Geneology International

Author: Linda Rider

health tips: Why you should listen to your gut for a healthy life?

In 400 B.C, Hippocrates has been quoted indicating “loss of life sits in the bowels” and “lousy digestion is the root of all evil” demonstrating that the importance of the intestines in human health and fitness has been lengthy recognized. In the past, most investigate on the effects of bacteria in the intestinal ecosystem has concentrated on gastrointestinal pathogens and the way they cause condition. But in modern occasions there has been a significant raise in the examine of the positive effects of human microbes on well being and wellness.

Curiosity in the functioning of the human microbiome, specially the intestine microbiome, and its purpose in many health conditions, has exponentially amplified in current a long time. This unseen environment of microbes residing in our overall body considerably exceeds the range of cells in our body and is motivated by diet regime, actual physical action, antibiotic use, actual physical and psychological worry, etcetera. In a nutritious state, intestine microbiomes have myriad optimistic capabilities, which includes the metabolic rate of non-digestible components of foods, defense from viruses, germs and boosting the immune program. Let’s have an understanding of this far better.

WHY IS THE Intestine MICROBIOTA Significant?
The human microbiome consists of collective genomes of predominantly germs, viruses, Protozoa, Archaea, Eukaryotes, that live symbiotically on and inside numerous web-sites of the human overall body, like the oral cavity, genital organs, respiratory tract, pores and skin, and gastrointestinal system, that influences our health and fitness to a fantastic extent.

Intestine MICROBIOTA IS Important IN:
* Fermenting unabsorbed starch and soluble nutritional fibre as properly as bile acid fat burning capacity

* Serves as an crucial source of vitamins B and Vit K for the host

* Performs crucial part in preserving intestine barrier integrity, host immunity advancement, and regulating host immune reaction to different antigens at both equally regional & systemic levels

* Plays a essential job in CNS microglial operate as perfectly as the enhancement and operating of the enteric nervous system

What’s more, investigation has discovered back links concerning altered bacterial populations, and the adhering to health conditions:
* Bronchial asthma

* Autism

* Cancer

* Celiac condition

* Colitis

* Diabetic issues

* Eczema

* Heart Illness

* Malnutrition

* A number of sclerosis

* Being overweight

THE HUMAN MICROBIOME HAS AN Impact ON THE Four Wide Areas OF Worth TO Overall health:
* Nourishment

* Immunity

* Conduct

* Illness

THE Website link Concerning Intestine MICROBIOTA AND Good Overall health
Altered composition of intestine microbiota is possible to impair the normal working of gut microbiota in retaining host wellness. It can most likely induce selective-maximize of specific microbiota members, which include pathobionts, primary to dysregulated production of microbial-derived products and solutions or metabolites, which may be unsafe to the host, triggering a diverse array of conditions on nearby, systemic or remote organs.

Gut MICROBIOTA DYSBIOSIS IS IMPLICATED IN Various Illness Conditions Such as:
* GI problems like Clostridium Difficle Infection, Inflammatory Bowel Ailment, Celiac Disorder, Colorectal Cancer

* Systemic problems like Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension

* Autoimmune problems like SLE, Rheumatoid Arthritis * Atopic conditions like childhood Asthma, and * Neurological conditions like Parkinson’s Sickness, Melancholy, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Autism spectrum ailments as well as CKD

Heading forward, a deeper understanding of intestine microbiota and its manipulation with diet and actual physical action could supply very important clues to reversing or controlling some of these disorders. Faecal Microbiota Transplantation is now an recognized treatment in managing conditions like recurrent C Difficle An infection and is emerging as a therapeutic possibility in numerous other issues, together with Inflammatory Bowel Disorder (IBD) and Liver ailments. In the potential, the gut microbiota will turn out to be a cornerstone of preventive drugs.

(Nutan Desai is a Senior Specialist-Gastroenterology, Fortis Healthcare facility, Mulund)

October 22, 2021
CDC advisers back Moderna and J&J COVID vaccine boosters : Shots

A overall health care employee administers a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Thursday at Daily life of Hope Centre in New York Town.

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A wellness treatment worker administers a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Thursday at Life of Hope Heart in New York Metropolis.

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The Centers for Disease Regulate and Avoidance is backing the roll out of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine boosters in line with the Food stuff and Drug Administration’s authorizations issued Wednesday. The CDC is also supporting a combine-and-match strategy to booster vaccination.

CDC director Rochelle Walensky termed the recommendations an “illustration of our fundamental dedication to guard as quite a few individuals as feasible from COVID-19.”

The announcement came just hrs following the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee voted unanimously in favor of booster doses.

For Moderna, the panel said a booster should really be supplied to persons on the identical terms as the Pfizer-BioNTech booster. That would protect individuals 65 and more mature, individuals 18 and older in prolonged-phrase care options and men and women 50 to 64 with pertinent underlying professional medical situations. The booster may possibly be provided to individuals 18 to 49 many years with specified professional medical conditions and to men and women 18 to 64 who have COVID-19 dangers connected to their do the job or who stay in specified institutional configurations.

For Johnson & Johnson, the panel’s suggestions was simpler: A booster is suggested for individuals 18 and older at least two months just after their original immunization.

A CDC presentation and draft voting language mentioned that the exact vaccine utilised for initial immunization ought to be utilised as a booster dose but that a combine-and-match method is Alright when the most important vaccine is not out there or a diverse vaccine is most well-liked.

All through the committee conversations, several members pushed back again against this choice for boosting with the same vaccine. They argued that a much more permissive approach to combine-and-match would ease the administration of booster doses.

Just after a transient break late in the deliberations, CDC workers returned with revised voting inquiries that were being neutral on which vaccine really should be utilised as a booster for the J&J and Moderna vaccines. The revised issues you should not explicitly mention which vaccine really should be utilized as a booster, which clears the way for mix-and-match boosting devoid of constraints.

In accordance to the CDC, much more than 189 million folks in the U.S. are totally vaccinated, about 57{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of the populace. Hospitalization fees are 9 to 15 instances bigger in unvaccinated grownups compared with vaccinated grown ups, according to CDC knowledge.

Nonetheless, there are factors to imagine that boosters could be useful in some groups of people today.

There has been a fall in Moderna’s usefulness from infection with the coronavirus about time and in the encounter of the delta variant. Defense from hospitalization has remained typically potent, nevertheless there have been some declines witnessed in more mature men and women.

For the J&J vaccine, the protection versus an infection and hospitalization has been very regular, the CDC pointed out. But the vaccine has been a lot less successful in general than the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, so a booster can force safety from the J&J vaccine to a better amount.

The committee wrestled with the trade-off in pitfalls and benefits for boosters in some groups. Individuals 65 and older have the most to achieve and comparatively tiny enhanced chance. For the Moderna vaccine, safety has remained pretty solid for younger men and women, and their challenges for heart swelling are higher, particularly in males.

For the J&J vaccine, there were problems about scarce blood clots following vaccination, which are a increased risk for young ladies. But there are added benefits from a booster in general because of improved defense from the 2nd dose.

October 22, 2021
Weekly update 10/21 – Gale Brewer
Friends,

It’s Thursday, October 21, 2021. Welcome to my weekly update.

New York City’s COVID positivity rate is now 1.66{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}, down from 1.97{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} last week. Those interested in diving more deeply into local COVID statistics can check the NYC Dept. of Health website or thecity.nyc’s COVID tracker. If you’re not yet vaccinated, find a vaccine site– including those for approved boosters– here.

Mayor de Blasio has (finally) issued an order to require vaccinations of all municipal workers (beyond the school employees and health care workers already mandated). This will apply to about 160,000 people, including NYPD and FDNY employees, who will need to submit their vaccine card by next Friday (10/29) at 5 pm. The fine print includes paying $500 to those who get vaccinated at City-run clinics; the municipal unions have called for this mandate to be negotiated under labor contracts.

This week the FDA approved boosters for the Moderna and J&J vaccines to be given six months after a Moderna second shot and two months after a J&J single shot; interestingly, the FDA approved the J&J booster for anyone age 18+ (the mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna are subject to more restricted age groups for boosters, although there’s reporting that indicates the FDA will lower the recommended age for healthy adults to obtain any booster to 40+ sometime later this fall).

The FDA also approved “mix and match” for the boosters, saying that it’s acceptable to get boosted with a different brand of vaccine than their initial shot(s).

NEXT week (10/26) that FDA committee will meet to consider policy on approving vaccines for emergency use for children ages 5–11; they’ll then send a recommendation to the CDC. The White House is preparing for CDC approval of child vaccines in November. The government has already bought enough child vaccines to inoculate the 28 million children in that age group (the vaccine comes in smaller vials and uses smaller needles) and will rely on pediatricians, pharmacies, and school and rural health clinics to distribute and administer them.

Did you know that one measurable barrier to vaccine acceptance is fear of needles? I didn’t until I read Zeynep Tufekci’s column this week. (I guess this means every time TV news shows a video of someone getting a shot, some people cringe.)

COMMENT

The annual “Leadership Development” training series my office put together to better support community board members and the public at large has begun. The classes are free, but require registration at the links below. Everyone is welcome!
- “Working with Transgender & Gender Non-Conforming Communities”
  Presented by the NYC Commission on Human Rights
  This session creates awareness that transgender New Yorkers face discrimination in all areas covered by the City Human Rights Law and that they must be treated with dignity and respect. The course will cover protections under the City Human Rights Law, briefly addresses federal and state law, and reviews in detail correct terminology when addressing the LBGTQI community.
  Wednesday (10/27) from noon – 1:15 p.m. Register here.
- “Manhattan 101: An Introduction to our Borough and Our City”
  Led by Rob Snyder, Manhattan Borough Historian
  Manhattan is so dense and dynamic that you can lose sight of its long history. In a short lecture and discussion, Manhattan Borough Historian Robert W. Snyder will describe how big changes in labor and economics, immigration and migration, and the evolution of our island landscape have shaped our own time. We will devote special attention to how the latest Census data affected how we live and work. This cohort will then break into small groups to discuss what these changes mean for our neighborhoods.
  Monday, 11/8 at 6 p.m. Register here.
- “Human Rights Law & Protections Against Discrimination Based on Race & Color”
  Presented by the NYC Commission on Human Rights
  This session provides a historical context for race and color-based discrimination and how it has impacted the lives of New Yorkers, institutions, and the delivery of services and resources in NYC. This course educates participants on their rights and protections against discrimination under the Human Rights Law. Participants will analyze concepts related to race and color, learn about efforts and resistance to combat racism, and find ways to become the voices for social and racial justice.
  Friday, 11/12 from noon -1:15 p.m. Register here.
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There are several opportunities to get involved with People’s Tech Assemblies, an ongoing virtual forum to share collective ideas and questions on how technology can and will shape the future of NYC, sponsored by my office, BetaNYC, and the Public Advocate’s office:
- Wednesday (10/27) at 6 pm: “Workshopping Infrastructure and Reimagined Streets,” register here
- Next Thursday (10/28) at 6:30 pm: “Workshopping Housing Security,” register here
- Peoples’ Tech Assemblies office hours, every Friday at noon through 11/12: ask questions about participating in assemblies, hosting events, or using the People’s Tech online platform, register here
- Take the community survey
- Contribute input about how tech affects other topics like justice, health, and safety
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Reminder: Early voting begins THIS Saturday (10/23). Find your early voting poll site at findmypollsite.vote.nyc (it’s likely different from your election day polling place). Learn about the candidates and ballot questions in this voting guide from NYC Votes/NYC Campaign Finance Board.

Early voting hours:
- Saturday, 10/23 from 8 am – 5 pm
- Sunday, 10/24 from 8 am – 5 pm
- Monday, 10/25 from 7 am – 4 pm
- Tuesday, 10/26 from 10 am – 8 pm
- Wednesday, 10/27 from 10 am – 8 pm
- Thursday, 10/28 from 10 am – 8 pm
- Friday, 10/29 from 7 am – 4 pm
- Saturday, 10/30 from 8 am – 5 pm
- Sunday, 10/31 from 8 am – 4 pm
NEW INFO

The FDA has proposed a rule that will, hopefully, lead to more affordable hearing aids for millions with mild-to-moderate hearing loss, an estimated 38 million Americans, by creating a new category of over-the-counter hearing aids.

This is a common-sense reform of current regulations that are over 40 years old (long before the days of headphones and earbuds), which grant only licensed providers permission to sell hearing aids, which require a prescription, audiologist tests, and fittings that increase the cost to several thousand dollars. (That’s probably why hearing aids are not typically covered by Medicare)

This new regulation could improve a lot of lives by reducing what are called “barriers to entry” that include cost, easy availability, and the shame that some people of a certain age have when it comes to hearing loss. And opening up a large consumer market like this means manufacturers will compete and reduce even the current several-hundred-dollar cost.

Congress authorized over-the-counter hearing aids in 2017, after a scientific advisory committee in the Obama administration recommended the change in 2015. Here we are in the last quarter of 2021, and the FDA is now addressing this long overdue reform.

Learn more here, and follow the links on that page to comment on the FDA’s proposed rule change by 1/18/2022.

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State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli created a new online tool to monitor spending of federal recovery aid and COVID relief programs in the state, including funds for excluded workers, childcare providers, emergency rental and homeowner assistance, and small business recovery.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

I’ve heard about several job opportunities:
- East Harlem youth nonprofit Concrete Safaris is hiring after-school assistant group leaders. Applicants must have one year of childcare experience, be vaccinated against COVID, and be able to ride a bike. Send your resume to [email protected].
- The City Cleanup Corps is still hiring. Corps members wipe away graffiti, power-wash sidewalks, create community murals, tend to community gardens, beautify public spaces, and work with community organizations to clean their neighborhoods. See job openings here.
- Students ages 16–19 who participated in 2021 SYEP can earn $3,375 over 17 weeks as an intern in the “Environmental Corps Work, Learn, and Grow” program. Apply by next Thursday (10/28).
- The MTA is hiring full-time bus operators, who earn $23.84–$25.49 per hour. By Tuesday, 11/30 apply directly through job posting 99929 on the MTA Career Site.
- Registration for the NYPD officer exam is now open through Wednesday, 11/3. Passing the exam is the first step to becoming an NYPD officer.
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Before Medicare open enrollment ends on Tuesday, 12/7, seniors can get one-on-one remote counseling about how to select the best Medicare Advantage or Part D plan, sponsored by Lenox Hill Neighborhood House. Call 212-218-0429 to schedule an appointment.

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The Grand Central NYPL branch (135 E. 46th St.) has reopened for browsing and computer use, Monday from 11 am – 6 pm and Tuesday–Friday from 10 am – 5 pm.

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Tomorrow (10/22) at 5 pm is the last day to apply to the Communities of Color Nonprofit Stabilization Fund, which aims to build the capacity of NYC nonprofits in recognition of the fact that organizations led by people of the community are best equipped to meet the needs of the community. Apply here.

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East Harlem residents have until this Monday (10/25) to fill out the Center for Comprehensive Health Practice’s stakeholder survey so that CCHP can better meet the community’s needs. Complete the survey here.

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Community-based organizations that can provide progressive solutions to respond to and stop attacks on vulnerable Asian New Yorkers can apply for grants of $15,000–$100,000 from the Asian American Foundation’s “Hope Against Hate Campaign.” Send applications to [email protected] by Tuesday, 10/26.

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Learn everything you need to know about applying to 3-K, pre-K, and elementary school through the free InsideSchools+ online course “NYC Pre-K & Elementary Schools: A Primer.” The class is available in English and Spanish and is self paced. Sign up on InsideSchools+.

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Nominations close Monday, 11/15 for the NYS Disability Rights Hall of Fame, which honors people who have helped maximize the leadership, empowerment, independence, productivity, integration, and full inclusion of individuals with disabilities into the mainstream of American society. Submit a nomination here.

EVENTS

I’m co-sponsoring a free drop-in flu shot clinic at Lenox Health Greenwich Village (200 W. 13th St., 5th floor) TODAY (10/21) from 4 pm – 7 pm and Monday (10/25) from 4 pm – 7 pm.

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Kids ages 8+ are invited to audition for the free year-round musical theater program from TADA! Youth Theater. No previous training or experience is needed to join this youth ensemble. Auditions are today (10/21) until 6 pm for kids 8–18 and Friday (10/22) from 6:15–8 pm for kids 12–18. Sign up here.

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Tonight (10/21) at 6 pm, the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute hosts a virtual talk dedicated to Black poetry and the oral traditions of the African diaspora. Watch it here.

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This is the final week to check out free NYC Artist Corps events, performances, and programs (it ends Sunday, 10/24). See the schedule here.

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Friday (10/22) from 11 am – 3 pm is a health fair at the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building (163 W. 125th St.), offering free blood pressure, diabetes, vision, and HIV screenings; dental and podiatry check-ups; medication consultations; healthy eating advice; and “Stop the Bleed” trainings, hosted by Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine.

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Saturday (10/23) at 10 am, plant daffodil bulbs at and help clean the south end of the mall at 138th St. with the Broadway Mall Association, part of New Yorkers for Parks’ Daffodil Project. Register here.

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Saturday (10/23) from 10 am – 3 pm, people 12+ can get vaccinated or get a Pfizer booster shot at the Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center (415 E. 93rd St.).

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Saturday (10/23) from 11 am – 3 pm, get screened for U.S. citizenship eligibility by CUNY Citizenship Now! legal staff via Zoom. The staff can advise on eligibility, citizenship for children, fee waivers, and red flag issues (arrests, child support, selective service). For an appointment, call 646-664-9400 or 212-652-2071, or text 929-334-3784.

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Saturday (10/23) from 11 am – 4 pm, enjoy a tea party, writing workshop, music, and an origami class at Maggie’s Magic Garden (1574 Lexington Ave. at 100th St.).

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Saturday (10/23) at noon, “La Celebracion” is a virtual storytelling program in honor of Latinx heritage month, hosted by Yaffa Cultural Arts. Join the Zoom here.

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Saturday (10/23) from noon – 3 pm is the 31st annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade, now held in the East River Park Amphitheater.

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Saturday (10/23) from noon – 4 pm at 23rd St. and 5th Ave. is a free concert featuring 20+ musicians celebrating “Tin Pan Alley Day” and the official landmark designation of Tin Pan Alley, where American popular musical was born on W. 28th St. Register here.

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Saturday (10/23) from noon – 5 pm, meet cats and dogs looking to be adopted from Animal Care Centers of NYC during the Nordstrom block party at 225 W. 75th St.

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Saturday (10/23) and Wednesday (10/27) at 1 pm, Landmark High School is holding an open house for prospective 9th and 10th graders (351 W. 18th St., 4th floor). Register here.

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Saturday (10/23) from 1–4 pm in front of 250 W. 129th St., St. Nicholas Houses residents are invited to vote on how NeighborhoodSTAT/the Mayor’s Action Plan should invest $30,000 in the development to improve quality of life and safety.

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Saturday (10/23) at 2 pm, join Inwood Art Works’ workshop “Cultural Understanding Through the Arts” at Muscata Marsh in Inwood Hill Park. Click here for more information.

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Saturday (10/23) at 7 pm, join a virtual house party hosted by Clark Center, featuring DJs and excerpts from their collection of “Expressions: Black Lives Matter – An Arts Collaboration.” Register here.

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Monday (10/25) from 10 am – 1 pm, I’m co-sponsoring a free flu shot clinic at the Fulton Community Center (119th 9th Ave. at 18th St.) with Senators Brad Hoylman and Robert Jackson, Assemblymembers Linda Rosenthal and Dick Gottfried, and Council Speaker Corey Johnson. Appointments are required; call 212-633-8052 or email [email protected].

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Monday (10/25) from 10 am – 2 pm is a resource fair about infant safe sleep practices in the Union Settlement Community Garden (237 E. 104th St.), hosted by East Harlem Community Partnership and the NYC Administration for Children’s Services.

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Monday (10/25) at 6 pm, join a virtual discussion about architect Emery Roth, the Hungarian-Jewish immigrant who designed many of the definitive NYC hotels and apartment buildings of the 1920s and 1930s. Register here for the event, hosted by Village Preservation, Landmark West!, Historic Districts Council, and Friends of the Upper East Side.

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Monday (10/25) at 7 pm, the virtual “Tenement Talk: Clairvoyant Housewives of the Lower East Side” explores the neighborhood’s rich history of psychics, palm readers, and fortune tellers in the early 20th century, hosted by the Tenement Museum. Click the title to register.

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Take a free lifeguarding course with the West Side YMCA. The required pre-test is Tuesday (10/26) from 10 am – 3 pm (email [email protected]) to register. The lifeguarding course itself is Wednesdays 11/3–12/15 from 3–8 pm. Participants must be 16 or older.

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Tuesday (10/26) from 2–6 pm is a City resource fair, where you can meet with City commissioners and senior staff to address all your questions and concerns, including, quality of life, public health, and safety at the Police Athletic League Harlem Center, (441 Manhattan Ave.). There will also be a pop-up vaccine clinic on site.

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Tuesday (10/26) at 3 pm is my weekly virtual Manhattan Vaccine and Recovery Task Force meeting, sharing excellent information about the pandemic and New York City’s reopening. To join the Zoom, email [email protected]. You can watch archived meetings here.

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Tuesday (10/26) at 6:30 pm at Gibney Studios (280 Broadway), watch a free open rehearsal of the new play “Threads,” which explores what brings people together and the process of letting go. Click here to reserve a seat.

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Wednesday (10/27) is Assemblymember Robert Rodriguez’s annual senior summit. From 9 am – 1 pm, visit the Union Settlement Community Garden (237 E. 104th St.) for a resource fair. Then from 2–4:30 pm, the summit goes virtual with online workshops about COVID, vaccines, elder abuse, safety, and mental health. Join the Zoom here.

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Wednesday (10/27) at 5 pm, webinar “Ida Recovery Webinar: Navigating Insurance Claims after the Hurricane” features leading insurance attorneys who will address insurance coverage, the claim preparation process, dealing with insurance denials, and available grants and aids, hosted by the City Bar Justice Center. Click the title to register.

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Wednesday (10/27) at 6 pm, health experts hold two virtual discussions about tuberculosis vs. COVID and what you need to know about cancer at every age, part of Community Board 6 and NYU Langone’s “Series on Healthy Living in the Community.” Click the title to register.

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Wednesday (10/27) at 6 pm, experience a virtual sound meditation where you’ll be “bathed” in the sound waves created by wind chimes, brass, and frosted crystal singing bowls, hosted by City Artist Corps grantee Son Chung and mental health awareness nonprofit Darkness Rising. Register here.

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Next Thursday (10/28) from 4:30–7 pm is a superhero-themed costume parade starting at 119th St. (btwn Park–Lexington Ave.), hosted by the NYPD 25th Community Precinct Council.

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Next Thursday (10/28) at 6 pm is a virtual panel about services and gaps for people who are seriously mentally ill, specifically those who are unsheltered, hosted by Community Boards 4 and 5 (covering most of Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen, and Midtown). Register and submit your questions here.

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Next Thursday (10/28) at 6 pm, NYPD PSA 5 hosts a community discussion about public safety, quality-of-life concerns, and community-police relations at the PSA 5 precinct (221 E. 123rd St.). PSA 5 covers NYCHA developments in East Harlem and South Central Harlem.

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Next Friday (10/29) and Friday, 11/4 from 9:30 am – 5:30 pm, tenant lawyers, tenant advocates, and tenants are invited to a virtual training program about right to counsel, hosted by the Housing Justice Leadership Institute at New York Law School. Register here.

News Clippings

‘Lurching Between Crisis and Complacency’: Was This Our Last Covid Surge?
By Emily Anthes, NY Times, Oct. 14, 2021

NY Pediatricians Group Calls For Requiring Fully Approved COVID-19 Vaccines For State’s Schoolkids
By Sophia Chang, gothamist.com, Oct. 15, 2021

Fully vaccinated travelers can come to the U.S. even if their doses are mixed, authorities say
By Paulina Firozi, Washington Post, O.t, 17, 2021

The coronavirus is still mutating. But will that matter? ‘We need to keep the respect for this virus.’
“In recent weeks, scientists who closely monitor the virus have said it still appears to have plenty of room to evolve… Scientists are tracking dozens of ‘sublineages’ in the delta line of viruses, each with a slightly different array of mutations. One of those sublineages has spread with unusual speed in the United Kingdom recently and is gaining attention from researchers.”
By Joel Achenbach, Ben Guarino, and Aaron Steckelberg, Washington Post, Oct. 18, 2021

Your coronavirus questions, answered: Which dose of the vaccine will be right for ‘cusp kids’?
By Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, Oct. 19, 2021

COVID vaccine makers brace for a variant worse than Delta
Companies are updating vaccines and testing them on people to prepare for whatever comes next in the pandemic.
By Emily Waltz, Nature, Oct. 20, 2021

Mixing covid vaccines? What you need to know about mix-and-match booster shots.
By Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, Oct. 21, 2021

As always, get in touch if you have a problem or concern we can help address: 212-669-8300 or [email protected].
Stay safe.
October 22, 2021
How the Alt-Right Weaponizes Vaccine Hesitancy

Spiritual teams and alternative medicine advocates have usually been resistant to vaccines. But in the present-day COVID-19 anti-vaccination motion, they have mutated into variants of the far proper in a violent mush of anti-institution conspiracies, white supremacy and anti-Semitism.

Faith has constantly performed a job in minimal vaccination fees. A 2015 literature critique on religious obstacles to measles vaccination that examined significant spiritual teams around the entire world — Judaism, Hinduism, Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Protestant Christianity, Amish, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Islam — located that, whilst there are constantly social determinants that explain spiritual objections, there were being also certain challenges this sort of as the feasible use of aborted human fetus tissue in the building of the vaccine (Christian, Roman Catholic) or the use of animal-primarily based gelatins (pork and cow for Islam, Judaism and Hinduism).

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Yet another examination of Europe’s beneath-vaccinated teams determined 5 that are at a greater threat: Orthodox Protestant communities, anthroposophists (Steiner schools), Roma, Irish Tourists and Orthodox Jewish communities. In India, in advance of the pandemic, Muslim people had considerably decrease vaccination results compared to other religious teams.

The Alt-Medicine Group

The different drugs/wellness group grew to become a different predictor of minimal vaccination when Andrew Wakefield’s 1998 paper in The Lancet sparked an international wave of vaccine hesitancy at a time when vaccination drives had attained the eradication of a number of fatal health conditions all-around the planet. Wakefield’s scientific deception is skillfully summarized in Brian Deer’s “The Health care provider Who Fooled the World,” wherever conflicts of fascination (Wakefield experienced submitted his have single measles vaccine patent just before publishing this exploration) and studies of abuse (invasive and avoidable assessments on autistic and neurodivergent little ones) are documented.

Wakefield’s now-discredited publication, which related the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine to gut irritation and falsely correlated it with a prognosis of autism, correctly released the contemporary reincarnation of the anti-vaccination motion.

Contrary to the vaccine hesitancy among religious communities, alt-drugs teams have managed to monetize their opposition to vaccination. A report by the Heart for Countering Electronic Hate (CCDH) estimates that the anti-vax media sophisticated is large small business, with believed annual earnings at close to $36 million, based mostly on publicly out there information.

Some of the main figures in the business get paid 6-determine salaries (Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earns $255,000 a 12 months as the chairman of Children’s Overall health Defense). Anti-Vax teams also utilized and received extra than $1.5 million in loans from the federal Paycheck Protection Program in the US to enable them to endure a pandemic they questioned.

Extra disturbingly, the CCDH report estimates that anti-vaccination-linked targeted visitors is incredibly worthwhile for Large Tech, really worth estimated at all around $1.1 billion. An evaluation of vaccine-relevant Fb adverts showed that the majority of anti-vax ad is funded by two campaigners, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Larry Cook.

Dabbing in Extremist Hatred

Right before the pandemic, anti-vax teams were a community well being worry in conditions of numerous measles outbreaks that became a lot more regular since the early 2000s. However, once the anti-mask protests of 2020 progressed into the anti-vaccination protests of 2021, the much proper has managed to productively groom regular anti-vax communities, turning a general public health and fitness problem into a political trouble of considerably-suitable extremism.

This anti-vax, anti-federal government, significantly-appropriate nationalist protest medley is evident any where from Canada to Australia, the place COVID-19 anti-lockdown protests have turned to violence and conspiracy-pushed anti-Semitism. In France, the ubiquitous yellow stars utilised by protesters to denote unvaccinated position turned a stark reminder of how the agony of Holocaust survivors can be simply appropriated.

Equally, the Liberty Sweden motion has made use of opposition to the comparatively moderate COVID-19 limitations in the place as a car or truck for anti-Semitic and radical-appropriate extremism. In both equally Greece and Cyprus, wherever a SafePass — proof of vaccination or a unfavorable test — is necessary to enter any industrial or community space, significant anti-vax protests turned violent, in the circumstance of Cyprus trying to melt away down a Television station.

Some proof implies astroturfing powering these protests: a German group, the Cost-free Citizens of Kassel, seems to be at the rear of the “World Large Rallies for Freedom” organized given that March 2021 in all corners of the environment, even in small international locations these as Cyprus and Luxembourg, using the hashtag #WewillALLbethere.

One more German motion selling anti-vax conspiracy theories is called Querdenken, which translates as “lateral imagining.” It is now banned by Fb and it has been joined to the considerably-suitable Alternate for Germany occasion. In accordance to some experiences, Querdenken has managed to infiltrate teenagers’ social media channels and effectively spread COVID-19 misinformation and conspiracy theories.

Satanic Vials

Religious symbols at these anti-vax rallies, nonetheless, reveal that their message is not only about religion. Guiding the weird circulation of the “Vaccinated by the Lord” card is the fact that Christian symbolism is just the metaphor, not the substance, in demonstrating from a “satanic” vaccine or an oppressive authorities that will lead to the “apocalypse.” The record of Christian considered and scientific consensus is a lot extra complex than simple refusal. In reality, Christian spiritual leaders in the US have publicly supported vaccinations despite debates on the use of fetal cells for study.

Nevertheless, in the US, anti-vax protests are considerably less about religious beliefs and extra about the awakening of Christian nationalism that is pro-Trump and QAnon-good. The America First team has skillfully embraced Christian nationalism and engulfed spiritual beliefs in an ideological mix of anti-mask, anti-vax, MAGA white nationalism.

Amid US Christian teams, white evangelicals signify the largest block in anti-vaccination ideology. Despite the fact that they may well use the Bible as a source of vaccine hesitancy, a lot more often they resort to a rhetoric of condemnation towards the “international elites” that resembles the anti-establishment language of ideal-wing extremism.

In Greece, countrywide anti-vaccination protesters brandished Greek flags, massive Greek Orthodox crosses and chants of the nationwide anthem and “Christ Has Risen.” At the exact same time, monks and monks marched alongside Golden Dawn followers who brought their neo-Nazi arguments to the anti-vax demonstration. Throughout 1 of these protests, Elias Kassidiaris, a previous Golden Dawn MP, joined the protesters from jail by using cellphone. All of these phenomena beg the issue of how considerably the seemingly faith-encouraged anti-vax motion is yet another expression of Christianism.

Conspirituality and Vaccine Refusal

The expression “conspirituality” was coined in 2011 by Charlotte Ward and David Voas to signify a successful merging of the generally male-dominated world of conspiracy theories with the feminine New Age non secular wave. The term has considering the fact that taken on and located a revived relevance through the present pandemic. The Conspirituality podcast, introduced in Could 2020, has been a amazing weekly take on the “converging appropriate-wing conspiracy theories and faux-progressive wellness utopianism.”

The phenomenon is specifically suitable to the alt-drugs crowd that has normally emphasized the notion of one’s sovereign, meditative system that exerts management around its immune procedure and is impervious to the replication of the virus.

The primary information in the course of the pandemic has been to concern the scientific existence of COVID-19 — for illustration, Kelly Brogan’s Questioning Covid web page — but also to interpret the pandemic via the principle of “the terrific reset,” which Brogan’s companion, Sayer Ji, clarifies as “Tyranny. Technocracy. Experimental Jabs.” It is a type of neoliberal spirituality that spots emphasis on person accountability and deflects from the job of general public wellness investigate.

But the synergies involving these spreading “medical freedom” and the significantly-appropriate crowds ought to not be underestimated. Just one of the primary entrepreneurs of the anti-vaccination movement, Del Bigtree, spoke at the January 6 “MAGA Liberty Rally D.C.” just a block from the US Capitol. The creator of the Facebook team “Stop Obligatory Vaccination” Larry Cook also released the YouTube channel, “Medical Liberty Patriots,” describing it as pro-God, pro-Trump, anti-vaccine and QAnon-friendly.

The Bollingers, an anti-vax couple with a significant social media next and even larger sized revenues, founded the United Clinical Freedom Tremendous PAC that campaigned towards vaccination all through the 2020 election. Sherri Tenpenny, a skilled medical doctor who advocates against vaccination, is an adviser to Mike Lindell and a promoter of the so-known as “election fraud” debate in the US.

In quite a few techniques, COVID-19 has created feasible a backslide from the alt-medicine to the alt-appropriate: your yoga trainer, natural meals expert and meditation husband or wife who advised you on how to continue to keep your immune technique sturdy in get to keep away from vaccines is now chatting about the government’s system to microchip you to facilitate the trafficking of younger young children.

In effect, the far appropriate has hijacked the leftist side of the anti-vax motion by a shared anti-establishment stance. As Andreas Önnerfors has pointed out, these anti-vaccination protests characterize a poisonous realignment of the still left (environmentally friendly/progressive/liberal) with the socially conservative proper.

Vaccine Hesitancy vs. Anti-Vaccination

The Strategic Advisory Group of Professionals on Immunization defines vaccine hesitancy as “delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccines inspite of availability of vaccine companies.” It notes that it is a complicated societal and cultural phenomenon linked to three components: complacency, advantage and self confidence. This mostly psychological tactic, however, misses the political dimension of anti-vax ideology.

At the moment, the problem is to realize how affordable fears and legitimate inquiries bordering vaccination mutate into radical and extremist anti-democratic ideology. Portion of the rationalization is how narratives of anti-vaccine disinformation have succeeded in appropriating anti-institution sentiments. A latest study by PERIL analyzed narrative tropes and rhetorical procedures in anti-vax platforms and discovered that the narrative of “corrupt elites” and the approach of appealing to the vulnerability of small children ended up most frequently utilized.

As Mark Davis argues, even just before the existing pandemic, anti-vaccination internet sites utilized oppositional and antagonistic methods to generate an anti-community discourse that typically resembles white supremacist, alt-appropriate and conspiracy discussion boards.

The COVID-19 pandemic has unveiled that vaccine hesitancy is not just about the vaccine. It showcases the algorithmic traction of the antagonistic discourse on social media that shuts down arguments with a problem for the “ordinary” individuals or “defenseless” youngsters. Eventually, it is about distrust of authority, the specter of corrupted elites and a misplaced motivation for liberty and selection.

*[Fair Observer is a media partner of the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right.]

The views expressed in this posting are the author’s own and do not essentially reflect Truthful Observer’s editorial plan.

October 22, 2021
Echelon and Eat Fit Go Announce Collaboration

Pairing of at-house connected physical fitness and food-supply presents one of a kind, handy 360 degree method to a nutritious way of life

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NEW YORK, Oct. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Echelon, the linked health company revolutionizing the way men and women transfer, has announced an exclusive partnership with food delivery organization Consume Match Go. The Echelon encounter is recognised for offering genuine health and fitness options at each individual cost point and Consume In good shape Go gives real food stuff for each and every lifestyle. This collaboration affords the Echelon neighborhood accessibility to a certainly comprehensive lifestyle program.

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October 22, 2021
How often should you go to the gym? Fitness experts’ tips on maximising your workout
How often should you go to the gym? Fitness experts at Hussle weigh in on making the most of your workouts whether your goals include strength training, weight loss or just general fitness

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You might have wondered if you’re getting the right amount of gym time. For those of us who are trying to do the best for our health, it’s a question we’d like answered.

The fitness experts at Hussle – a network of UK gyms, spas and saunas – have helped us put together this guide. So, now you can understand just how often you should get sweating on the treadmill and bulking up with the weights.

They’re also offering a handy pass that allows you to access thousands of fitness venues all around the UK. That means you can access a gym wherever you are, with just one pass. The best part? You could also get hold of one of their 7-day free trials, and then 15{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} off Monthly+ membership. But you only have until October 31, 2021, to snap up this great bargain.

What are your goals?

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You need to ask yourself what role you want fitness to play in your life, and what your goals are. For some, going to the gym is a big part of their life and they’ll spend every day there to achieve their goals. For others, it’s all about keeping in good health.

Once you’ve figured out what you want to achieve, you can find a gym frequency that’s enjoyable and sustainable for you. Sign up for the Hussle fitness pass and you’ll be able to visit gyms all around the UK, as much as you want, which would make it that bit easier.

How fit are you already?

Consider your current fitness level when planning a fitness routine. If you’ve been a bit of a couch potato recently, you’ll need more rest time. This is because the body needs time to adapt to the demands of exercise. To avoid injury, listen to your body, respect your tiredness, and increase your exercise amount gently.

How much recovery time do you need?

This depends on your current fitness level and the type of exercise you’re doing. If you’re lifting weights (especially heavy ones) you need to take regular rest days. Recovery is essential for strength training. It’s then that your body recovers, repairs, and rebuilds your muscles – so rest is essential for those big muscles!

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For cardiovascular exercise (such as running, cycling and swimming), you can go to the gym more often. Your aerobic system doesn’t need as much time to recover. However, be careful not to do too much intense activity too often. Some people like to take ‘active rest days’, which include walking and are still classed as cardio.

How many times a week should you go to the gym?

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- If your goal is to increase your aerobic fitness: it’s recommended that you do some form of aerobic exercise every day. You might already do this in the form of walking. For more intense forms of aerobic exercise, such as running, swimming or cycling, aim for between 1-3 sessions per week, depending on your ability. For high-intensity cardiovascular exercise that consists of short bursts (such as HIIT training), aim for a maximum of 2 sessions per week.
- If your goal is to increase your strength: remember to give your muscles plenty of time to recover. If you do full-body workouts, take a day off in between training. Try not to work the same muscle groups on back-to-back days. Aim for between 2-4 sessions per week. If you work completely different muscle groups, though, you could go to the gym between 5-6 times a week. Hussle gyms have great training equipment. Sign up here to get hold of a fitness pass that will allow you to access them.
- If your goal is weight loss: figure out the number of calories below the number your body needs to maintain your current weight (your calorie deficit). The calories you eat and drink should be the first thing you calculate. Then decide how many extra you want to burn. From that, work out how many gym sessions you’ll need to get there. Focus on your diet first, then do more general movement each day. Cardiovascular exercise burns more calories, but it’s worth including some weight training, too.
How do you decide on exercise frequency?

Ask yourself questions to help you realise how much gym time you should have
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It’s clear there’s no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to how much gym time you should have. But there are some questions you can ask yourself to figure out the right amount for you, such as:
- What is your fitness focus for the week?
- What does life look like?
- How are you feeling?
- What other activities have you got on?
From answering these questions, you can work out an exercise formula for yourself. For example, if you’re feeling a bit sore from the exercise that you did last week, you might want to take a couple of rest days. Get yourself a Hussle gym pass, and you can use gyms all around the UK whenever it suits you. Sign up here and don’t miss out on the great fitness pass deal.
October 21, 2021