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December 17, 2020

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Personal COVID Battles

Health care workers share their experiences with having the coronavirus

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Hanukkah Cheer

Winners of Gurwin Photo Contest Announced

Commack’s Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center hosts drive-thru light show for locals — A3

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This year, Harborfields High School’s Athletes Helping Athletes and Best Buddies programs joined Legge in her mission to give back. Together, they adopted 114 adults and children. On Dec. 14, the volunteers met after school to wrap the gifts, which ranged from simple toys to winter coats and boots. — All photos by Lina Weingarten

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Health Care Workers Chronicle Their COVID Ordeals From Helper to Patient, Then Back to Helper, Part 1 of 2 BY DANIEL DUNAEIF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Health care professionals often sympathize with their patients, offering support as they deal with painful and difficult symptoms. With COVID-19, some health care professionals in the local area also became patients themselves. Carolyn Germaine, Director of Nursing for the Transitional Care Unit at Mather Hospital, shared her experiences with TBR News Media.

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Carolyn Germaine, the director of nursing for the Transitional Care Unit for Mather, had to make it through high fevers and extreme nausea during her fight with COVID-19 back in March. Photo by Stu Vincent/Mather

understand the amount of stress that the staff is feeling,” Germaine said. “It’s the entire staff. It’s every department that works here. It’s a very unpredictable time.” Unlike the first wave, when other states sent medical teams to help in Suffolk County, those states are in the midst of their own crises, which means that no help will be coming, she said. Germaine urged people to wear masks, remain socially distanced and limit any gatherings, even during the holidays.

Despite the anxiety, tension and memory of her own hospitalization, Germaine said she never considered leaving the hospital or her profession. “Nothing is more satisfying than taking care of patients and helping families,” Germaine said. “You’re made to do it. I can’t imagine not doing it.” Check back next week for an interview with two patient care assistants at St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center on how they dealt with their own bouts of COVID.

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Of all the tangible and intangible gifts Carolyn and her husband Malcolm Germaine have exchanged during the over four decades they’ve known each other, this had to be the worst. Director of Nursing for the Transitional Care Unit, Carolyn Germaine contracted COVID-19 in March and, soon thereafter, passed it along to Malcolm. Her husband was choking at night and, despite being a nurse, Carolyn Germaine felt helpless, particularly in the earlier phases of the disease when health care workers weren’t using steroids that have become a part of more effective treatment. “I feel terrible he got sick,” Germaine said. “It’s not something you ever want to bring home with you.” Germaine’s battle with COVID-19 started March 23, when she developed a fever and aches all over her body that felt like every one of her joints had arthritis. By the 26th, she had a positive diagnosis. When she started to feel better, she thought she might return to work. The next morning, she woke up with a 103-degree fever and, like so many other COVID patients, struggled to catch her breath. “Nurses are bad patients,” Germaine said. “We think we can manage everything ourselves.” Nonetheless, by Tuesday, the 31st, she recognized that the oxygen in her blood, which she tested on her own at home, was dropping to the low 90s. She went to the ER, where she convinced her colleagues to let her return home. Another hospital official called and said, as Germaine recalled, “What are you doing? You need to come back.” She was admitted on Tuesday evening, where she struggled through the most extreme

discomfort she’s ever had. Her nausea, fatigue, and brain fogginess made her so uncomfortable that she asked her doctor to knock her out. “It’s terrifying because you are isolated, and you want to stay isolated,” Germaine said. She didn’t want any of her friends or staff members to come into the room, where she could expose them to the virus that was challenging her system. Germaine described the care she received as “exceptional.” The staff at Mather regularly checked in on her, even if it was just from the door. Struggling with thirst, she received numerous drinks at the door. She knew the staff managed through extreme stress. Even in her brain fog, she could hear all the code blues and rapid response alerts all day. “I’ve been in the hospital for 33 years and that doesn’t happen,” she said. “If there’s a code blue or rapid response, those are rare occurrences.” While she was trying to recover in the hospital, Germaine said she was incredibly short of breath, even when she made the short walk from the bed to the chair. She forced herself to go back and forth, which she knew was better than remaining in bed all day. Germaine vomited so frequently that she lost 15 pounds in the five days she was hospitalized. “I didn’t think I was ever going to feel better,” said Germaine, who also lost a sense of smell that has only partially returned nine months later. When she finally left the hospital, it took her five weeks to return to work. Germaine credits her daughter Laura, who lives with Carolyn and Malcom and is a social worker at Northwell, with taking care of her parents. Somehow, despite being around them through the worst of it, Laura, who is hoping for a “normal” wedding next summer, didn’t get sick. During that period, the Germaine’s first grandchild, Greyson, was born April 12. She and her husband couldn’t visit him in person right away. An avid walker who runs up and down the stairs at the hospital, Germaine needed a few more months to feel more normal. She said she has also felt some sense of survivor’s guilt, because she wasn’t able to help out at the hospital when the need was the greatest. Germaine said the staff has already been dealing with the effects of the second wave. Within a 90-minute period recently, the hospital had four rapid responses, which means a dramatic change for patients, either because of oxygen levels dropping, a change in mental status, a drop in blood pressure or anything that might require immediate attention. The rapid response call brings a whole medical team to the bedside. The hospital would normally have a few of these in a week but having four in 90 minutes is extraordinarily stressful. “People who don’t work in the field do not

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LIPA Sues PSEG for $70 Million for Failed Isaias Response BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

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The Department of Public Service recommended a lawsuit to the LIPA Board of Trustees. “Utility companies are beholden to ratepayers, and when that service is inadequate — or as in this case, a complete failure — those utilities need to be held accountable,” Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) said in a statement. PSEG “failed to hold up their end. It’s inexcusable, and we’re going

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to make sure that it doesn’t happen again.” The complaint, filed by attorneys at the law firm Rivkin Radler, alleges breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing, based on PSEG’s “failure to prepare for and manage restoration effort during and following Tropical Storm Isaias. LIPA also brings this action for specific performance to compel PSEG LI to comply with its obligations” under the operations service agreement. The suit also alleges “corporate mismanagement, misfeasance, incompetence, and indifference, rising well beyond the level of simple negligence.” Immediate Fix Demanded State Sen. James Gaughran (D-Northport), an outspoken critic of LIPA and PSEG LI’s response to the storm, welcomed the legal action. “It’s about time LIPA start acting to protect the best interests of Long Island ratepayers,” Gaughran said in a statement. Gaughran urged LIPA to make sure the $70 million is paid by PSEG shareholders and not ratepayers. “An independent receiver should be appointed to refund this $70 million to hardworking Long Islanders and not dumped into the blackhole of LIPA’s budget,” Gaughran added. In a statement, LIPA CEO Tom Falcone said PSEG LI must “immediately fix these failed information technology systems and abide by its contract” as LIPA continues to review its legal, contractual and termination options. “PSEG Long Island has collected nearly half a billion dollars from Long Island customers over the past seven years while failing to meet its basic obligations,” Falcone added. John Rhodes, Special Counsel for statewide ratepayer protection for the New York State Department of Public Service, asked if LIPA should “find a new service provider?” In a statement, PSEG Long Island said it was “hard at work addressing recommendations in LIPA’s 30- and 90-day reports. We believe that the current public-private partnership

is the best option for Long Island customers and we have remained committed to being the service provider of choice for LIPA.” PSEG LI is “aware that this lawsuit has been filed and we are reviewing it.” Lawsuit Claims In the lawsuit, LIPA describes PSEG LI as demonstrating willful, bad faith and grossly negligent failures. One of a litany of complaints during and after the storm was the inability for customers to connect with PSEG and to receive a reliable estimate of the time to restore power. Ratepayers were “left without critical information as adequate telephone lines were overwhelmed with calls and an Outage Management System, selected by PSEG LI as able to withstand a major storm and paid for by LIPA, failed.” About a million customer calls and 300,000 text messages did not reach PSEG LI, according to the suit. Calls to outage and billing lines “became overloaded and failed,” the suit alleges, with 75% of customer calls to PSEG LI’s Outage Line not going through on the first day of the storm. PSEG LI “did not properly monitor whether the calls on the Outage Line were connecting. Calls were dropped without PSEG LI’s knowledge,” according to the suit. LIPA asserted that PSEG should have known about the inadequacy of the voice telephony system. PSEG did not perform sufficient tests to determine whether the system would function during a major storm event before or in the 100 days after Isaias, the suit further claimed. The problems with the telecommunications system predated the storm, as the suit indicated that the “OMS did not crash due to Isaias. It was already failing.” PSEG LI “must develop a comprehensive integrated set of business continuity plans for every critical IT and communication system on Long Island, plus all repair and recovery activities,” according to the suit.

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PSEG workers repair power lines and cut down trees in Mount Sinai after Tropical Storm Isais rolled back in July. File photo by Kyle Barr

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On Nov. 30, Ernest C. Hoffmann, Jr., devoted husband and treasured father of three, died at the age of 74. Ernie was born in Huntington Aug. 18, 1946, to Ernest and Agnes (Maloney) Hoffmann. Upon graduating from Northport High School in 1964, Ernie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps where he proudly served his country in Vietnam, earning two Purple Hearts. After returning home, he married his high school sweetheart, Gail (Scudder). Ernie was an employee of LILCO (National Grid) from 1968 - 2001. After retirement, Ernie and Gail split their time between Satellite Beach, Florida and Hancock, New Hampshire. Ernie enjoyed fishing, boating, practical jokes and home improvement projects — and

was good at it all. The thing he enjoyed most, however, was time spent with his family who will forever miss his sense of humor, kindness and generosity. Ernie is survived by his wife, Gail, and his children — Michele Kelly (Brian), Ernest C. Hoffmann III (Leigh-Mary) and Amanda DiNino (Anthony). He also leaves behind seven adoring grandchildren — Lily and Caroline Hoffmann; Maggie, Joey and Ryan Kearney; Frank and Nicky DiNino — as well as sisters “Peggy” Davenport (Joe) and Anne McDermott, brother-in-law John Scudder (Carol), and many nieces and nephews. Ernie is predeceased by his brother Albert and his parents. In 2012, Ernie endured a kidney transplant. His family will be forever grateful for the kidney donation that extended his life, and strongly encourage others to register as organ donors. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the AdventHealth Transplant Institute (www. adventhealthtransplantinstitue.com).

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County

North Shore Man Spreads Christmas Cheer on the Road BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Driving along Route 25A, you might have seen a boxy vehicle decked out in lights. Candy canes stick out from its top alongside green garland. The Long Island Holiday Jeep has been seen throughout Port Jefferson, near Stony Brook University, and even out into Huntington. Every holiday season, Michael Johnston joins dozens of other people on the road, decorating their vehicles as part of a group called The Christmas Convoy. The 19-year-old Setauket resident said he began decorating cars before he was even able to drive, at age 16 with his father. “This year I went all out because it was such a depressing year,” he said. Usually his Jeep Renegade has about 2,000 lights on it, he said. This year he added 3,000 more. “It’s just fun to do,” he said. “It’s fun to get reactions from people and everyone

loves it … other than some cops.” Unlike some his Convoy-counterparts, Johnston decorates for most holidays. He’s been at the Huntington St. Patrick’s Day Parade adorning green, dazzled with hearts for Valentine’s Day and with Easter Bunny ears placed at his car’s top in the spring. He’s decorated for Thanksgiving and Halloween, but nothing compares to Christmas. Johnston is a delivery driver for DoorDash, so he’s always out and about. “Everyone has a way different reaction,” he said. “Some people scream, they wave, and they ask me questions about it.” He said he hopes that the bright lights on the road spread some holiday cheer during a rather bleak time. For now, he and his holiday Jeep can be spotted all across the North Shore, and eventually, the young man hopes, it might be another vehicle. “I actually want to get a new car,” he said. “A Cadillac Escalade.”

Michael Johnston in front of the Port Jefferson Village Center with his decked out Jeep Renegade. Photo by Julianne Mosher

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Numbers of Rage

We want you to compare a few numbers. Look at these figures: 27 to 34; then 106 to 2,923. The news is consistently stacked with such figures, but it’s all our job to prioritize them to make sure we’re doing the right thing. On a call with reporters last week, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) said people are dying at higher rates because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In just the first week of December, the county counted at least 34 dead. This means we can expect a horrific month, as just 35 people died from COVID-19-related issues in the entire month of November. When we look at national figures, on Thursday, Dec. 10, at least 2,923 Americans died from COVID-19. That is more deaths than all those who perished when the towers fell on 9/11, and it is happening on a daily basis. This is what our focus should be on. If we can get through the winter months, then hopefully we can see more broad use of the vaccine and then, if we stay focused, a return to where we were before March 2020. Instead, another figure drags our attention to political irrationality. Only 27 of 249 Republican members of Congress were willing to say as at Dec. 5 that President-elect Joe Biden won the election in a Washington Post poll, despite the fact that all states’ voter rolls were already certified. A total of 106 U.S. representatives signed onto the State of Texas’ attorney general’s plea to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the ballots of four swing states that went to Biden. Of those pledging onto this strange and ill-conceived attempt to usurp the national election includes U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY1). Last week, the Supreme Court threw out the plainly ridiculous Texas AG’s suit, but that original act by the GOP underlays a deepening resentment to the very foundations of our democracy. In an article published last week in TBR papers, Suffolk Republican Committee Chairman Jesse Garcia spoke about how Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) used the pandemic to “scare voters away from the polling places,” and used the crisis to hurt GOP primaries. It’s important to note that Suffolk Republicans only had one primary this year, while the rest of their candidates were appointed by party leadership. Democrats had four of their primaries delayed by these new rules in Suffolk alone. While more Dems voted by mail than Republicans, there was a significant number of absentee ballots sent by conservatives, as evidenced by the end total of votes compared to those shown on Nov. 3. Giving little evidence of any real fraud, Garcia cited a case in which a Water Mill man, a Democrat, was indicted for allegedly requesting two mail-in ballots for his deceased mother back in October. He was indicted by Suffolk District Attorney Tim Sini, a Democrat. If anything, this example shows that current efforts to account for fraud have worked, rather than the opposite. Erroneously saying such fraud was widespread in Suffolk also discounts the work of the Suffolk County Board of Elections, of which there are two commissioners, one appointed by the Republicans and one by the Democrats. If there turns out to be real evidence of fraud, and not just partisan hyperbole, we expect it to be looked into through the proper channels, but anticipating illicit activity with no proof does little but reinforce a deepening partisan divide, something we clearly do not need right now. Is this a distraction? Do we need to forget the more than 2,000 who have died in Suffolk County alone throughout this awful year? Which ones are numbers to be plotted in a spreadsheet and which ones should we apply real effort toward? Because keeping COVID numbers low means that hospitals can deal with the incoming patients. When hospitals become overloaded, more people die. It’s that simple. That is why we wear the masks and keep socially distanced. That is why we care for our neighbors and support those people on the front lines. Those elected officials focusing on rewriting the outcome of the election need to look back to their folks at home and perhaps remind themselves which numbers are the ones that matter.

Letters to the Editor

Board of Education Fails to Put Students First On Dec. 3, parents and community members of the Northport-East Northport School District had their voices silenced as the board of education disregarded their concerns and went forth with their plan to close Bellerose Avenue and Dickinson Avenue Elementary Schools. This plan would take effect for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year, when COVID would most likely still be a concern, and social distancing a harder requirement to maintain in order to ensure the safety of our children and educators.The board and Superintendent Robert Banzer have claimed that they are eager to hear the communities’ concerns, yet they have not listened. Although they have opened their meetings up to discussion from Northport and East Northport residents, the board has failed to adequately answer questions regarding the negative impacts of this decision on our children, the needs of children in the Special Education program, or possible alternatives to closing down the schools. Some board members have gone so far as to berate members of the community for speaking at these meetings, especially when the topic of Northport Middle School has been brought up. Based on budgetary information alone, Northport Middle School is the district’s

largest liability, needing more capital improvements than the two elementary schools being closed combined. The negative PR of the building, ongoing litigation due to students and staff becoming sick, and continued necessary improvements should have been enough to put that school as a possible option to be closed. Instead, the two elementary schools situated in the heart of the community are being shuttered, and families devastated. This decision has been made on outdated information, using a survey based on population trends pre-COVID and before the migration out of New York City to Long Island. While there have been claims of declining enrollment in previous years, the board’s own study showed an increased enrollment pattern for Kindergarten students. That number will only go up now that families have been moving out to Long Island due to the pandemic; the record high vacancy rate in Manhattan and the amount of homes being sold within the community in the last few months is proof of that. The board has made an irresponsible decision to condense six schools into four, increase class sizes which is detrimental to student learning, and has

shown that they have less regard for the social emotional health of our children in favor of a quick budgetary fix. They have ignored the communities call to “Press Pause,” a petition which has garnered over 1,000 signatures and asks the board to at least wait a year before going forward with their plan, but it has fallen on deaf ears. As a board member said at the last workshop, “I hear your concerns, but I’m OK with moving forward right away.” Needless to say, with the board of education moving forward, extensive planning is needed. A closure of this magnitude involves entire district rezoning, grade level configuration changes, and new bus routes. However, it will now be rushed, leaving parents and students to face the hurried consequences in a time when most of us are trying to keep our families safe and sane during a raging pandemic. This board continually fails to meet their core value of having students as their first priority, and has failed to collaborate in a spirit of trust with their students, families, staff and community to make thoughtful and informed decisions. Michelle Costales Bellerose Avenue parent East Northport

Party Heads Have Misconceptions of 2020 Elections The TBR News Media website last week featured the takes on the 2020 election by Suffolk GOP and Democratic leaders, Jesse Garcia and Rich Schaffer respectively. Garcia’s perception that Suffolk repudiated “one-party rule” in Albany is quite the spin. Suffolk senators will be in a superminority, where their opinions will be irrelevant, and will struggle to bring the funding and resources needed for their constituents. The same is true for Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-NY1) and Congressman-elect Andrew Garbarino (R-NY2), who will be in the House minority with a Democratic president. In a time where people are struggling to survive, many of the GOP candidates or incumbents deflected from much-needed police reform and did not address issues of economic, health or employment struggles of

Suffolk residents. They have sown doubt in the electoral and voting system in their postelection rhetoric. They offer no meaningful solutions for struggling Americans. Schaffer chalking up defeat to Suffolk being “a purple district” and to progressives “going to just take our ball and go home” is the wrong take. As a progressive who worked tirelessly for candidates I didn’t fully align with, and brought many other progressives into political action, I resent the loss of centrist candidates being pinned on folks like me. The truth is that the Democratic Party has passed excellent legislation that has served many New Yorkers in times of need, including bail reform and police accountability. But Democrats often run away from these fights, and not only play poor defense, they fail to play offense. And in that

vacuum, the bigotry of the GOP’s message gains a foothold. Democrats can and should succeed in Suffolk, but it will require a better strategy to make that so. At the end of the day, when we look at the needs of residents, political operatives fail to see what really matters. We need public servants who will put people first, who will hear the voices of struggling constituents over those of big donors and overpriced political consultants. We need to choose candidates based on their values, rather than some abstract concept of “electability” or how much money they can raise. We need a political system that truly speaks for all of us. And going forward, people like me will continue to fight the good fight to make that happen. Shoshana Hershkowitz South Setauket

The opinions of columnists and letter writers are their own. They do not speak for the newspaper.

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Opinion

Imagining the Special Features of a James Bond Viral Mask

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hat if James Bond had to wear a mask? What would it look like and would it become a fashion accessory and a multi-functional gadget at the same time? It could be all black to match his dapper tuxedo. If he ever wore a bow tie that was a different color, he could coordinate the two items to keep the visual integrity of the ensemble. Then again, maybe it’d be pink with a small ribbon, to D. None show that he’s finally caught up to the of the above times and, after all BY DANIEL DUNAIEF those years of leading ladies who fall in love with him at their

own peril, he sees an opportunity to show his appreciation for women and the fight against breast cancer. Maybe the mask would have a bright light built into it. He could use the light to interrogate someone, to shine it in someone’s eyes who was about to shoot him or to distract a vicious dog or lion that was about to eat him, but who followed the light around the room instead. He could also use the light in dark tunnels or underneath pyramids. A problem with masks, even the ones we change each day, is that they don’t change what our faces do beneath them. It’s hard to sense the difference between a hidden smile and a smirk. Remember those mood rings, which changed color depending on how we were feeling? A modern Bond could have a mood mask. A James Bond mask wouldn’t simply be colorful. It would also be a communicator, akin to Maxwell Smart’s shoe in “Get

Smart.” By tilting his head once to the right, Bond could speak with M or Q or any other one-letter person or, perhaps, another 00 like him, who would be able to speak with him through their mask. Tilting his head twice to the right would hang up the phone. He could dial by touching his tongue to a keypad in his mask. By tilting his head to the left once, Bond could order a vodka martini, shaken not stirred, from the nearest bar. In fact, keeping up with modern times, maybe Bond wouldn’t need to speak at all, but the mask could pick the ideas in his head, like, “hey, that woman over there looks intelligent. I can’t wait to speak with her about her hopes and aspirations. After we get to know each other well, we can establish a trusting relationship and then blow stuff up, kill some bad people, save the world and then spend some time undercover, if you know what I mean.”

A James Bond mask would also be the modern version of his all-purpose watch. Contoured to his face, he could whistle, causing the mask to break glass by releasing a supersonic sound. It could also shoot out a lifesaving dart or even provide oxygen for him if he were trapped underwater by a bad guy who didn’t realize that you can’t drown Bond while he’s wearing his mask. Given the physical demands of the job, the mask would also come with a built-in coolant. Instead of sweating into the mask, the mask would be made of a dry-fit material while, on cue, it would release a comfortable and sweet-smelling coolant that would also cover up his bad breath. Maybe he’d have a mask that played the theme song from his movies. Each time he bit down, he could sway and swagger to the familiar and engaging theme, annoying the evildoers with a song that almost always signals a Bond victory.

A Remarkable Day, Plus Info on Getting Tested for COVID-19

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he days of 2020 are running down now, with only half of December still remaining, but the BIG news stories certainly aren’t letting up. Just this past Monday, two historic events were reported. One was the first vaccinations in the United States against the novel coronavirus. The other was the ratification by the Electoral College of the vote for our next president. Both were climaxes to enormous efforts, but they were not Between ends in themselves. Many people you and me will continue to BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF be angry with the election result and keep protesting. And many will still become ill and some will even die before universal vaccination, victims of the worst pandemic since the flu of 1918.

We watched both memorable occurrences happening in real time on television this week, and we know they are turning points for us in the new year. Probably like you, I have had enough of the political scene, but I would like to dwell on getting tested for the virus until we are able to be vaccinated, perhaps a matter of some months. There is a lot of fresh and interesting information to share. The following comes from The New York Times: There are four reasons to get tested. The most obvious one is if you feel sick. Symptoms of the virus include fever, dry cough, fatigue, headache or loss of smell and taste. Many tests are most reliable during the first week of symptoms. Another reason is if you think you may have been exposed to an infected person or if you were in a risky situation like an indoor gathering or on an airplane. If so, quarantine and get tested five or six days after the possible exposure to give the virus a chance to be detectable. Quarantining should be for at least seven days. Some people are tested simply as a

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precaution, especially if you are going for dental work or another medical procedure. Colleges and boarding schools test students before they leave campus and again when they return. They have largely had good outcomes following this procedure. And finally, some people will choose to be tested if there is a high level of infection in the community. There are different types of tests, but they all use a sample from the nose, throat or mouth. Most widely used is the PCR test that looks for pieces of the virus’ genetic material. This is the most accurate but takes the longest — three to ten days — for the results to come back from the lab. The antigen test detects coronavirus proteins and is among the cheapest and speediest with results in about 15-30 minutes. This is recommended as often as several times a week, since the results, both negative and positive, are less accurate. In one study, this rapid test missed 20 percent of the infections. Then there is the rapid molecular test, which combines the reliability of molecular testing with the speedy results of an antigen test. Abbott’s ID Now and Cepheid Xpert

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Xpress use portable devices that process the sample right in front of you. This test is highly sensitive and can detect the virus a day sooner than the antigen, but it is not quite as reliable as the lab test, and while rapid, may take a little longer. Again a negative result is not foolproof, and you should continue to wear a mask and practice social distancing. If you test positive, you should stay home and isolate. Tell others you have been with so that they may get tested. You should wait 10 days after symptoms started and 24 hours after a fever ends before going out. If results are negative, you might still be infected. Test again. False negatives happen. Home testing kits are starting to be available, and Dr. Anthony Fauci likes the idea. New Jersey is one state that is offering them. Results are delivered in a day or two after being sent in, and one company that has received the FDA green light for at-home testing is Lucira. There are walk-in testing sites in the area, although they usually have long lines. Appointments can be made on Stony Brook University campus by calling 888-364-3065.

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