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29 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read
BREAKING: NYC announced reopening plan for public schools.

* Dec 7: Pre-K & K-5
* Dec 10: D75 special ed programs
* Moving to 5 day/week in person where possible
* Mandatory random testing weekly in schools
* No longer using 3% pos threshold
* No timeline for middle/high yet
* In-person learning only open to student already enrolled in blended learning.
* Student will only be allowed to return if their family completes a testing consent form, or has medical waiver.
* Plan is that 20% of students in each school will be randomly tested each week
* Parents can complete the testing consent form here: mystudent.nyc
* Next window for add'l families to opt-in to in-person learning will be when a vaccine is "widely available."

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27 Nov
Your post-Thanksgiving to-do list may include testing and/or quarantining:

==> If you gathered with people outside your household, you should get tested in the coming days, even if you don't feel symptoms (may take a few days after exposure before you test positive). [cont...]
==> You don't need to wait in line at CityMD to get tested. Sites run by @NYCHealthSystem have shorter waits and usually return results in 24-48 hrs.

Find a site near you: nychealthandhospitals.org/covid-19-testi…
==> Follow the @NYCHealthSystem Twitter feed for updates throughout the day on wait times, which can vary widely from site to site:
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19 Nov
Under-appreciated reason to get a Covid test in NYC: if you test positive it will unlock a whole menu of supportive services.

* To help you quarantine at home, City will provide delivery of food and Rx if needed. Free dog walking and pet drop-in services also available.
(1/3)
* You will receive two at-home test kits for people in your household or other contacts
* You will receive a package including a digital thermometer and pulse oximeter, plus masks, hand sanitizer, and wipes.
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* You can access a free hotel room to safely isolate from your family, which include meals, Rx delivery, free wi-fi, medical staff on site, and transportation to and from hotel and medical appointments (3/)
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9 Nov
NYC is not "approaching a 2nd wave" or "at risk of a 2nd wave". We are in the 2nd wave.

Cases, positivity, hospitalizations are all increasing sharply.

It's time to start rallying New Yorkers--again--to flatten the curve. (1/)
To flatten our 2nd-wave curve, NYers should:
* Work from home if you can
* Partake in activities like indoor dining judiciously
* Avoid indoor social gatherings with people outside your household
* Get tested regularly even if you are asymptomatic
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* If you are quarantining do not leave your home unless medically necessary
* Get a flu shot if you haven't yet
* Keep up the Core Four: #WearAMask, wash your hands, stay home if you don't feel well, keep 6 ft. apart where possible (3/)
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7 Nov
Spontaneous joy emanating from apartments in Washington Heights, uptown Manhattan. 🎉💪🎉💪🎉
Prospect Park South in Brooklyn too!
Jersey City!! 🎉🎉
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4 Oct
BREAKING: Amidst sharp rise in cases, NYC is ordering closure of non-essential businesses and public & non-public school in 9 neighborhoods, as of Weds a.m.

BROOKLYN: Borough Park, Midwood, Bensonhurst, Flatlands, Sheepshead Bay

QUEENS: Far Rock, Edgemere, Kew Gardens, KG Hills
Detail on 9 neighborhoods with positivity above 3%, where all schools and non-essential businesses will be closed:
In another 10 neighborhoods, where rates are not as high but are rising at a worrisome pace, the following shutdown measures will be in place as of weds:

==> closure of indoor dining, pools, and gyms.
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23 Sep
NEW: NYC Dept of Health has sent out an alert about rising covid cases in growing # of neighb's in BK & QNS, w/ rates doubling or tripling in recent weeks.

* Midwood, Boro Park, Bensonhurst: 4.7% positivity
* Edgemere-Far Rockaway: 3.7%
* Kew Gardens: 2.2%
* W'burg: 2.0%
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It is *critical* that everyone in all NYC neighborhoods:
1. Avoid indoor gatherings
2. Wear masks when in public
3. Get tested (visit nyc.gov/covidtest)
4. Do not treat a positive antibody test as a license to let your guard down
New Yorkers are exhausted from this pandemic. But it's not over.

To continue a steady pace of reopenings we have *got* to double down on taking personal precautions. The risk of a citywide rebound is all too real.
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