Buffalo pharmacist proposes testing Bills fans ahead of playoff game
One Buffalo pharmacist said he could test the fans ahead of the playoff game.
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Brighton Eggert Pharmacy Owner Don Arthur wants to see Buffalo Bills fans in the stands for the teamâs playoff game in January.
Heâs proposing to test ticket holders for COVID-19 ahead of the game. Heâs a bit of an expert in the field. Heâs now processing about 1,000 rapid tests at his drive-thru clinic in the Town of Tonawanda. He said he would set up a drive thru clinic in the stadium parking lot roughly four days prior to the game with the ability to test every ticket holder.
Credit Erie.gov Our Department of Health epidemiology staff is still reviewing the date, Poloncarz explained. For the new 60 cases (of deaths attributed to COVID) we wanted to get a little bit more idea on the timing and it appears most of those were cases that fell between the date of December 12 and December 17. So, when you look at it, it s a six-day period. Ten deaths a day.
The numbers now, he maintains, are getting worse than the numbers in the beginning of the pandemic.
Poloncarz is also blasting local youth hockey organizations by name for continuing to practice and play, includes at a scrimmage over the weekend in a Cheektowaga rink, broken up by a county sanitarian.
AT&T Mobility outage impacting 911 calls in Erie County resolved
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â An AT&T Mobility outage that was impacting customers ability to contact 911 has reportedly been resolved.
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz made the announcement Sunday night and said the company was working to resolve the issue.
AT&T Mobility is reporting widespread outages in NYS impacting its customers ability to contact 911. This is a AT&T Mobility issue & they are working to resolve it. AT&T customers attempting to reach 911 should use another carrier, call a seven digit number or use a landline. Mark Poloncarz (@markpoloncarz) December 21, 2020
Vaccine Educational Forum hosted by State Senator Tim Kennedy.
Credit Thomas O Neil-White Speaking during an educational forum on the vaccine, The African American Health Equity Taskforce member said distrust in the medical community is a logical reaction to a history of malpractice.
“African American people don’t mistrust science,” Nicholas said. “We mistrust scientists because of the history of how institutional and systemic and structural racism has played its role in the world of medicine.”
Community Health Center of Buffalo CEO, Dr. LaVonne Ansari said front line healthcare leaders like herself need to be upfront about the danger of the virus and how the vaccine can help.
Poloncarz: COVID vaccine doses intended for ECMC go to 2 Kaleida Health hospitals instead
2 On Your Side asked how Pfizer vaccine doses intended for workers at ECMC ended up going to two Kaleida Health hospitals. Author: Jeff Preval Updated: 8:46 PM EST December 17, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. Initial doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine are in the process of being sent to hospitals across New York state.
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz says there was a distribution issue with doses slated for Erie County Medical Center.
This is the second time in two days we re hearing of doses being delivered to other health care systems, rather than the ones they re supposed to go.