COVID-19

On Thursday afternoon, April 2, nursing homes across Connecticut were still negotiating with the state government about plans to segregate nursing home residents into COVID-19 positive-only and negative-only facilities. 

POUGHKEEPSIE — Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro will host a second live, county-wide Telephone Town Hall meeting on the county’s response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, April 2, at 5:30 p.m.

COPAKE — In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Copake Grange is matching up volunteers who want to help with individuals who are home-bound and need assistance with getting groceries or prescriptions.

HUDSON VALLEY — United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region is actively responding to the needs of the COVID-19 crisis. The response includes:

• A fund to help families in crisis: www.uwdor.org/covidhelp

Far from the front lines of a grimly desperate big-city hospital, it’s starting to feel real. I now know one victim and am 3 degrees of separation from another.  As our president didn’t mean to say about the 40,000 ventilators Governor Cuomo wants, “I have a feeling the numbers are not what they are going to be.”

In my copy of Churchill’s “The Second Word War,” there’s a quote that I feel applies to our situation, in fact to all countries’ situation in this pandemic: “There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away… people can face peril or misfortune with fortitude and buoyancy, but they bitterly resent

MILLBROOK — On Route 44 heading west, just before reaching Route 82, there are some buildings nestled far back from the road, fitting in perfectly with the rustic scenery. The buildings are part of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, and much of what goes on there is very modern and very cutting edge.

MILLBROOK — Senior citizens don’t always know what to eat or how much exercise to get. With today’s global health emergency, that information is more important than ever.