Prelude To Lockdown: NY's New Governor Making The Same Choices The Last One Did

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Prelude To Lockdown: NY's New Governor Making The Same Choices The Last One Did

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has approved an executive order delaying elective surgeries in the state because of the warning signs that there will be increases in COVID-19 cases this winter and the threat of a new omicron variant of the disease.

"We've taken extraordinary action to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and combat this pandemic," the governor said Friday, reports The New York Post. "While the new Omicron variant has yet to be detected in New York State, it's coming."

The highly transmissible omicron variant, which appeared in South Africa and is called after a letter in the Greek alphabet, has prompted new concerns because it appears to have a high number of mutations in the coronavirus spike protein, and that could affect its ability to spread to more people, according to health experts.

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Hochul said that with her executive order, she's also publishing "urgent steps today to expand hospital capacity and help ensure our hospital systems can tackle any challenges posed by the pandemic as we head into the winter months."

COVID-19 vaccines remain one of the "greatest weapons" in combating the pandemic, she added, and she urged all New Yorkers to get their shots and their boosters.

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The rule on non-essential operations will be for hospitals with a limited capacity of being at or below 10% of their available staffed bed capabilities and will take effect on Dec. 3. The order will be reevaluated on Jan. 15, based on what the information is on the virus and its spread at that time

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Hochul said the executive order would also allow New York to move critical supplies fast.

Meanwhile, the COVID-19 rates remain lower in New York City, which has high vaccination rates, than in upstate regions where vaccination rates are still at low levels.

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The highest positivity rate in the state is in the Buffalo/Western New York region, where Hochul is from. There, 9.67% of residents had tested positive as of Thursday and Erie County has reimposed an indoors mask mandate.

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In other regions' three-day averages, Finger Lakes is reporting 8.85%; North Country/Adirondacks, 7.82%t; Mohawk Valley, 7.7%; Syracuse/Central NY, 6.46%; and the Albany/Capital Region, 6.96%. New York City's positivity rate is at 1.65% or less than half the state's 3.84% average. The city has strong vaccination mandates for government employees.

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The state Department of Health vaccine tracker reveals 18 upstate counties with fewer than 70% of adults who have gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

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But in New York City, 97% of adults in Queens and 94% in Manhattan have gotten their shots, followed by 86.4% in the Bronx, 84.4% in Staten Island, and 82.9% in Brooklyn.

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