Sidewalk art from my neighbor!The message is (to paraphrase)Better Days AheadApril Social Distance Brings May Continued Existence The messages from Albany and locally are cautiously optimistic. We may be seeing a plateauing trend of new cases, hospitalizations and intubations. (orange line – without social distancing etc, blue line – with social distancing and staying home,
Happy Saturday. The news from Governor Cuomo is much the same so Harper says, “Stay Calm and Stay At Home”
I just finished my 3rd Zoom call/webinar today. 2 were to find out the state of our area from the leaders at Accountable Health Partners of UR Med and the state of the state from Governor Cuomo. With the sun shining, a traffic noise so reduced when we walked Harper this morning, I had a
As we get further into the COVID-19 pandemic, I find myself looking for something different to report. Today is much of the same news and statistics. In Monroe County, the percent positive cases continues to trickle upwards. As of today 8.87% of tests were positive. That still means that over 91% of those ill enough
As we enter the 3rd week of COVID-19 shut downs, we at Lewis Pediatrics remain open and available if you need us. I think we all need to take a moment and count all the positive changes that the “shutdown” has brought. As Mrs. Lewis, Harper and I walked around our neighborhood for the 3rd
I really don’t have any news that you can’t find from other sources, but did have a fun video sent to me from some friends. Have a safe weekend. Will continue to update you as things evolve.
The number of positive tests continues to rise, but as I keep reminding you, is to be expected since we are increasing the number of patients tested. He has of yesterday, Monroe County had processed 1966 tests. Of these, 148 were positive. That means, again, of all the people who were ill enough to qualify
I hope to have today’s numbers later today, but so far I have gotten many more calls about possible exposures to COVID-19. As of last night, there were 121 confirmed cases in Monroe County with 1756 tests performed. That is a 6.8% positive rate. That means that 93.2% of people who were ill enough to
The number of cases continue to rise (again partly because we are testing more). There are so many sources of information that I really don’t have more to add. The American Academy of Pediatrics has produced some very good resources for families and children. www.healthychildren.org And, thanks to a former family for reaching out… Keep
Thanks to former patient Andrew and his parents for this one. And thanks to all of you who have acknowledged my posts. I hope you find them helpful One of the nice “consequences” of the coronavirus pandemic is that I have heard from families of former patients. Some who go back to the very first
