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BROE: Facemasks, Vaccines Are Not the Answer

Letter from Steve Broe Facemasks, Vaccines Are Not the Answer Dr. Richard Sternberg asks your readers if they are still masking up and getting jabbed. I, for one, am not! The doctor seldom, if ever, mentions the keys to excellent health and COVID/flu avoidance. These time-honored keys are hard work or exercise, obtaining adequate rest, maintaining a slim waistline, getting plenty of fresh air and sunshine, and ingesting many fresh fruits and vegetables. Donning ridiculous, respiration-depressing facemasks and taking dangerous,…

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MORGAN: Nothing To Fear – But Flu Itself

MONEY TALK Nothing To Fear – But Flu Itself Are you frightened by this virus? You should be. Consider these scary figures please. Consider up to 45 million Americans infected by this virus. Yes, 45 million!!! With three exclamation points! Consider from 350,000 to 560,000 Americans so sick with it they have to be hospitalized. And consider from 18,000 to 46,000 people dying from the virus. This, according to our Center for Disease Control. These figures describe the situation in…

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Due To Flu Worries, Bassett Puts Hold On Psychiatric Admissions

Due To Flu Worries, Bassett Puts Hold On Psychiatric Admissions COOPERSTOWN – Effective immediately and in an effort to help curb the spread of influenza in the inpatient psychiatry unit, Bassett Hospital announced this week it is not accepting new psychiatric admissions. There are currently two confirmed cases of influenza and one suspected case among 11 patients. “An outbreak of influenza in a closed psychiatry unit poses a unique set of challenges different from the acute care setting in a…

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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WENDESDAY, NOV. 9

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9 Marketing Tourism Discussed At Oneonta TOURISM ROUNDTABLE– 8:30-10 a.m. Professionals invited to open participatory tourism marketing roundtable with tourism leaders. Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Coffee and bagels served. Reservations required by Nov. 1. Info, Barbara Heegan baheegan@otsegocc.com, (607)432-4500 ext. 207. SUNY THEATER – 8 p.m. Theater department production of “The Good Person of Szechwan.” Goodrich Theater, Fine Arts Bldg., 108 Ravine Pkwy., Oneonta. Info, oneonta.edu/academics/theatre/…