The Weekly FPS COVID-19 Dashboard is now available to view here: buff.ly/3pQh91e
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| FPS COVID-19 Dashboard as of 5/11/22 |
Shared from Twitter -> https://twitter.com/FranklinPSNews/status/1524866769453826076
Showing posts with label COVID-19. Show all posts
Showing posts with label COVID-19. Show all posts
Friday, May 13, 2022
FPS COVID-19 Dashboard as of 5/11/22
Friday, May 6, 2022
COVID-19 weekly date updates (post vacation bump seen)
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The weekly Franklin Public Schools COVID-19 dashboard is now available to view here: https://sites.google.com/franklinps.net/back-to-school-plan-21-22/weekly-covid-19-dashboard
Shared from Twitter -> https://twitter.com/FranklinPSNews/status/1522330046798745602
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| Franklin Public Schools COVID-19 dashboard |
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"Most of MA is now in the high COVID “Community Level” zone, since we have hit the (lagging indicator) hospitalization threshold. CDC guidelines say to now wear a well-fitting mask indoors in public, including in schools. I expect no response or even acknowledgment. #DontLookUp"
Shared from Twitter -> https://twitter.com/jonlevyBU/status/1522382474583724032
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| Most of MA is now in the high COVID “Community Level” zone |
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"Reported #Worcester #COVID19 daily new case rate (2 wk avg, per 100k people) continues to increase in step with #Massachusetts state-wide trends.Explore data for your town/city here:
While Nathan reported on Worcester, the Franklin data (shown below) tracks in similar manner albeit on a lesser level. https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/4817758/
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| the Franklin data tracks in similar manner |
Saturday, April 30, 2022
FPS COVID-19 Dashboard, Town of Franklin portal, ToF vs. State via Flourish
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| buff.ly/3pQh91e |
Health Dept COVID-19 reporting
Nathan Ahlgen Flourish reports (with state data by community)
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| Nathan Ahlgen Flourish reports (with state data by community) |
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Alumni Restaurant not to reopen
Sad news on the small and local business front, the Alumni Restaurant will not be reopening and is being put up for sale. The owner's note to the patrons shared here.
On the other hand, there is an opportunity for someone who would like to operate a restaurant!
Shared from Facebook -> https://www.facebook.com/204307558091/posts/10160476432138092/
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| Alumni Restaurant not to reopen |
Sunday, April 24, 2022
FM #782 - Health Director Cathleen Liberty - 04/19/22 (audio)
FM #782 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 782 in the series.
This session of the radio show shares my conversation with Health Director Cathleen Liberty April 19, 2022. We had our conversation via virtual conference bridge to adhere to the ‘social distancing’ requirements of this pandemic period.
The recording runs about 28 minutes, so let’s listen to my conversation with Cathleen. Audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-782-health-director-cathleen-liberty-04-19-22
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Health Dept page https://www.franklinma.gov/health-department
Health Dept - COVID reporting dashboard ->
https://www.franklinma.gov/health-department/webforms/covid-19-dashboard-portal
Board of Health page https://www.franklinma.gov/health-department
Sign up for Health alerts via Regroup -> https://franklintown.regroup.com/signup
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| Health Director Cathleen Liberty |
Saturday, April 23, 2022
Town of Franklin COVID-19 stats for week ending 4/22/22
Weekly COVID-19 stats from DPH via Boston Globe
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| Weekly COVID-19 stats from DPH via Boston Globe |
and via the Town of Franklin Health Dept COVID-19 Dashboard
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| Town of Franklin Health Dept COVID-19 Dashboard |
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Town of Franklin - Health Department: COVID-19 Test Kits
Franklin Health Dept. received 68 At-Home COVID-19 test kits. Call 508-570-8433 for a free kit & location pickup.
Limited Supply. 1 test per household member.
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| Town of Franklin - Health Department: COVID-19 Test Kits |
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
"In January 2022, more people ages 15 and older died of COVID-19 than of cancer"
"COVID shouldn't even be in the top 10 causes of death in the US if we consistently used all the tools available. Yet we're still now losing the lives of 500 Americans each day. "
Shared from Twitter -> https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1516066189914501124
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| COVID still among top cause of death in US |
"The chart above combines data on COVID-19 mortality rates from KFF’s tracker with data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on weekly counts of death by jurisdiction and cause of death and monthly provisional counts of deaths by select causes. Looking at average daily deaths for each month, deaths from some non-COVID causes—for example, heart disease deaths—sometimes increased with surges in COVID-19 deaths. This could be in part directly or indirectly related to COVID. "Source of data -> https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/covid-19-leading-cause-of-death-ranking/
"To rank COVID-19 among other leading causes of death by age groups, we looked at COVID-19 deaths for each age group and the most recent available data for other “rankable” age-specific leading causes. The number of deaths caused by COVID-19 are available for recent months, but the number of deaths from other causes in the most recent months are incomplete. Therefore, for each age group, we assume the number of deaths that arose from non-COVID-19 leading causes were an average of the first half of 2021 (or the most recent data year available). We do not include children under age 5 in age-specific COVID ranking because there are relatively few deaths from any cause, meaning that the rankings of leading causes in each month can be influenced by even a small change in the number of deaths from a given cause."
Source of data -> https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/covid-19-leading-cause-of-death-ranking/
021 - Passover And Easter & The End Of COVID (Hopefully) (audio)
A Priest, A Rabbi, and A Minister Walk Into A Radio Station - WFPR
In this episode, Dr. Pandora Carlucci and Pete Fasciano are joined by Reverend Junger, Reverend McAdams and Rabbi Alpert to discuss the topic of Passover and Easter, the move away from COVID and the return to normal in each congregation.
Audio file -> https://player.captivate.fm/episode/d1386b7f-a6d6-4db3-baa6-4b636de21292
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| 021 - Passover And Easter & The End Of COVID (Hopefully) |
Saturday, April 16, 2022
Town of Franklin & Franklin Public Schools - COVID dashboards updated as of 4/14/22
1 - From Franklin Public Schools:
The weekly COVID-19 dashboard is now available to view here: buff.ly/3pQh91e
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| The FPS weekly COVID-19 dashboard |
2 - The Town of Franklin Health Dept COVID dashboard is found here:
Friday, April 15, 2022
"some weeks of overpayments will be waived"
"THE STATE’S DEPARTMENT of Unemployment Assistance will be in touch with Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Unemployment Insurance claimants in the coming days to detail state and federal relief options that the Baker administration said Thursday would resolve about $1.6 billion or roughly 71 percent of overpayments.
There are about 353,000 outstanding cases of workers who received more money in joblessness aid than they should have between March 8, 2020 and Jan. 31, 2022, to the tune of a cumulative $2.225 billion, according to the Baker administration, which has been working for months to untangle the convoluted situation."
Continue reading the article online
https://commonwealthmagazine.org/state-government/baker-administration-offers-ui-overpayment-relief/
And from the Boston Globe:
"The Baker administration on Thursday laid out its most comprehensive effort yet to provide full or partial financial relief to nearly 288,000 people who received jobless benefits during the pandemic but were later told they may have to pay back the money.The state is aiming to end a financial nightmare for claimants facing $2.3 billion in repayment demands — money that many already spent on food, rent, and other basics. The plan will cover up to about 70 percent of those overpaid claims, or $1.6 billion. That’s because not everyone will qualify for a reprieve even as the state expands the eligibility criteria."
Continue reading the article (subscription may be required)
Gov Baker's press release ->
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| State to pick up part of the cost; feds provide additional help |
Saturday, April 9, 2022
Town of Franklin: Health Dept & School COVID dashboard updates
1 - The weekly FPS COVID-19 dashboard is now available to view here -> https://buff.ly/3pQh91e (Shared from Twitter -> https://twitter.com/FranklinPSNews/status/1512183194476494848 )
2 - The Town of Franklin Health department updates the COVID-19 dashboard weekly and can be found here -> https://www.franklinma.gov/health-department/webforms/covid-19-dashboard-portal
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| https://www.franklinma.gov/health-department/webforms/covid-19-dashboard-portal |
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Get over the counter COVID-19 tests at no cost
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Friday, April 1, 2022
COVID-19 Dashboards for FPS and Town of Franklin updated, numbers higher than las week
The weekly FPS COVID-19 dashboard is now available to view here: buff.ly/3pQh91e
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| weekly FPS COVID-19 dashboard |
From the MA DPH report we share: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-response-reporting#covid-19-interactive-data-dashboard-
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| From the MA DPH report |
For the Town of Franklin COVID-19 Health Dept report -> https://www.franklinma.gov/health-department/webforms/covid-19-dashboard-portal
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| Town of Franklin COVID-19 Health Dept |
Sunday, March 27, 2022
Franklin Public Schools: Weekly COVID Dashboard - 03/24/22
The weekly COVID-19 dashboard is now available to view: buff.ly/3pQh91e
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| Franklin Public Schools: Weekly COVID Dashboard - 03/24/22 |
Friday, March 25, 2022
"housing assistance programs have been gradually scaling down"
"AS A FEDERAL rental assistance program winds down, housing advocates are looking to the state to help fill the gap. But the state assistance programs are not as generous as the federal program was, leading to concerns that struggling tenants – particularly tenants of color – could increasingly face evictions. Housing assistance will be up for debate Thursday as the state Senate considers its version of a $1.6 billion supplemental budget bill.
On Tuesday, Homes for All Massachusetts and researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology released a report which found that evictions are disproportionately occurring in Black and Latino neighborhoods, neighborhoods with more single mother heads of households, areas with absentee and corporate landlords, and in central and southeast Massachusetts. Of all evictions filed between October 2020 and October 2021, 43 percent were in neighborhoods where a majority of residents are non-white, even though only 32 percent of rental housing is in these areas."
Continue reading the article online ->
More info from the National Low Income Housing Coalition on MA housing
Governor wants to reimage downtowns; offers businesses a $4K hiring bonus
“The future of downtowns is going to be different, whether we like it or not,” Gov. Charlie Baker told the breakfast gathering. “We need to start the process of reimagining the placemaking of downtowns so they can thrive and be successful in what will be a slightly different world in many cases and a significantly different world in some cases.”
Baker plans to file an economic development bill to aid downtowns struggling amid the work-from-home pattern that took hold during the pandemic – and seems here to stay, at least in some form. The Legislature deep-sixed a downtown aid package Baker filed last year. Details of the new proposal have not been revealed, but the Globe said Baker expects to propose using a combination of bonding and the $2 billion in unspent American Rescue Plan Act money to fund the plan. "
Continue reading the article online
"FRUSTRATED AT the disconnect in Massachusetts between available jobs and available employees, the Baker administration is offering for-profit and non-profit employers $4,000 for each new worker they hire this year.The goal of the HireNow program is to give employers an incentive to recruit and train workers who they normally would not bring in for an interview because of their lack of skills. “This is a great opportunity to say there’s no experience needed,” said Rosalin Acosta, the governor’s secretary of labor and workforce development. She unveiled the program along with Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito at a press conference Wednesday at LabCentral, a Cambridge-based incubator in the biotech and life sciences sectors."
Continue reading the article online
HireNow page -> https://www.mass.gov/hirenow
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
"COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are highly effective in preventing the most severe forms of COVID-19"
"The coronavirus vaccines most widely used in the United States remained highly effective at preventing the worst outcomes from infections even in the face of the highly transmissible omicron variant in January, a report released Friday by federal disease trackers shows.While protection against mild illness waned over time, the mRNA vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech provided a robust shield against death and needing mechanical ventilation, the study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found.The study bolsters confidence in the vaccines to prevent the most serious outcomes for covid-19 patients, even after the omicron variant fueled an increase in cases, hospitalizations and deaths this winter, said William Moss, executive director of the International Vaccine Access Center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, who did not participate in the study."
Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
Original study report -> https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7112e1.htm
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| "COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are highly effective in preventing the most severe forms of COVID-19" |
Sunday, March 20, 2022
Franklin.TV: Our Normal Returneth?
by Pete Fasciano, Executive Director 03/20/2022
After two years of COVID we are working on reopening our studio. I say ‘working on’ for a number of reasons. Topmost? Things are not simply what they were in 2019. We are entering a new time. This new time demands new thinking.
We are facing more technical changes, and with those, more operational changes. We also have to carefully consider how our staff (God bless ‘em.) can best balance a more flexible work schedule that now includes WFH. With our studio shuttered, they responded in time of COVID-crisis to get out there and cover as many live civic, school and sports events as possible. That meant working many more random nights and weekends. They made it happen without missing a beat.
We geared up, building small, portable TV control systems as ‘Flypaks’ that enable us to originate live from wherever with minimal setup effort. Our systems were also designed to be Zoom-friendly. We installed new systems in Town Chambers for effortless Zoom integration there as well.
Our radio operation became totally remote, with up to a dozen volunteers working, conducting guest interviews and producing programs from home via Zoom.
Now we’re headed back the other way, technically. We’re opening up studios that have been shuttered for the most part. But, they won’t be the same. They also must be Zoom-enabled. Our new normal brings new expectations. We also have to enable Zoom in the FHS auditorium, a very large venue with its own challenges.
The beginning of the pandemic forced us into technical overdrive for months in order to meet the challenges of TV and radio production in 2020.
Now, at the end of the pandemic in 2022 (hopefully) we need to rework our studios, our gear and production skills to integrate Zoom on demand – whenever, wherever. We also plan to work on integrating radio and TV programming where possible. Life in 2019 B.C. (Before COVID) feels like quaint ancient history. Now, in 2022 A.D. (After Disaster) our lives are filled with change.
The only constant in life – is change. - Heraclitus
Do we simply succumb to it, or – do we master it?
And – as always –
Thank you for listening to wfpr●fm.
And, thank you for watching.
Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf
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| Franklin.TV: Our Normal Returneth? |
Friday, March 18, 2022
Franklin COVID-19 Updates: (1) Weekly COVID-19 school report (2) Town case numbers - March 16
(1) The FPS COVID-19 dashboard is now available to view here: buff.ly/3pQh91e
or here -> https://sites.google.com/franklinps.net/back-to-school-plan-21-22/weekly-covid-19-dashboard
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| Franklin Public Schools: Weekly COVID-19 dashboard - March 16 |
(2) Per the MA DPH numbers reported via the Boston Globe for March 17, 2022 https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/15/nation/massachusetts-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-by-city/
COVID-19 vaccine status
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| COVID-19 case count - Mar 17, 2022 |
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| and from the Town of Franklin Health Dept -> https://www.franklinma.gov/health-department/webforms/covid-19-dashboard-portal |
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