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| Diners on New York restaurant sidewalks attacked by RATS | ||
New York City diners forced onto the sidewalks at restaurants are now being attacked by rats as restaurateurs beg the city to tackle its sanitation problem.
New Yorkers have been flocking in their droves to enjoy European-style outdoor dining at some of their favorite haunts ever since the city entered phase two of its coronavirus reopening plan last month. The move has provided some much-needed income for restaurant and bar owners that were forced to shutter back in March but, with more food being eaten outdoors, the areas are also attracting huge rats. Restaurant owners are urging city officials to tackle what is fast becoming a new public health issue.
New York City diners forced onto the sidewalks at restaurants are now being attacked by rats as restaurateurs beg the city to tackle its sanitation problem
Giacomo Romano, owner of Ciccio, an Italian restaurant in SoHo, told NBC New York one of his customers had an unfortunate encounter with a rat while enjoying a meal in the outdoor dining area.'Last night, a customer had a baby rat running on his shoe and I let you just imagine his reaction,' he said. Romano, whose restaurant has been open in Lower Manhattan for seven years, said the rats are coming out of nearby Father Fagan Park, a popular spot for city-dwellers to relax. He pointed out there is only one trash can for the entire park and people opting for takeout and picnics in the park are throwing garbage in the area. 'There are a lot of new holes in the ground covered by the plants,' he told NBC New York. A parkgoer also said they had seen several rats in the area while they were sitting on a bench.
Giacomo Romano, owner of Ciccio, an Italian restaurant in SoHo, told NBC New York one of his customers had an unfortunate encounter with a rat while enjoying a meal in the outdoor dining area
Romano said, though he agrees with plans to put indoor dining on hold in the city, city leaders need to tackle the growing problem and he has contacted city leaders asking for help.It's not only Manhattan restaurant owners voicing concerns about the burgeoning sanitation issue. Barber shop owner Pasquale Giacobbe, who just reopened his business on the same street as Ciccio last week, is also urging the city to step in. 'I already don't have the help from the state, no loans from nobody. At least they can come do something, for all the tax we pay,' Giacobbe told NBC New York.
With more food being eaten outdoors, the areas are also attracting huge rats
Restaurant owners are urging city officials to tackle what is fast becoming a new public health issue
<a href="http://DailyMail.com" rel="nofollow">DailyMail.com</a> has reached out to Mayor Bill de Blasio's office for comment over how the city is addressing the problem.The Big Apple entered phase two of its coronavirus reopening plan on June 22, allowing restaurants to open with outdoor dining. Emergency programs aimed to help hard-hit restaurants clamber back to their feet after three months of closures now permit sidewalk and patio seating as well as tables to be set up in parking spots. Several establishments that previously had no outdoor seating have set up dining areas in the streets and on the sidewalks stretching for miles along popular parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Phase three of the reopening plan - which started Monday - was scheduled to include indoor dining with a limited capacity. However, de Blasio said indoor dining is being put on hold for 'a substantial amount of time,' following a surge in coronavirus cases in several states, which has forced officials there to backpedal on their reopening plans and close newly reopened businesses again.
New Yorkers have been flocking in their droves to enjoy European-style outdoor dining at some of their favorite haunts ever since the city entered phase two of its coronavirus reopening plan last month. Pictured diners enjoying outdoor dining in NYC
Outdoor dining has provided some much-needed income for restaurant and bar owners that were forced to shutter back in March
Phase three of the reopening plan - which started Monday - was scheduled to include indoor dining with a limited capacity but this has been put on hold as COVID-19 cases surge in several states
The mayor also announced Thursday the cancellation of all large events requiring a city permit through to the end of September, saying the city wants to prioritize open spaces for regular public use..'As New York has begun its reopening process, accessible open spaces are more important than ever,' de Blasio said. 'While it pains me to call off some of the city's beloved events, our focus now must be the prioritization of city space for public use and the continuation of social distancing.' The decision will affect dozens of treasured events including the West Indian Day Parade and the Feast of San Gennaro. | ||
| WHO Issues New Scientific Brief Outlining Transmission Modes Of SARS-CoV-2, Acknowledges Possibility Of Spread Through Aerosolized Droplets, From Asymptomatic People | ||
NPR: WHO: Aerosolized Particles Unlikely To Be Significant Source Of COVID-19 Transmission
The World Health Organization has issued a new scientific brief that summarizes whats known about the different ways the coronavirus can transmit. The 10-page brief, posted Thursday, considers all the ways researchers think the coronavirus may be able to spread: through close contact with droplets expelled when an infected person coughs, sneezes, speaks or breathes; through the expulsion of small microdroplets that have the potential to spread over greater distances; and through contaminated surfaces. The report also looks at the possibilities for the virus to be transmitted from mother to child, from animals to humans, and through contact with urine, feces, and blood (Huang, 7/9). Additional coverage of the WHO brief is available from CNBC, The Hill, and Wall Street Journal. | ||
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| Robert Habeck among horses: the natural beauty - column | ||
Already knew? "When you meet a herd of Koniks and lie quietly on the floor, they sometimes come and sniff at you. It's as close to magic as you can get."
The Greens Chairman Robert Habeck provides information on his Instagram account, and anyone who has no idea who or what "Koniks" could be, learns when looking at Habeck's picture: They are horses.
In this case, two animals that bend over and smell on the politician crouching on the ground, presumably because he smells so good, possibly after "Irish Moss" ("Adventure Freshness. Freedom of Men") or, possibly even more delicious, after Habeck pure.
It is a work of political staging, another from the series of pictures that Robert Habeck shows us as a very natural, human, nature-loving politician. We already know Habeck with outstretched arms and barefoot on the North Sea beach, we know him close to the people in socks on the floor of an ICE, we have seen him curling his own curly hair due to Corona, and now: Habeck among horses . The scene with the Koniks, however, marks a remarkable high point in Habeck's self-marketing.
It may be due to a certain despair about the lower approval ratings for the Greens in the corona crisis , in any case the impression arises that Habeck's political career had reached a state of absolute freedom from pain. Nothing is too embarrassing, he does everything now, if only it could please.
A look into the workshop of self-stagingFirst of all, there is this strangely esoteric-political text:"When you meet a herd of #Koniks and lie quietly on the floor, they sometimes come and sniff at you. It's as close to magic as you can get. Yesterday I was in the nature reserve # Schäferhaus hiking with @ mp.danielguenther "I believe that in the event that the farmers' association or the CDU talk about 'area damage' through #naturation protection, the evening yesterday created a lot of pictures that speak for nature conservation. What is your favorite nature reserve?"
Here the connoisseurial name of the horse breed catches the eye, the man knows his way around and wants us to know that. But what else does he tell us? Apparently he gets on well with Daniel Günther (CDU), the two go hiking, which is firstly reminiscent of the legendary political hiking friends Franz Josef Strauß and Helmut Kohl and secondly is to signal: Here, in spite of all differences, an alliance is forged, here you can walk mutual trust. As we learn, in the Schäferhaus nature reserve in Schleswig-Holstein.
And here, so you have to imagine, the Green interrupts the lively political strategy discussion with the Prime Minister, in order to quickly leave the way and lie "silently on the ground" in front of a herd of Koniks. So here he found the closeness to "magic", whatever that might mean.
An exact impression of this scene is given by a second photo, which a obviously moving photographer published on her Twitter account @AufmDach.
It is a look into the workshop of self-staging: Habeck is lying on the ground in the meadow, his legs bent, but not dreamily and reverently awaiting a horse's sniff, more like working under a car in need of repair, not looking at the horses , but aimed at the display of his cell phone, apparently choosing the right image section for self-portrait and waiting for the right moment until the Koniknüstern approached the Habeck skull at an optimal angle. Perhaps this picture is deceptive, and Habeck just quickly checks his mail or the status of his Corona app, who knows but is more likely: "A lot of pictures were created that speak for nature conservation". This is what it looks like, the magic that Habeck means.
Displayed enthusiasmIn Habeck's text for the picture there is a small tip against the CDU (let's not forget: this is still about politics) and then the question to the followers about which nature reserve they like best.Unanswered from here the answer: In any case, not one in which you run the risk of not only observing horses in free run, but also people who pose for a perfect selfie in front of every natural beauty, who crawl towards animals that wallow in the own exhibited enthusiasm for nature. Spreading an image of nature in which nature is not the focus, but a type who apparently considers himself the greatest natural beauty of all. Such behavior is as close to dignity as one can get. | ||
| 68% of people tested at a New York clinic had coronavirus antibodies | ||
According to a New York Times report, 68% of those tested at a clinic in Corona, a predominantly Hispanic working class neighbourhood in Queens, tested positive for antibodies to the coronavirus. At a different clinic in Queens, the figure was 56%. However, at a more affluent neighbourhood in Brooklyn, only 13% of those tested had antibodies for the virus, the Times reported. The news raises the possibility that communities in the city which were hardest hit by the virus areas where many residents are Black and Latino and on lower average incomes may be better positioned to avoid a second wave of the virus later this year. Meanwhile, more affluent communities may be more vulnerable to the virus spreading, if antibodies do prove to offer medium- or long-term immunity to the virus. The antibody results were shared with the New York Times by CityMD, a firm which runs medical clinics and urgent care centres. CityMD carried out 314,000 antibody tests in New York City during the period, of which 26% came back positive. However, the high presence of antibodies at the two Queens clinics where the tests were carried out between late April and June does not necessarily indicate that the same high proportion of people across the whole community will carry antibodies. For one, a group of people who sought tests at urgent care clinics are more likely to have been infected with the virus than a representative sample of the local population. Furthermore, scientists are still unsure how long antibodies last and how long someone who has been infected with the virus is immune for afterwards. Dr Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the US who is helping to lead the government's coronavirus response, said in April that people then recovering from Covid-19 would likely be immune until at least October. But evidence from a June study in Spain indicated that antibodies may only last for two or three months. In a separate study published this week in the Lancet, a medical journal, researchers found that people who had been infected often shedded antibodies from the virus after only a few weeks. That would mean that antibodies offered little protection in a few months time to those who had already been infected with the virus. "Immunity can be incomplete, it can be transitory, it can last for just a short time and then disappear," said Raquel Yotti, the director of Spain's Carlos III Health Institute, who helped carry out the study. | ||
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Experts are seeking to allay fears that the death of a man in China due to hantavirus suggests that the coronavirus is about to be joined by another pandemic.
The unidentified victim from Yunan province died while traveling on a bus to work in Shandong province, sparking the hashtag #hantavirus and widespread panic that another major killer was in the offing. But scientists were quick to stress that the hantavirus is not new and has only rarely believed to have been passed between humans, unlike COVID-19. Hantavirus cases are rare, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and spread through close contact with rodent droppings, urine and saliva, USA Today reported. Certain kinds of rodents in the US can carry the virus, which is transmitted when someone inhales contaminated air. The hantaviruses that cause human illness in the United States cannot be transmitted from one person to another, the CDC says on its website. see alsoIn the US, the virus can cause a potentially fatal respiratory illness called hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, USA Today reported. Its symptoms include fatigue, fever, muscle aches, headaches, dizziness, chills and abdominal problems. When the lungs fill with liquid during the later stages, coughing and shortness of breath can occur. Related VideoHow to safely order takeout and delivery food during coronavirus lockdown More Stories
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New York City has turned to an unlikely ally in the fight against the citys mounting rodent problem: pet dogs. Unfortunately, the Big Apples resident rat population has become even more aggressive during the coronavirus lockdown due to the shortage of trash caused by shuttered restaurants. To combat the scourge, a group known as Ryders Alley Trencher-fed Society (R.A.T.S.), is enlisting concerned citizens and their beloved pooches to track down and kill the pesky pests. We have a policy: Any time we get a call or an email or anything, we at least go check it out, Richard Reynolds, who founded R.A.T.S. almost 30 years ago, tells The Post. The group even does house calls. But right now, NYC has an especially huge rat problem, R.A.T.S. volunteer James Hoffman tells Cheddar news service, adding that this enables them to do what they do best. Which is, according to the their Facebook page, recruiting Border Terriers, Norfolk Terriers, Fox Terriers and Dachshunds and other rat-catching breeds to seek and destroy vermin. The vigilante group ventures out regularly in response to any citizens or even city officials call, and sicks their furry exterminators on the vermin until the problem is no more. Reynolds says any breed of dog can join the hunt, however some canines are better equipped to cull rats than others. Terriers have an innate sense to do this, its in their genes, Reynolds says. Others require more practice. In one of the more hilarious mishaps, one hapless rat catcher caught a bagel and not a rat during his first outing, reports Cheddar. And the pest-purging pups work best in a pack with one of the usually smaller, pointer pooches flushing out the rats while the other dogs surround the critter and kill it. Setting the hounds on other animals might sound barbaric, but its more effective than poison or glue traps, reports Cheddar. Indeed, rat terriers, which were a fixture on farms in the early 1900s, can reportedly cull 100 varmints in one day, reports Modern Farmer. Were offering a very quick, not painless to be sure, but at least quick and merciful death, says Reynolds of the unorthodox pest control measure. see alsoThats kind of the way we work with the city. Suffice to say, the ruff-riding rat hunters have got their work cut out for them in the time of the coronavirus. With the redistribution of the food supply the rats are redistributing, Reynolds tells the Post, referencing the COVID-caused restaurant closures. So lets say we hunted a dumpster out behind a given restaurant, we dont hunt there anymore. Even worse, in the absence of trash, many rodents are turning eating their own kind: These rats are fighting with one another; now the adults are killing the young in the nest and cannibalizing the pups, says Bobby Corrigan, a rodentologist who specializes in urban vermin.  | ||
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 Covering COVID-19 is a daily Poynter briefing about journalism and coronavirus, written by senior faculty Al Tompkins. Sign up here to have it delivered to your inbox every weekday morning.The COVID-19 pandemic is going to create desperate rats, which once had restaurant scraps and such to eat but now have to go scrounge elsewhere, like your house, The Washingtonian reported. The Washingtonian spoke with rodent expert Bobby Corrigan, who put it this way: Corrigan says the rats will first go into panic mode and start running around in the streets to look for food in their usual areas. So dont be surprised if your usually rat-free neighborhood is suddenly swamped with fuzzy creatures cavorting in broad daylight. Once the rodents realize their go-to buffets are closed, theyll begin to turn on each other and go Full Cannibal. And yeah, rats that are more inclined to flight than fight will forage for new food supplies, and potentially make their way into your garbage can or kitchen.In New Orleans, where the French Quarter has gone quiet, people said the rats are much more visible than normal. Speaking of rodents, mice are widely used in research labs and Science Magazine reported that labs are euthanizing thousands of them because of the coronavirus. University laboratories say they have to kill lab mice because of the stay at home orders that leave nobody to attend to the care of the creatures. Science Magazine said there is no evidence that labs are killing larger animals, like dogs or monkeys, and that mice make up about 95% of all lab animals in the U.S. Some of the mice are quite valuable to researchers because of their unique breeding that is designed to fit genome profiles that the scientists are studying. The Jackson Laboratory is the worlds biggest supplier of lab mice and has said it is deeply involved in coronavirus research. | ||
| Rats Plague Outdoor Seating at NYC Restaurants NBC New York | ||
New York City restaurant owners already struggling with limited business are now facing another issue: rats.
With indoor dining put on hold indefinitely due to COVID-19, outdoor dining is the only other option, aside from takeout and delivery, restaurant owners like Giacomo Romano have to keep their business afloat. But the owner of Ciccio, an Italian restaurant in SoHo, says the sanitation of a nearby park is contributing to a recurring problem of rats. Father Fagan Park is small and inviting to skateboarders and people who want to relax outdoors, but it's also attracting huge rats. Romano says he has appealed to city leaders for help. Local  One parkgoer said he had seen a number of rats go from one spot to another as he sat on the park bench. Romano, who has been in business in Lower Manhattan for seven years, says he agrees with the city and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to postpone indoor dining, but officials need to do something about the outdoors. He says there's only one trash can for the entire park and people continue to throw garbage in the park. NBC New York previously reported on these rats in late 2018, but their timing couldn't be worse now for business owners. Pasquale Giacobbe just reopened his barbershop on the same street as Romano last week after nearly four months, and he's already fed up with the rodents. "I already dont have the help from the state, no loans from nobody. At least they can come do something, for all the tax we pay," Giacobbe said. NBC New York has reached out to the city for answers but for now, the rats may be part of some people's dining experience. | ||
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