Jackson Heights Life

What a difference a couple of weeks made! In a most disturbing way, we have gone into a scary place once again. I am hearing that it is possible that in a couple of weeks this wave may have washed over us and leave. Good riddance.
  Be safe out there everyone!

Darlene Love
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV8x7H3DD8Y

always perfect <3

One more suggestion - if you're looking for a home testing kit and can't find one to purchase anywhere, I read they are supposed to be giving out the home test kits at every NYC testing site. You can find the list here https://twitter.com/votejgr/status/1472965042563952642?s=20

Check the poster - but there's one on 37th Ave and 104th St., one at NYCHA Woodside on Newtown Ave, and on Wed. only there's a pop up at the Queens Museum. What's unclear is if you have to wait on the same long lines if you only just want to pick up a home test.

If you have a Twitter account, you can create a list of accounts of Covid experts and epidemiologists. Or just find a list that someone else has already created and follow their list.
You can start with some of these accounts:

https://twitter.com/DrTomFrieden
https://twitter.com/MackayIM
https://twitter.com/PeterHotez
https://twitter.com/Laurie_Garrett
https://twitter.com/mugecevik
https://twitter.com/DrEricDing
https://twitter.com/ashishkjha

If you start a list like that, Twitter will suggest other similar accounts to follow.

You don't need to be interested in tweeting to have a Twitter account. It's actually a good way to follow certain types of news you're interested in, even if you have no intention of tweeting yourself.

Is there any way to find out how Jackson Heights is doing right now with Covid positives, testing or any other measures? Asking because it seems like our vaxx rate was pretty high along with awareness of Covid spread.

You can go on the NYC.gov site and see the numbers. But things are changing so rapidly that the info you see there might already be outdated. For example, the map right now shows 11372 at 5.37% positivity rate (7 day average, Dec. 10-16). BUT since there's a lag in reporting, I am guessing that number has already gone way up. Also don't forget that currently we have a lot of people using the at-home rapid tests whose results wouldn't be reported at all.
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page#maps

I think a more accurate rate to look at would be hospitalizations for Covid, and not including people who test positive when they go to the hospital for another condition. I'm not sure those numbers are available.