Tag: COVID-19

The LGBTQ+ community in New York is doing nothing to stop the ongoing and continuing efforts by the Government to portray the Monkey Pox outbreak as largely isolated amongst gay men. This puts everyone at-risk. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control/Fair Use

As Monkey Pox gets branded as an outbreak amongst gay men, echos of a past New York City mayor, who was reluctant to confront sexuality

Are New York officials downplaying the Monkey Pox outbreak by focusing on gay men ? There are echos of the early years of HIV/AIDS.

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The Government can't engage in a strictly open-business agenda during the Coronavirus pandemic without acting in lockstep with all Government Agencies. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is amongst them. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Public Domain)

After New York City missed the Omicron outbreak, the Government’s lockstep acts to deny the public release of pandemic data become clear

The Government is making it difficult to collect, report, and disclose pandemic data as the Omicron variant spreads without control.

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Elmhurst Hospital was ground zero in the first wave of the Coronavirus pandemic in Queens. Mayor Bill de Balsio (WFP-New York City) refuses to reveal whether the City's public hospital system is ready for the Omicron outbreak gripping the City. Progress New York

de Blasio mum about preparing Elmhurst Hospital, and other public hospitals, for an Omicron variant wave that has triggered spikes in hospitalisations elsewhere

Mayor Bill de Blasio has refused to reveal whether New York City’s public hospital system is prepared for the Omicron variant outbreak, which experts believe will lead to spikes in hospitalisations.

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Jonathan Brennan-Badal is CEO of Opentrons, the parent company of the Pandemic Response Lab. The valuation of Opentrons has increased 20-fold from $90 million to $1.8 billion since winning Government COVID-19 testing contracts from the City of New York. It also sequences tests for Coronavirus variants. Its record on sequencing has raised a lot of questions. NYC Mayor's Office (YouTube/Fair Use)

The Pandemic Response Lab, Mayor de Blasio’s ‘gold standard’ of testing, misses Omicron variant, its latest misfire after NYC was late to report the Delta and AY.3 variants

New York City’s Pandemic Response Lab was supposed to be the “gold standard” for COVID-19 testing. Yet, the world learned of New York City’s first Omicron patient from public health officials in Minnesota.

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Mayor Bill de Blasio (WFP-New York City) has been compiling intelligence reports about misinformation, misunderstandings, and conspiracy theories about the Coronavirus pandemic and the vaccines. NYC Mayor's Office (YouTube/Fair Use)

de Blasio City Hall compiled intelligence reports from online and social media posts about the pandemic and vaccines : report

Mayor Bill de Blasio (WFP-New York City) has reportedly been compiling intelligence reports about misinformation, misunderstandings, and conspiracy theories about the Coronavirus pandemic and the vaccines.

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On 31 August, Gov. Kathleen Hochul called a special Legislative Session to address the eviction moratorium, a change to the open meetings law, and to further the legalisation of cannabis. The special session took place under "secrecy rules." Gov. Kathleen Hochul's YouTube Channel/Fair Use

With a promise of transparency as her “hallmark,” Gov. Hochul has far to go to ensure truly open Government in New York

Though Gov. Kathleen Hochul has promised to improve Government transparency, she ignores problems at the Committee on Open Government.

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In his rush to reöpen the economy, Mayor Bill de Blasio has risked telegraphing mixed messages to the public about the dangers of the Delta variant. NYC Mayor's Office (YouTube/Fair Use)

de Blasio a beach bum in face of growing concerns about Delta variant, as costly five-layer face coverings may explain delayed response to new CDC indoor mask guidance

A leaked CDC document has revealed that the Delta variant can spread through vaccinated individuals, raising new questons about Government pandemic data.

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Mayor Bill de Blasio continues to follow a vaccine-only response to the Coronavirus pandemic, ignoring a new call to reinstitute mask mandates, even for individuals, who are vaccinated against the Coronavirus. NYC Mayor's Office (YouTube/Fair Use)

And the masks came off : Mayor de Blasio’s vaccine-only policy hits a bump, as a Columbia University scientist invokes WHO’s mask recommendation

Mayor Bill de Blasio continues to follow a vaccine-only response to the Coronavirus pandemic, ignoring a new call to reinstitute mask mandates, even for individuals, who are vaccinated against the Coronavirus.

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Overdue data released on Sunday by the de Blasio administration made the retroactive revelation that the B.1.617 variant, which was first detected in India, has been sequenced from COVID-19 samples in New York City as long back as the first week of April. NYC Mayor's Office (YouTube/Fair Use)

Following an unexplained delay, the de Blasio administration released Coronavirus sequencing data, showing the B.1.617 variant was first detected in New York City in April

The first time the Delta variant was reported in New York City was in a retroactive disclosure made by the de Blasio administration in an overdue study.

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