper Clinic Radiologist and breast imaging subspecialist Dr. R. Vance Dell via release.
Good Wednesday morning from Memphis! It's an exciting day: You can start reading J.K. Rowling's new posted-in-installments fairy tale "The Ickabog" and watch NASA's live feed of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket off to the International Space Station. But first...
For the first time since it's conception 98 years ago, the high school at Immaculate Conception Cathedral School won't open this fall, our Katherine Burgess reports.
The prominent school, which was started in 1922, will drop grades 9-12 ahead of the fall semester but will still offer pre-kindergarten through 8th grade classes, per Immaculate Conception's pastor, the Very Rev. Robert Marshall Jr.
If you're looking for someone or something to blame, there's plenty of it to go around.
Administrators had pinned their hopes of reversing the private school's declining enrollment on the state's school vouchers program. It wasn't a bad plan — except that a judge recently ruled the program unconstitutional because it unfairly targeted Memphis and Nashville. At the same time, the novel coronavirus was eroding the financial aid available to the school's current students from the parish. So, not only did the school miss out on an influx of new students — it also was set to lose more current students.
In his letter to parents Tuesday, Marshall ultimately laid the blame at COVID-19's feet:
"It is heartbreaking that a school that survived so much would be felled by a pandemic, but we have no doubt that the faith first planted by the Sisters of Mercy so many years ago will continue to blossom in all whose hearts were touched by their years on our campus."
Speaking of schools reopening (or not): Polls show 1 in 5 teachers say they're unlikely to go back to school this fall and that 6 in 10 parents say they'll look at at-home learning, USA TODAY reports. Also, in case you missed it, two local doctors — the city's infectious disease consultant Manoj Jain and council member Jeff Warren — recently argued that reopening schools was essential to reopening the economy.
CBU, UT plan to extended winter breaks
Like many schools, Memphis' Christian Brothers University and the University of Tennessee system plan to start classes earlier this fall and have longer winter breaks.
The goal — as our Laura Testino points out in her story about CBU's plans — is to keep travel at a minimum during the school year in hopes of avoiding a surge of COVID-19.
That means no fall break for CBU or the UT system, which includes the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis. For CBU, with the exception of a long Labor Day weekend, classes will run continuously from Aug. 18 through Nov. 18, followed by finals week. CBU and UT's next semester won't start until January.
"In August, we fully intend to return to face-to-face instruction, an abundant program of campus life opportunities, fall athletic competitions, and an enriching residential living experience, but to be clear, we must and will do so in a safe and prudent manner," CBU President Jack Shannon said in a message to campus.
"We may move some classes fully online to reduce the strain on our campus facilities, some may employ a hybrid model that reduces the number of students in a classroom at any one time," he said, "and some may be moved to larger spaces to allow everyone to remain socially distanced."
Pink Palace, Lichterman to reopen
On June 9 — two weeks from yesterday — the Pink Palace and Lichterman Nature Center in East Memphis will reopen to the public, our Micaela Watts reports.
Micaela gives us a sneak peek at the new rules visitors can expect:
When visitors return to either facility, they can expect to be screened for symptoms of COVID-19 and will undergo a temperature check for fever, the release said. Visitors will not be required to wear masks, but will be strongly encouraged to do so. ... The facilities will be sanitized three times a day, the release said, and hand sanitizer will be available at ticket counters, restrooms and throughout the facilities. Signage will be in place to remind patrons of good social distancing protocols.
For the first week of reopening for members only, the Pink Palace will be in operation 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. The museum will be closed on Monday.
Memphis, ASU football extend series
The University of Memphis and Arkansas State University will extend their "Paint Bucket Bowl" series another four years starting in 2026, our Evan Barnes reports.
The U of M hasn't confirmed the series, but ASU athletic director Terry Mohajir clumsily spilled the beans during a recent radio interview:
Mohajir announced it last week during an interview on 95.3 The Ticket in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He initially said the series would resume in 2025, but according to A-State Nation, the Tigers are expected to host Arkansas State in 2026 and 2028 and travel to Jonesboro in 2027 and 2029.
Memphis has not confirmed the series.
What else is happening in the 901
Shelby County Health Department officials are hoping face masks become second nature to people, like putting on a seat belt, our Katherine Burgess reports.
Two former state attorneys general argue that Shelby County should release medically vulnerable detainees and revise rules to reflect these troublesome times.
Our Evan Barnes walks us through what Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins is doing to prepare for the eventual return of professional sports.
After winning just one of 21 games over two seasons as a Texas high school coach, former Memphis Express coach and Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Singletary says he's decided to quit and return to motivational speaking, our Chris Van Tuyl reports. Separately, Chris also gives us the Liberty Bowl's 19902 All-Decade Team.
This isn't in The 901, but Tennessee's neighbor to the south, Mississippi, is projected to lose $1.2 billion in revenues thank to the pandemic, per The Clarion Ledger. Also, the 17-field, baseball-only Snowden Grove Park in Southaven will reopen this Friday for a youth baseball tournament, our Jason Munz reports.
In Tipton County, a high school football team is starting to practice once again, our Khari Thompson reports. Khari looks at what that looks like and means to the team.
Our John Beifuss walks us through five "cool things to see" at the Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum in Downtown Memphis.
The Doobie Brothers canceled their Memphis stop as they reschedule their 50th anniversary tour, our Bob Mehr reports.
James "IMAKEMADBEATS" Dukes wrote a great meditation for the Memphis Flyer on what the "Party Like a Redneck" mugs in the Memphis visitors center mean.
The Fadeout: Carla Thomas' 'Puppet'
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The ocean water is still rather chilly, meaning beachgoers may spot an occasional seal on the sand. Seals, as the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine emphasizes, are protected by both state and federal laws; it is therefore illegal to approach or touch them.
The MMSC recommends a viewing distance of at least 150 feet away and, as well, a call to the center – at 609-266-0538 – to report a sighting.
“Most seals come onto the shore just to take a rest, and if you approach them, they will get scared and may return to the sea before they’re ready,” the center explains. “If they’re injured, they will not get the care they need. Please also keep all pets away from the animals, as they will most definitely scare them and may also contract any diseases the seal is carrying.”
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, meanwhile, says it’s “best to avoid making the animal aware of your presence: keep noise down, stay hidden,” and do not offer any food to the seal, or any other marine mammal.
“(Seal) pups are often left alone for up to 24 hours while the mother feeds,” NOAA adds. “They are not abandoned and should not be disturbed.”
According to the MMSC, the seals most commonly seen in and around New Jersey beaches are harbor seals, harp seals, gray seals, hooded seals and, less frequently, ringed seals. “They most often strand between November and May when our waters are the coldest and return to the north during the summer months,” the center notes.
The MMSC, started in 1978 by Robert Schoelkopf and Sheila Dean, has responded to more than 5,100 strandings of seals, whales, dolphins and sea turtles. For the animals that need help, “the stranding center’s goal is to provide continual and improved rehabilitation services,” Schoelkopf, the center director, has stated. “Our aspirations of accomplishment are gauged on the number of animals we can successfully rehabilitate and return to the wild.”
In addition to seals, the center points out, “Whales, dolphins and sea turtles are also protected by state and federal laws. The same rules apply. Please keep a safe distance, and call” if one of these animals is on a local beach.
As if we all needed another health concern, Lyme disease season has arrived.
A walk in the woods might be an appealing way to relieve stress from the coronavirus lockdown, but it comes with an underappreciated risk: Ticks that carry Lyme and other illnesses.
Some of the basic symptoms of a Lyme infection — fever, malaise, fatigue — can resemble Covid-19. That’s a worry nobody needs. In addition, contracting a serious illness like Lyme could put you at greater risk from Covid.
“We already know people with underlying conditions are more vulnerable for complications with coronavirus,” said Shannon L. Delaney, a neuropsychiatrist and director of child and adolescent evaluation at Columbia University’s Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center. “Certainly, people with tick-borne illness fall into that category.”
Fortunately, you don’t have to skip that walk in the forest. Understanding Lyme disease can help you to minimize your risk.
Where? Lyme disease is most prevalent on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, from Virginia to Maine, and from the western reaches of New York and Pennsylvania to the East Coast and into Atlantic Canada. It’s also found in the Upper Midwest, primarily in Wisconsin and Minnesota. But its range is expanding. “Now it’s spreading into Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, and the southern part of Midwestern Canada as well,” said Richard S. Ostfeld, a disease ecologist and tick specialist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.
Cases are also found in states outside these hot spots, including in California, Texas and Florida, but numbers there remain comparatively low.
Ticks like the woods. “They tend to be much more scarce on lawns, although they do exist,” Dr. Ostfeld said. Ticks tend to live in shady forests with leaf litter, and in the type of shrubby barberry or honeysuckle thickets that tend to cover the understory of woods near neighborhoods and roads.
“They are extremely abundant in small forest patches of a couple acres or less,” Dr. Ostfeld said. “Large expanses of continuous forest tend to harbor fewer ticks than little fragments of forests in suburbia or an agricultural landscape.” That’s because these patches tend to have higher concentrations of disease-carrying mice, because of a lack of predators. “Owls, foxes, bobcats, weasels, are doing us a favor,” Dr. Ostfeld said, but fragmented woods tend to have too few of them to keep mice populations in check.
Based on surveys of acorns, which provide food for mice, Dr. Ostfeld said he expected 2020 to be “an average or slightly below average year for ticks.” The acorn signal for next year, though, is very clear: “Last fall was a huge acorn year. So we would expect 2021 to be a really bad Lyme year.”
Dr. Ostfeld added that it’s something of a myth that deer are the main carriers of Lyme disease. The so-called “deer tick” was misnamed when it was first discovered, he said. “We learned it was only a northern population of the black-legged tick,” which attaches itself to at least 50 different species of mammals including mice and chipmunks, and is the species of tick that most commonly transmits disease to humans.
Deer can carry Lyme, but in reality, the main culprits in terms of disease transmission are white-footed mice. Newly hatched ticks attach to the mice and other small rodents, acquiring the bacteria from their first blood meal, and passing it on to other mammals, including humans, the following year.
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When? Is it above 45 degrees Fahrenheit, or roughly 7 Celsius? If so, ticks will be out. Climate change, by the way, is making the onset of Lyme season earlier each year, and making the season last longer.
What to wear? Basically, long sleeves and long pants. Dr. Delaney recommends tucking your pants into your socks so ticks can’t crawl up your legs. Wearing light colored clothing is a good idea, so dark ticks show up easily.
She also recommends you spray your clothes, shoes, and socks with the insecticide permethrin, which kills ticks on contact.
Permethrin shouldn’t be sprayed on skin. Instead, treat exposed skin with DEET or a chemical called IR3535, which she says is more commonly used in Europe, and has an excellent safety record. If you are taking bags out for outdoor sports, like tennis, spray your bags too.
Where to hike? Stay on the path. Stepping off the trail puts you directly into the leaves and brushy area that ticks love. “That’s where ticks hang out. You’ll increase your risk of tick bites,” says Brian A. Fallon, a psychiatrist and the director of the Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center at Columbia University.
When you get home: Inspect your clothes and body for ticks. If you find one on your skin, remove it immediately and consult your doctor. She might put you on prophylactic antibiotics to prevent a Lyme infection.
Common symptoms include fever, a dry cough, fatigue and difficulty breathing or shortness of breath. Some of these symptoms overlap with those of the flu, making detection difficult, but runny noses and stuffy sinuses are less common. The C.D.C. has also added chills, muscle pain, sore throat, headache and a new loss of the sense of taste or smell as symptoms to look out for. Most people fall ill five to seven days after exposure, but symptoms may appear in as few as two days or as many as 14 days.
How can I protect myself while flying?
If air travel is unavoidable, there are some steps you can take to protect yourself. Most important: Wash your hands often, and stop touching your face. If possible, choose a window seat. A study from Emory University found that during flu season, the safest place to sit on a plane is by a window, as people sitting in window seats had less contact with potentially sick people. Disinfect hard surfaces. When you get to your seat and your hands are clean, use disinfecting wipes to clean the hard surfaces at your seat like the head and arm rest, the seatbelt buckle, the remote, screen, seat back pocket and the tray table. If the seat is hard and nonporous or leather or pleather, you can wipe that down, too. (Using wipes on upholstered seats could lead to a wet seat and spreading of germs rather than killing them.)
How many people have lost their jobs due to coronavirus in the U.S.?
Over 38 million people have filed for unemployment since March. One in five who were working in February reported losing a job or being furloughed in March or the beginning of April, data from a Federal Reserve survey released on May 14 showed, and that pain was highly concentrated among low earners. Fully 39 percent of former workers living in a household earning $40,000 or less lost work, compared with 13 percent in those making more than $100,000, a Fed official said.
Is ‘Covid toe’ a symptom of the disease?
There is an uptick in people reporting symptoms of chilblains, which are painful red or purple lesions that typically appear in the winter on fingers or toes. The lesions are emerging as yet another symptom of infection with the new coronavirus. Chilblains are caused by inflammation in small blood vessels in reaction to cold or damp conditions, but they are usually common in the coldest winter months. Federal health officials do not include toe lesions in the list of coronavirus symptoms, but some dermatologists are pushing for a change, saying so-called Covid toe should be sufficient grounds for testing.
Taking one’s temperature to look for signs of fever is not as easy as it sounds, as “normal” temperature numbers can vary, but generally, keep an eye out for a temperature of 100.5 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. If you don’t have a thermometer (they can be pricey these days), there are other ways to figure out if you have a fever, or are at risk of Covid-19 complications.
Should I wear a mask?
The C.D.C. has recommended that all Americans wear cloth masks if they go out in public. This is a shift in federal guidance reflecting new concerns that the coronavirus is being spread by infected people who have no symptoms. Until now, the C.D.C., like the W.H.O., has advised that ordinary people don’t need to wear masks unless they are sick and coughing. Part of the reason was to preserve medical-grade masks for health care workers who desperately need them at a time when they are in continuously short supply. Masks don’t replace hand washing and social distancing.
What should I do if I feel sick?
If you’ve been exposed to the coronavirus or think you have, and have a fever or symptoms like a cough or difficulty breathing, call a doctor. They should give you advice on whether you should be tested, how to get tested, and how to seek medical treatment without potentially infecting or exposing others.
Charity Navigator, which evaluates charities using a numbers-based system, has a running list of nonprofits working in communities affected by the outbreak. You can give blood through the American Red Cross, and World Central Kitchen has stepped in to distribute meals in major cities.
Quick removal is important. The bacteria that causes Lyme disease, by far the most common tick-borne illness in North America, is believed to transmit after the tick has been attached for at least 24 hours (though other tick-borne diseases can transmit much faster). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has instructions for removing ticks.
You should save the tick, because you can (and should) send it to a commercial lab for analysis. It’s helpful to understand which, if any, of the many tick-borne illnesses you were exposed to if you develop symptoms later. In Connecticut, the state runs a lab that will analyze your tick free of charge.
Giving your clothes a spin in the dryer after that hike is a good idea, too, even if you don’t spot any ticks. A bit more than 10 minutes should be enough to kill any unnoticed hangers-on.
Lyme symptoms can show up any time between two days and three weeks after a bite. Fever, fatigue and malaise are hallmark Lyme symptoms, and are also among the symptoms of a coronavirus infection. “But the one major difference is presentation of respiratory symptoms,” Dr. Delaney said. That means if you’re coughing, it’s probably not Lyme.
It’s crucial to tell your doctor about any recent hikes or outdoor activity. The sooner you get treated for tick-borne illness, the better the outcome tends to be.
“If we’re changing our behaviors in terms of outdoor exposure, we need to think about this,” Dr. Delaney said. “Make sure you bring that up with your doctor. These tick-borne illnesses should be on your radar.”
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