Coronavirus May Be No Deadlier Than Flu Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt of an editorial, co-written by Anthony Fauci, director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and other experts, that appears in the current edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. A degree of clarity is emerging from this report, (“Early transmission dynamics in Wuhan, China,” Li Q. Guan X and colleagues, New England Journal of Medicine, Jan. 29.) The median age of the patients was 59…
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Bassett Getting Ready To Deter Coronavirus By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – If you’re looking for masks and hand sanitizer to minimize the chances of contracting Coronavirus (COVID-19), you’ll have to look elsewhere – Church & Scott is out. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” said David Adsit, co-owner and pharmacist. “As soon as the news broke, people started buying them up, and we can’t get any more.” Though he had plenty of hand sanitizer in stock,…
VIEW FROM ALBANY COVID-19 Is Here. But It’s Not NY’s First Rodeo As you may have heard, last night we learned of the first confirmed case of novel coronavirus – or Covid 19 – in New York State. The patient is a woman in her late 30s who was traveling abroad in Iran, where there is an outbreak of the virus. Her condition is mild, and she is currently isolated in her home in Manhattan. From the beginning, we have…
CLICK FOR ADVICE FROM CDC Superintendent Brindley Advises Oneonta Parents On Threat Of Coronavirus ONEONTA – Emphasizing “there are NO confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease” in New York State (and only 59 nationally), Oneonta Superintendent of Schools Thomas Brindley sent a letter home to parents today, offering cautionary steps they should take, and seeking to further reassure them. “Please know that we, in any health-related case, work closely with the Otsego County Department of Health, (which is) working closely…