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[BHU]

Onondoga county has averaged 300 cases per day since December 1. It doesn't look like we'll be headed THAT way anytime soon. I figure after Christmas a statewide lockdown is coming in one form or another. It's going to be a long winter & it may be time to come up with a bucket list of projects to do around here to keep busy.

[Clipper]

We are going to see another huge rise in cases after everyone ignores the facts and travels freely for Christmas, gathering in groups and spreading the virus from state to state and risking the welfare of their beloved older relatives. People just don't seem to get it. This is a serious pandemic that isn't going to get better if people ignore it. Until more of us observe the rules than don't we will have a hard time getting ahead of it and defeating it or at least getting it under some semblance of control.

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I like Walmart. When I look at the prices for groceries at Price Chopper, Hannaford and even Price Rite I am grateful for Walmart. I only buy certain things at the other stores when I find a deal and a few things I buy have been consistent deals. I went to Target yesterday and noticed they sell the same stuff as Walmart but more expensive. I was laughing the whole time I was observing. Even a lady near me said my don't you seem happy today. I looked at her and said oh ya I love to see when stores attempt to screw me!

They do need to order different styles and colors of clothing in the men's department. Tired of the black, grey, greens and that dull maroon or what ever it is.

[dicklaurey]

Hey PB !! Go easy on grey and maroon. They've served the funeral industry well for many years.

[BHU]

Dec 16, 2020 15:14:04 GMT -5 Clipper said:

We are going to see another huge rise in cases after everyone ignores the facts and travels freely for Christmas, gathering in groups and spreading the virus from state to state and risking the welfare of their beloved older relatives. People just don't seem to get it. This is a serious pandemic that isn't going to get better if people ignore it. Until more of us observe the rules than don't we will have a hard time getting ahead of it and defeating it or at least getting it under some semblance of control.

Idk, one would think that after nine months of dealing with this pandemic, people would wise up. It's not like the guidelines on how to at least try to bring this under control aren't being discussed publicly. If people would take their head out of their arses & wear a mask, social distance & all the rest, combined with the vaccines coming out we can beat this thing. But, noooooo! A deadly pandemic that's killed over 300, 000 people has to be turned into a political pissing match. It's unbelievable. As far as I know the U.S. is the only country on Earth where putting on a simple cloth mask has become an "us vs. them" rant about freedom combined with all the rest of that b.s. What a country.

I never realized until a few months ago how many idiots are on the loose. Combine that with downright selfishness & you get 300,000 people sent to an early grave.

[Clipper]

Dec 16, 2020 15:57:06 GMT -5 @turd said:

I like Walmart. When I look at the prices for groceries at Price Chopper, Hannaford and even Price Rite I am grateful for Walmart. I only buy certain things at the other stores when I find a deal and a few things I buy have been consistent deals. I went to Target yesterday and noticed they sell the same stuff as Walmart but more expensive. I was laughing the whole time I was observing. Even a lady near me said my don't you seem happy today. I looked at her and said oh ya I love to see when stores attempt to screw me!

They do need to order different styles and colors of clothing in the men's department. Tired of the black, grey, greens and that dull maroon or what ever it is.

Hahaha! Target IS a bit more expensive for many items, but the quality of their clothing and such is a cut above Walmart. I never would buy groceries there. Groceries at Target are a mere after thought in order to compete with Walmart. All Prepackaged and probably not the freshest. Heck anyone with eyes can tell that Walmart is in the grocery business and Target is making a feeble attempt to draw Walmart customers into the Target stores.

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Dec 16, 2020 18:37:26 GMT -5 Clipper said:

Dec 16, 2020 15:57:06 GMT -5 @turd said:

I like Walmart. When I look at the prices for groceries at Price Chopper, Hannaford and even Price Rite I am grateful for Walmart. I only buy certain things at the other stores when I find a deal and a few things I buy have been consistent deals. I went to Target yesterday and noticed they sell the same stuff as Walmart but more expensive. I was laughing the whole time I was observing. Even a lady near me said my don't you seem happy today. I looked at her and said oh ya I love to see when stores attempt to screw me!

They do need to order different styles and colors of clothing in the men's department. Tired of the black, grey, greens and that dull maroon or what ever it is.

Hahaha! Target IS a bit more expensive for many items, but the quality of their clothing and such is a cut above Walmart. I never would buy groceries there. Groceries at Target are a mere after thought in order to compete with Walmart. All Prepackaged and probably not the freshest. Heck anyone with eyes can tell that Walmart is in the grocery business and Target is making a feeble attempt to draw Walmart customers into the Target stores.

Not so sure about the clothing either. I did a great comparison if I can find all my notes. Hell I'm retired i like to do some scientific findings. A guy on the Bus today said he got a dozen grade A large eggs at Target for $2.09/ I told him I got the same thing at Walmart for $1.49. Mine were xtra large!!! Still come out of the same crack.

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Updated coronavirus statistics from across the region.


Oneida County



Total positive cases: 8,424 (274 new, 4 in nursing homes)

Active positive cases: 4,212

Negative tests: 332,319

Total tests: 340,743

Recovered: 4,032

Hospitalized: 136

- Inside Oneida County: 121

- MVHS: 104

- Rome Memorial Hospital: 17

- Nursing home residents: 12

- Outside Oneida County: 15

Deaths: 180 (2 new)

Mandatory isolation: 4,212

Mandatory quarantine: 2,574



Herkimer County



Total positive cases: 1,363 (33 new)

Active positive cases: 527

Negative tests: 63,835

Recovered: 821

Hospitalized: 12

Mandatory quarantine: 678

Precautionary quarantine: 1,170

Released from mandatory quarantine: 62

Deaths: 15 (0 new)



Otsego County



Total positive cases: 1,643 (18 new)

Active positive cases: 141

Hospitalized: 16

Deaths: 10 (0 new)

SUNY Oneonta: 769

Hartwick College: 71



Madison County

(Updated December 15 at 5:26 p.m.)



Active Positive Cases: 407

Total Deaths: 27

Total Cases: 1,670

Total Recoveries: 1,236


www.wktv.com/content/news/Coronavirus-numbers-by-county-Dec-16-2020-573410321.html


MOHAWK VALLEY REGION HAS LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF AVAILABLE ICU BEDS IN NYS


COOPERSTOWN, NY - As of Tuesday, the Mohawk Valley region, which includes Oneida, Herkimer, Otsego, Fulton, Montgomery and Schoharie counties, has the lowest percentage of available Intensive Care Unit beds in the state.



"It's very concerning," says Otsego County Director of Public Health, Heidi Bond. "I know, in our hospitals in Otsego County today, we have 10% of our ICU beds available... and when you only have 30 beds, it's not a lot."



It's three, to be exact. Three available ICU beds in Otsego County, at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown. A.O. Fox Hospital in Oneonta doesn't have an ICU.



As health officials in other counties point out, the region can grow its number of ICU beds.



"I believe those numbers being shown don't have their surge numbers in all of them... so it doesn't include what they could surge to," says Oneida County Director of Public Health, Phyllis Ellis.



Transfers are also a possibility, if necessary - but not the ideal.



"For us, the nearest hospital to transfer to would be Albany or Syracuse. If we stay within our region, Utica/Rome, it's still 45 minutes to an hour and a half each way to transfer somebody," said Bond.



Health officials point out these numbers are fluid and can, and often do, change daily.



Equally as disturbing as the numbers, for health officials, is the fact that we know how to slow the spread of the coronavirus... yet it's spreading faster than ever.



"We seem to be, as a society, not putting our personal responsibility into it, which is disheartening when we're working seven days a week trying to stem this," says Bond.



"As a health department, we can't do this without the public's help."


www.wktv.com/content/news/Mohawk-Valley-Region-lowest-percentage-of-available-ICU-beds-573401401.html

And on tonights new another 60,000 deaths before the New Year. Happy New Year

[BHU]

The Federal Govt. needs to get their sh*t together & get these vaccines out to as many people as possible as soon as possible & enough of the b.s. about logistics. The country is coming apart at the seams & can't survive another few months of this. During ww2 how many battleships & other armaments were built in one day & their claiming now that they can't get these vaccines out for 5-6 or more months? It's unreal. Maybe I'm wrong, I don't know but I'm tired of hearing about all these people who are sick & dying & at the same time hearing the nonsense from our so called leaders. Enough.