LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 We’re Getting Closer To A COVID-19 Vaccine. Then What? It appears that we are getting closer to the development of vaccines for COVID-19. There have been some missteps in the process, including the development of an unexplained illness in one participant in the U.K. study of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine. This required a halt to the study for about a week while the data was being reviewed. The study is progressing again at this time.…
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LETTER from KENNETH KAVANAGH Good News? The Truth Will Do To the Editor: Consider this hypothetical. You go to your doctor. You have stomach pains that linger and simply won’t go way. After examination he tells you not to worry, you’ll be fine. The pain continues and weeks later you get a second opinion. This time it’s not couched with “good news.” How would you feel about that? Your regular physician did not want to cause any upset. The physician…
CLICK FOR THIS YEAR’S WINNERS Again, Pioneer Patio Wins Beautification Contest 1st By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – One, it’s good business strategy. “We use them for advertising,” said Pioneer Patio proprietor, “to pull people down the alley” – Pioneer Alley, where the back of Main Street buildings aren’t much of a draw. Two, “it’s a labor of love, that’s for sure,” said Kathy, his wife and business partner. Three, it’s become a perennial prize-winner in a competitive…
Fall At The Fenimore Durer Prints, Souza Photos, In-County Artists Entice Fans By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In an era where so much seeks to divide us, Paul D’Ambrosio is hoping art can unite. “We loved the idea of having Pete Souza’s photographs of presidents Reagan and Obama,” said The Fenimore Art Museum president. “Even though they were on the opposite ends of the spectrum politically, this exhibit shows their shared humanity, what they had in common.”…
WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER Non-Violence Worked For Revered Trio Does anyone remember how Mahatma Gandhi changed the world? How a slight Indian man, a lawyer who never carried a weapon, defeated the strongest empire in the world and rewrote the future of billions of people? Does anyone remember how Martin Luther King changed the world? How a Black Southern Baptist preacher, a man who never carried a weapon, changed two centuries of oppression of Black Americans and opened new…
LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID Studies Seek Vaccine, But Treatments Too There has been a great deal of information both published and awaiting publication in the scientific literature about COVID-19. There’s so much literature it’s sometimes difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff, determining how accurate information may be no matter how well-meaning the researchers. In the treatment of COVID-19. There are no fully FDA-approved medications or treatment protocols. So far, the FDA has released EUAs (emergency use…
THE VIEW FROM ALBANY End COVID Crisis, Then Revisit Farm Wages As we continue to navigate our way through the COVID- 19 pandemic, everyone is making adjustments. Whether it is at home, at work, or any other daily activity, we are doing things differently. One business in particular that has been hard hit is farming. Our farmers, who contend with a host of difficulties on a regular basis, are coping with a number of new complications. Certainly, it is not…
EDITORIAL Turmoil At Bassett, But It’s Good Turmoil. And It Can’t Be Avoided Intriguing news is filtering out of the vicinity of One Atwell Road, Cooperstown, as Dr. Tommy Ibrahim, new Bassett Healthcare Network president/CEO, takes hold. Some people are leaving, voluntarily or not, which is common in this kind of transition. But there’s a particularly intriguing addition: A tech guy, Michael Thompson, VP/systems improvement, recruited from Integris, Ibrahim’s former employer, based in Oklahoma City. Last week’s announcement described his…
LETTER From TOM RUSSO Benton Energetic, Forward-Looking To the Editor: I enthusiastically support MacGuire Benton for election to the Cooperstown Village Board. I have observed and evaluated the perspectives and agendas of the candidates. No one has been more accessible to his constituents. No one has greater willingness to examine issues and listen closely to public questions and concerns. No one has more honest, pragmatic or hopeful insight into our community’s problems and needs. No one has more energy or…
LETTER from R. SCOTT DUNCAN Mix Medicine, Wisdom Of Ages To the Editor: So Bassett has a new machine to fight cancer. The TrueBeam. It makes you think that this is the final answer. Have you ever noticed how man is always looking for something outside of himself to heal himself? It’s like COVID: Everyone is wearing masks to protect themselves, and others, and many are waiting for a shot that they think will save them. The trouble is, a…