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‘You’re not stuck at home. You’re safe at home.’ The Woman’s Club Times of Danbury/New Fairfield Volume 1, Issue 9 May 29, 2020 Covid-19 News Time Magazine—Artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada works on a 20,000 square feet mural of a healthcare worker near the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, back center, in Queens, New York, on May 27. The mural is to honor those who lost their lives during the pandemic, especially minority healthcare workers. The portrait was inspired by Dr. Ydelfon- so Decoo, an immigrant doctor who died from the coronavirus complications while serving hard-hit communities of color 1 Experts Say That Six Feet is Not Far Enough to Stop Covid-19 From Spreading Health experts are warning people that the World Health Organization's social distancing guide- lines might not be enough to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The WHO recommends that people maintain a social distance of six feet to reduce the chance they will catch COVID-19. Dr. Robert Schooley and Kimberly Prather from the University of California, San Diego, and Chia Wang of National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan, published a perspective article in the journal Science that said they found that aerosol particles remain infectious for hours ini ndoor air. Those particles can accumulate and spread throughout the building, traveling much further than the recommended six feet. https://www.iheart.com/content/2020-05-28-experts-say-that-six-feet-is-not-far-enough-to- stop-covid-19-from-spreading/ 2 Up to 80% of COVID-19 Infections Are Asymptomatic, a New Case Report Says In one cruise-ship coronavirus outbreak, more than 80% of people who tested positive for COVID-19 did not show any symptoms of the disease, according to a new paper published in the journal Thorax. © Liu Guanguan/China News Service via Getty Im- ages An aerial view of people lying in social distancing circles at San Francisco's Dolores Park amid the coronavirus outbreak on May 24, 2020. The research shows just how prevalent asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19 may be—a reality that both suggests official case counts are drastic underestimates, and emphasizes the importance of practicing social distancing even if you feel healthy. Researchers have known for months that asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19 is possible and common, but without population-wide testing, it’s been difficult to estimate how many people get infected without showing symptoms. The new paper provides ple—81% of those who tested positive—had not expe- an example of how widespread asymptomatic trans- rienced any symptoms, the researchers report. mission can be, at least in a contained environment. The (unnamed) cruise ship in the new paper left There were also 10 instances of people testing nega- Argentina in mid-March, with plans to travel around tive even when their cabin mate tested positive, which the Antarctic Peninsula and over to South Georgia the authors say suggests there were some false-nega- Island in the south Atlantic Ocean. All passengers tive test results. were checked for coronavirus symptoms before depar- t’s difficult to extrapolate the results to larger popu- ture, and people who had traveled through COVID-19 lations, since the people on board the ship were living hotspots were not allowed on board. in close quarters while entirely isolated from outside Even still, a passenger developed a fever eight days life for about a month. Even still, the results are a stark into the trip, triggering a ship-wide lockdown. Crew reminder of how likely COVID-19 is to spread within members and additional passengers began to develop communities, and how difficult it can be to tell when it coronavirus symptoms over the next few days. does. The ship was not allowed to re-dock in Argentina That’s a particularly important lesson to consider after the country closed its borders, so it continued on as states reopen and nice weather eats away at many to Uruguay, where eight people were evacuated to a people’s resolve to stay home. The virus can and does hospital. Uruguayan officials eventually arranged for spread undetected—and an asymptomatic case can everyone remaining on board to get tested before the still cause serious illness if it spreads to someone else. boat docked. Until a vaccine is available, the safest way to keep coro- Out of 217 people on board, 128 tested positive navirus from spreading is to keep your distance from for COVID-19—but only 24 of those people showed others, whether you’re sick or not. End. symptoms prior to testing. The remaining 104 peo- https://time.com/5842669/coronavirus-asymptomatic-transmission/ 3 Why Days 5 to 10 Are So Important When You Have Coronavirus Tracking your daily symptoms can help you and your doctors make better decisions about whether a hospital visit is needed. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/well/live/ coronavirus-days-5-through-10.html Virtual Visits via Nuvance Health This website has videos to show how Virtual Visits work (using an Apple or Android App). There is a list of the medical conditions commonly treated in a Virtual Call and all the Nu- vance-affiliated doctor’s offices that participate For further Information: https://www.nuvancehealth.org/virtualvisits/ 4 Activities at Home Read: Surviving it all Delve into another’s life. She’s 92, made it through the Holocaust, and set off for a cruise around the world this past February. In early February, Marga Griesbach took a fall as she was packing for a cruise. In her home in Silverdale, Wash- ington, across the sound from Seattle and the Kirkland nursing home in which COVID-19 was then silently spreading, the 92-year-old twisted too quickly while reaching for some T-shirts. As she fell, she felt her ribs crack and, for a split second, could not breathe. Though the pain was tremendous, Marga was determined not to let anything keep her from the cruise that was to take her, along with her longtime German companion, Dieter, and next-door neighbor Selma, around south- ern Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii through early May. So she just kept filling her suitcase Read the whole story https://www.thecut.com/article/marga-griesbach- profile.html 5 Good News! Another Children’s book by J.K. Rowling (Note: it isn’t a Harry Potter Spin-off May 26, 2020—The idea for The Ickabog came to me while I was still writing Harry Potter. I wrote most of a first draft in fits and starts between Potter books, intending to publish it after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. However, after the last Potter book I wanted to take a break from publishing, which ended up lasting five years. In that time I wrote The Casual Vacancy and Robert Galbraith wrote The Cuckoo’s Calling. After some dithering (and also after my long-suffering agent had trademarked The Ickabog – sorry, Neil) I decided I wanted to step away from children’s books for a while. At that point, the first draft of The Ickabog went up into the attic, where it’s remained for nearly a decade. Over time I came to think of it as a story that belonged to my two younger children, because I’d read it to them in the evenings when they were little, which has always been a happy family memory. A few weeks ago at dinner, I tentatively mooted the idea of getting The Ickabog down from the attic and publishing it for free, for children in lockdown. My now teenagers were touchingly enthusiastic, so downstairs came the very dusty box, and for the last few weeks I’ve been immersed in a fictional world I thought I’d never enter again. As I worked to finish the book, I started reading chapters nightly to the family again. This was one of the most extraordinary experiences of my writing life, as The Ickabog’s first two readers told me what they remember from when they were tiny, and demanded the reinstatement of bits they’d particularly liked (I obeyed). I think The Ickabog lends itself well to serialisation because it was written as a read-aloud book (unconsciously shaped, I think, by the way I read it to my own children), but it’s suitable for 7-9 year olds to read to themselves. I’ll be posting a chapter (or two, or three) every weekday between 26th May and 10th July on The Ickabog website. We plan to publish some translations soon and will post further details on that website when they’re available. More about the book (to be published in its entirety next November), the royalties going to Covid-19 relief and a children’s illustration competition for the book are to be found at: Access the chapters at: https://www.jkrowling.com/j-k-rowling- introduces-the-ickabog/ https://www.theickabog.com/home/ 6 25 Best Romantic Comedies to Watch Now—New York Magazine By now, you might want a break from baking bread or doing puzzles. So why not attempt a few hours of escap- ism by throwing on a cozy pair of sweatpants and cueing up a rom-com instead? Wheth- er you want to cry your way through a box of Kleenex or take comfort in your favorite love stories, you’ll find some- thing worth watching on the list of our favorite romantic comedies, below. https://www.thecut.com/article/best-romantic-comedies-rom-com.html Member to Member From Janet Junz-Memorial Day 2020 I saw this “poppy” display at NM Town Hall today.

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