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Artists find another way Musicians, actors and other performers adapt to the pandemic By KATE NAlEPINKSI and BRIAN STIEGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

While the coronavirus pandemic closed curtains on Broadway, unplugged massive music venues and forced smaller ones to close for good, actors, musicians and other perfor mers didn’t stop creating and sharing their art. For some, shutdowns led to new opportunities, as they channeled their creativity to showcase their work from home on platforms like Zoom. That was the case for roughly 150 student musicians in the East A musician has Meadow School Dis- ARIZoNA more time to create trict, who recently When the panlINDSEY took part in the first demic hit, country Performance Readi- Singer-songwriter singer-songwriter ness Workshop, hostArizona Lindsey, a ed by the Nassau native of LindenMusic Educators Association. hurst, was winding up a crossFrom February 5 to 7, the stu- country tour, performing songs dents played alongside peers from her album “The Castle You from other county school dis- Built Me,” while also studying tricts and performed for profes- for a master’s in clinical mental sional musicians from the New York Philharmonic, the Houston Continued on page 3

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Today, schoolwork. Tomorrow, careers. On the final day of Spirit Week, Feb. 12, fifth-graders at Bowling Green Elementary School dressed up in what they hope will be their future work clothes.

E. Meadow splits first two games Girls’ basketball team is back on the court By ToNY BEllISSIMo tbellissimo@liherald.com

Running intramurals for a couple of months before highrisk sports were given the green light to play helped members of East Meadow’s girls’ basketball team work themselves into shape for a condensed season. “We’re trying to squeeze eight games into a little more than three weeks and playing with masks on, so those intra-

murals really helped us prepare,” Jets head coach Peter Olenik said. “The girls are resilient and excited to be playing. I’m most excited for the seniors to get some games in, because for a long time it didn’t look like anything was going to happen.” East Meadow split its first two games. It defeated Hicksville, 54-28, in the opener on Feb. 11, and then lost to Oceanside, 46-34, on Feb. 16. Senior Rhoda Williams scored in double fig-

ures in both games, hitting for 10 against Hicksville and 12 against Oceanside. Eighth-grader Allie Twible totaled 19 points in the two games. Williams is a four-year varsity player who earned All-Conference honors last season and has been a consistent doubledigit scorer. “Rhoda has great athleticism and really blossomed into a nice two-way playContinued on page 3

Symphony and the Imani Winds. Jessica Shenker, the district’s director of music and the president of the Music Educators Association, created the workshop with the hope of giving students a chance to perform and receive feedback from professional musicians, she said. Shenker recruited other members of East Meadow’s music faculty to lead some of the workshops, including teachers Alexandria and Zachary DeVries, Rachel Fogel, Caitlin Hale, Gregory Krajci, Colleen Mander and Kaitlin Melker.

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Despite shutdowns, artists are still creating health counseling. When her tour was cut short and her classes went remote, it affected Lindsey’s mental health. She spent a lot of time reflecting on her life and what she had accomplished as she made a name for herself in country music. That led to her recording her next album, “The Process,” which will be released on April 9. The 24-year old is a survivor of childhood abuse, faced homelessness, lost her mother in June 2018 and, shortly afterward, was diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder. Nevertheless, in May 2019, she won the Gold Coast Arts Center’s Your Big Break Competition, and attracted the attention of one of the contest’s judges, the entertainment entrepreneur William Kucmierowski, of Levittown, who goes by the moniker Brimstone. With her win, Lindsey earned a guest spot on Kucmierowski’s show “The Grindhouse Radio.” Following her performance on the show, Kucmierowski used his connections in the entertainment industry to find more opportunities for her, and eventually became her manager. She began recovering from her mental illness, established herself in the Long Island music scene and was expanding her fan base. Then the pandemic began. “I changed gears, though,” Lindsey said. “I was in the studio every day over the summer, and that was what led to me getting the album recorded.” “The Process” tells the story of Lindsey’s experience surviving trauma and working toward recovery. Her mezzo-soprano vocals narrate her story over an acoustic guitar. She is also a mental health advocate and, through the pandemic, has hosted “Mental Health Tuesdays” on Instagram. Once a week, fans can submit topics for her to discuss as a “peer trauma survivor” and an “academic in the mental health community.” “Not everyone can access treatment, because not everyone has health care and not everyone could get out of work,” Lindsey said, explaining that she answers fans’ questions by detailing the lessons she learned on her personal road to recovery and through her education. “Sharing that information on my stream is vulnerable for me, but it’s helping someone else.”

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Jared Zirilli, of North Bellmore, said he believed the pandemic may be the hardest time of a theater actor’s life. After the lights went out on Broadway last March, Zirilli, who played Bruce Sudano in “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical,” did what many artists had to

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roughly 150 STudenT musicians from the East Meadow School District took part in the inaugural Performance Readiness Workshop, hosted by the Nassau Music Education Association Feb. 5-7. do during the lockdown: adapt. Before Covid-19 began to spread, Zirilli, 34, had been offered a lead role in a film-to-Broadway adaptation of Martin Scorsese’s 1977 film “New York, New York.” “We had this incredible rehearsal in [the director’s] apartment,” Zirilli recalled. “We finished up . . . and she said she’d see me in a few days. I’m on the elevator in her building, I switch my phone back on, and I just see, ‘Broadway theater closing.’” Like many other performers, Zirilli was hit by a wave of surprise. “Really, it just seemed temporary,” he said. “And then within a couple hours, our casting director emailed us that the reading was canceled for the time being. It was a real shock.” Zirilli, a 2004 graduate of Sanford H. Calhoun High School in Merrick, has managed to fill the void of Broadway’s shutdown by coaching up-and-coming actors online. Before the pandemic, he had hosted a handful of one-on-one coaching sessions with high-school students hoping to pursue acting professionally. And while the shutdowns have put his acting career on hold, the sessions “translated brilliantly to Zoom,” he said.

Zirilli gained many of his more than 3,000 Instagram followers during his run on Broadway, so, last spring, he put out a call, asking if any of them were interested in taking an acting course via Zoom. Today he leads virtual, one-on-one courses with up to 30 students per week from around the country and Canada. The pandemic “has allowed me to completely stretch to students that I might not have been able to teach had it just been an in-person business,” Zirilli said. He continues to work on “New York, New York” on his own, and recently took part a script reading on Zoom. Since working from home means a flexible schedule, he said, he can balance teaching and acting — if Broadway ever does reopen. “That’s the best thing about this: It completely mingles with an active Broadway schedule,” he said. “Unless we’re up and running, I don’t have to do theater until 6 or 7 o’clock, so this Zoom business can continue alongside that.” Slots for Zirilli’s virtual acting course are available, and he is currently accepting new applicants. Interested actors can sign up at www.jaredzirilli.com.

E.M. Jets soar again as high-risk sports resume rebounding ability. East Meadow trailed by 4 at halftime er,” Olenik said. at Oceanside, which used a 12-point run Senior Julie Tanenblatt, who scored 9 in the third quarter to pull away after the points in the win over HicksJets made it a one-possession ville, is a third-year point game at 26-23. Jackie Sailer guard who can heat up at any had 18 points and 15 time. “When Julie’s on, she rebounds for the Sailors. can really put the ball in the Oceanside’s Jenna Morbasket,” Olenik said. “She’s gan hit an important 3-pointalways hustling up and down er late in the second quarter the floor and working hard at for a 21-14 lead after East both ends.” Meadow scored 8 of 10 to Twible is the heir apparclose a double-digit gap to 4 ent to Tanenblatt, and is a PeTer olenik points. Twible provided a lockdown defender with scorspark for East Meadow, with ing ability. She’s a tremen- Head coach, 5 points in the quarter and 8 dous ball handler, Olenik girls’ basketball for the game. She had 11 said, and has a bright future. against Hicksville. Fresh“She’s a rising star,” he said. Sophomore forward Isabella Pota is men Charlotte Viola and Brooke Visstrong in the post with her defense and locky added 9 and 7 points, respectively.

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he girls are resilient and excited to be playing.

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Senior Julie TanenblaTT is a three-year starter for the Jets.

Senior rhoda WilliamS scored in double figures in each of the first two games.

Ruth

Because I wasn’t there, I believe that my mother Ruth left this world much the same way she had spent much of her 92 years in it: unassuming, gentle and kind. With a full demanding life she was pretty strong, though she was the last one to be aware of it. I spent many conversations summoning up encouragement for her after we had fought moments before, but come to think of it, so did she. It was always Mom who reminded me to “take care, drive carefully, love you” and “nice jacket/hat/purse (by the way).” So rather than think of how this passing had left all kinds of ways to do things differently in a Covid-19 world, I want to honor her for having learned about her posthumously from the eyes of three women. They not just expressed polite condolences, but told me what she meant to them, in the context of being my friend. One remembered Ruth for accompanying me to the college open house that ultimately lead to my undergrad degree. This friend recalled being there with her mother too, and she acknowledged that unique connection between parents and children. These two committed moms were there for us both, through our education, three national advertising competitions and two graduations. My former roommate characterized Ruth as enjoyable to be around, “fun in a soft way (with) a peaceful aura”. Inspired

but not forgotten. Both women also took the time to mention Ruth’s quest for learning. She never let age stop her and she got her associate’s degree fifty years after her high school diploma. And then there is my best friend who I met that first day in high school journalism class. She never said it outright until now, but I had always sensed how she felt, now identifying Ruth as her “second mom” for her compassionate and attentive nature. I now realize that like all of us, there were many before and after Ruths. Ruth before marriage and family. Ruth before my brother moved away. Before I met these amazing three women. Before my dad died. But in the peace of retrospect, I now understand that she was not just Ruth because of her life altering experiences. She was Ruth because she always connected with people. She always cared about people. She always did things to grow. And she never stopped exuding courage, albeit gently and quietly. A contributing writer to the Herald since 2012, Lauren Lev is an East Meadow resident and a direct marketing/advertising executive who teaches marketing fundamentals as well as advertising and marketing communications courses at the Fashion Institute of Technology and SUNY Old Westbury.

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An East Meadow man is facing chest. The victim, who suffered a nonassault charges for allegedly stabbing life-threatening laceration, fled the room another man during a verbal and went to the lobby, where dispute that escalated into a someone called 911. fight at the Coliseum Motor On arrival, police found Inn, on Hempstead Turnpike, Gonzalez and arrested him on Feb. 19 around 10:50 p.m., without further incident. The according to a police report. victim was transported to an According to detectives, area hospital for treatment. Jose Gonzalez, 29, of East Gonzalez is being charged Meadow, was staying at the with second-degree assault Coliseum Motor Inn in Room and fourth-degree criminal 82 with a group of people possession of a weapon. He when he and another man was arraigned on Saturday at Jose Gonzalez engaged in a verbal fight. the Town of Hempstead First When a 44-year-old man District Court. tried to stop the fight and got in between the two, Gonzales withdrew a Compiled by Brian Stieglitz knife and stabbed the other man in the

Seaford man arrested for criminal mischief A Seaford man is facing criminal mischief charges for an incident that occurred on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in Seaford. According to detectives, police responded to a 911 call for a disturbance. According to police, Joseph Vicale, 20, of Seaford, had a verbal dispute with two other occupants in the residence. The male broke the glass in the front door, causing lacerations to his arms and debris on his body. The arriving officer encountered the man, who had a large piece of glass in his hand. The officer gave commands for the subject to drop the glass and he complied. When the officer began to arrest the

Vicale, he began to flail his arms and resist. The officer subdued Vicale and arrested him. During the struggle, the officer’s eyes came in contact with small fragments of glass on the subject’s body and suffered irritated eyes and blurred vision. He was transported to an area hospital for treatment and released. Vicale is being charged with thirddegree criminal mischief, second-degree assault, two counts of third-degree menacing, second-degree harassment, resisting arrest and second-degree obstructing governmental administration. He was arraigned on Monday at the Town of Hempstead First District Court.

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community update Thursday, Feb. 25

chance for you to explore a diversity of demonstration gardens at this highly educational location starting at 11 a.m. There will be a focus on the thriving arboretum started in 2013 and you may even learn some pruning techniques. Walk dates, times and locations are subject to change. Please check their website for updates. For more information about our Walks in the Woods, please contact Jane Jackson at 516-922-1028 or jjackson@ northshorelandalliance.org. The East Meadow Farm is a horticultural center and community and demonstration garden operated by Cornell Cooperative Extension.

James Coll and the Constitution Join the East Meadow Public Library crew at 1 p.m. for another session with James Coll as he explains the Constitution to us, piece by piece Register at www.eastmeadow.info or call the library at 794-2570 ask for Programming. They will then email the Zoom link to you on the morning of the program.

Prudence Wright Holmes in Typhoid Mary The actress and playwright Prudence Wright Holmes has produced a one woman play, Typhoid Mary, which is directed by Danielle Winston and will be viewed by the East Meadow Public Library over Zoom at 1 p.m. As you probably know, Typhoid Mary (Mary Mallon) didn’t have typhoid, but was a serial-spreader of the disease. She was quarantined and essential exiled for many years. Join us to experience this amazing actress’s portrayal of Typhoid Mary.

Friday, Feb. 26 Easy Exercise for Adults This East Meadow Public Library class will be given every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. Ann Rothman will lead us in an Easy Exercise Class. This is good for those of us who are NOT athletes. It was good seeing and talking with everyone. They ask that, you click on “participants.” There you will see a “raise your hand” line. Click on that, and we will unmute you so that you can ask a question or make a comment. Register at www.eastmeadow.info or call the library at 794-2570 ask for Programming. They will then email the Zoom link to you on the morning of the program.

Saturday, Feb. 27 Saturday Family Storytime: The Amazing Annabelle Dive into The Amazing Annabelle, written by Linda Taylor and illustrated

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Tuesday, March 9 Tai Chi is Coming!

Time for mint chocolate chip cookies! This is s imple cooking family program, presented by the East Meadow Public Library on March 1 at 7 p.m. If you are put on the waiting list, they are out of kits, but you can still join for the program just to watch or bake with us if you have the ingredients. When you register, please type in your address to get a kit. by Kyle Horne, at Saturday Family Storytine, presented by the East Meadow Public Library on Saturday, February 27 at 11 a.m. Amazing Annabelle is a 3rd grader who lives in Long Island, New York. She is excited about school and learning new things. She is driven to always be the very best at everything she sets out to do in her life. Annabelle is motivated and determined to reach the highest heights in all her endeavors. Annabelle is a great role model. Please have paper, pencils and markers or crayons available. Register at www. eastmeadow.info or call the library at 794-2570 ask for Programming. They will then email the Zoom link to you on the morning of the program.

Cherry Fa-shazzile at Pinot’s Palette Step outside of the box and get your creative juices flowing with the fun

ripe cherries! This black light painting event is happening in the studio, at 2557 Hempstead Turnpike, from 7:30 p.m. p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and costs $40 per person. They are practicing social distancing with their seating, hand sanitizer is available when you walk in, disposable aprons are being given and masks are required by all staff and guests. You and anyone in your party will be seated together. Each party will be seated six feet away from each other. Their studio has a delicious food menu and a beautiful wine bar. They serve multiple craft and domestic beers. Come try one of their signature cocktails. For dessert they have Tipsy Scoop alcohol infused ice cream. Flavors such as vanilla bean bourbon and salted caramel whisky. Ample parking is available in the front of the studio and on the side parking lot.

Beginning March 2, the East Meadow Public Library is offering tai chi on Tuesdays at 11 a.m. Through the generosity of Man Cheng, we will have a weekly half hour class in Tai Chi. After we get some moves under our belt, we will be able to join his larger group for longer sessions. Register at www.eastmeadow. info or call the library at 794-2570 ask for Programming. They will then email the Zoom link to you on the morning of the program.

Monday, March 1 Tune in and Write It Out With Us! Every Monday at 7 p.m. the East Meadow Public Library offers a course on journaling in the pandemic. This time in history needs to be saved for the future, and we are the ones to tell the stories. Join Professor Kathleen Volk Miller who will introduce the science and practice of writing toward emotional well-being and psychological healing. Register at www.eastmeadow.info or call the library at 794-2570 ask for Programming. They will then email the Zoom link to you on the morning of the program.

Saturday, March 6 Educational Tour Farm The East Meadow Farm is offering a

HAvIng An EvEnT? Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to bstieglitz@liherald.com

East Meadow’s Eisenhower Park is 30 acres — making it larger than Manhattan’s Central Park Eisenhower Park’s golf course hosted the ninth PGA Championship in 1926 East Meadow was coveted for it’s livestock and occupied by British forces during the American Revolution The present population of the area making up the East Meadow School District is 51,000 The East Meadow School District includes Salisbury

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Last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave student athletes the long-awaited green light to start playing high-risk sports and, shortly after, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran followed suit by permitting schools to start games as soon as Feb. 8. Meanwhile, in the East Meadow School District, Kristi Detor, the director of athletics, gave a presentation at the Feb. 10 Board of Education meeting detailing the guidelines and protocols for resuming sports like cheerleading, wrestling and lacrosse. “This has been an extremely taxing and difficult school year for all of us,” Detor said. “The athletes are extremely excited and thankful that the athletic program has the opportunity to reintroduce athletics.” The high school seasons were modified and condensed to from the typical 12 to 16 weeks to roughly 45 days each. The winter season, from Jan. 4 to Feb. 26, includes boy’s and girl’s basketball, boy’s and girl’s bowling, cheerleading, wrestling and boy’s and girl’s track. The fall season, from March 1 to April 21, includes football, boy’s and girl’s soccer, cross-country, boy’s and girl’s volleyball, field hockey and girl’s tennis. The spring season, from April 22 to June 14, includes boy’s and girl’s lacrosse, baseball, softball, boy’s tennis and boy’s and girl’s track and field. Football could be

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EAST MEAdow’S Boy’S track team has been hard at work since sports were permitted to resume. extended more than a one week period for postseason play, if necessary. “Everyone started spinning to figure out how are we are going to safely do this and what will that look like,” Detor said, explaining that the district consulted Dr. John Zaso, the district physician, while

developing protocols and procedures based on the guidance from the New York State Department of Health, New York State Education Department, Section VIII Athletics and New York State Public High School Athletic Association. All students, coaches, officials and

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spectators must maintain six feet distance between one another when possible and must wear face masks when possible. When students wear mouth guards, they must keep them in their mouth or wash them if they come out before putting them back. If a student doesn’t feel well, they must tell their coach. Anyone participating in indoor, high-risk sports must provide a negative Covid-19 test once a week. The district is not permitting any spectators for indoor athletic contest. Spectators are permitted outdoors, but only two are invited per student-athlete. The district is also working on live-streaming all games to allow fans to watch. Masks must be worn at all times while on the bus. Student-athletes may travel to and/or from an away or neutral site contest with a parent/guardian if the “Transportation Consent Form,” is emailed to the athletic director and approved. Carpooling is not recommended, but if it is necessary, all parties should wear masks and allow for windows to be open during the car ride. “We’re all aware of the need for our student-athletes to regain some semblance of normalcy,” Detor said. “Although this is a new landscape for athletics and it is not ideal, it is allowing them to experience the needed social and emotional aspects of sport bringing them together in a way that they have not been able to. To view the district’s full list of protocols, visit https://bit.ly/3kg6WHW.

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Alzheimer’s group funding NYU research The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, headed by former New York State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., of Merrick, has awarded a $250,000 grant to NYU Langone Hospital in Mineola to expand and accelerate research that it is conducting to uncover the underlying causes of Alzheimer’s disease, with the goal of developing new treatments and slowing the progression of the disease. This AFA award follows a $100,000 grant in 2019 that began the cutting-edge research project. The NYU Langone clinicians and scientists are seeking to approximate brain behavior by reprogramming human cells derived from Alzheimer’s patients. Based on genetic information collected through voluntary blood donations from many patients, the team can distinguish where Alzheimer’s neurons diverge from healthy neurons, and from there take corrective action. This allows the team to then non-invasively explore the potential development of new treatments. The study is led by Dr. Allison Reiss, head of the Inflammation Laboratory at the Biomedical Research Institute at NYU Langone Hospital and associate professor of Medicine at NYU Long Island School of Medicine. Reiss is also a member of AFA’s Medical, Scientific and Memory Screening Advisory Board. “This new funding allows us to quicken the pace of our work and include participants with only mild cognitive impairment, allowing us to study subtle changes in the composition and metabolism of neurons before advanced Alzheimer’s has taken hold,” Reiss said. “The brain is the body’s most inaccessible and complex organ, making it extraordinarily challenging for scientists to develop new treatments and cures for Alzheimer’s,” Fuschillo said. “This grant enables the NYU Langone Health team to

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The Alzheimer’s FoundATion of American recently awarded NYU Langone in Mineola a $250,000 grant to conduct research into the causes of and treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. Above, Dr. Allison Reiss, head of the Inflammation Laboratory at the Biomedical Research Institute at NYU Langone Hospital. expand the number of participants, perform additional cutting-edge work and accelerate the pace of this very promising research study. The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is very pleased to make this investment in hope.” “Having cared for a loved one with Alzheimer’s, I know the impact this disease has on families and how desperately new treatments are needed,” said AFA founder and Chairman Bert Brodsky. “We’re hopeful that NYU Langone’s research can make a game-changing scientific breakthrough that will improve the lives of families affected by this terrible disease.” Reiss and her team have been gathering blood samples from individuals liv-

ing with Alzheimer’s, as well as those without the disease. From each blood sample, the research team isolates exosomes that originated in the patient’s brain. Exosomes are small particles shed from every cell, including neurons in the brain. These extracellular pieces, or vesicles, derived from brain neurons carry key genetic information. Researchers are investigating the differences in this genetic information between healthy people and those with Alzheimer’s. The aim is to use the information gained to reprogram Alzheimer’s neurons to behave more like those in healthy people. The research team is also testing a number of drugs for possible repurposing and use in Alzheimer’s disease, as

well as seeking new gene-editing approaches to treatments. The new grant will allow the study to expand the participant pool to include those with mild cognitive impairment. By comparing this group to the original pool of participants who have already progressed to full-blown Alzheimer’s, the earliest deviations from normal can be captured. The study is also being expanded to include first-degree relatives of individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease. Additionally, the grant will allow the team to accelerate the project by using more complex tools to analyze the effectiveness of novel treatments to restore cellular and mitochondrial function. Reiss is joined by Dr. Aaron Pinkhasov, chairman of psychiatry, and Dr. Irving Gomolin, chief of geriatrics, at NYU Langone on Long Island; Dr. Joshua De Leon, associate professor of clinical medicine at the NYU Long Island School of Medicine; and Dr. Lora Kasselman, assistant professor of foundations of medicine, and Dr. Thomas Wisniewski, the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman professor of the NYU Alzheimer’s Disease Center. According to Reiss, in the last two decades, only a handful of medicines were approved to treat Alzheimer’s disease, while the vast majority of clinical trials were halted. Trials typically rely on research first conducted on mice or using spinal fluid, and those often fail to replicate the complex neurological activity in the human brain. That contrasts with research to find cures for cancers of the liver, lungs and other vital organs, where it is increasingly common for pieces of tissue to be extracted for biopsies—and for profiling of cancer cells—to develop with optimal treatment regimens. To give to AFA, go to alzfdn.org/ donate.

Inside LI to host Black History Month webinar By nicole Alcindor nalcindor@liherald.com

In honor of Black History Month, Herald Inside LI will host a webinar featuring Black leaders on Long Island on Feb. 25 at 9:30 a.m. S p e a ke r s w i l l i n cl u d e P h i l Andrews, president of the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce Inc.; Regina Armstrong, superintendent of the Hempstead School District; Frederick Brewington, owner, principal, civil rights lawyer and community activist at the Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington; Margo Cargill, CEO of Titanium Linx Consulting Inc.; and Daniel Lloyd, vice president of the of Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce, and founder and president of Minority Millennials Inc. The speakers will by Zoom discuss their industries and the culture of

today’s workplaces. They will also discuss how communities have adapted to social justice and racial equity issues, as well as provide insight on how leaders can best harness their influence to impact Long Island. To register to watch the webinar on the scheduled date or receive a recording of the event, go to LIHerald.com/BlackHistoryMonth. To sponsor a webinar or for more information, contact Amy Amato at aamato@richnerlive.com or call (516) 569-4000, ext. 224.

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know something, you’re not stupid? If anything, you’re ignorant, which is fine – as we all know some stuff and we’re ignorant about other stuff. And whatever you need to know, you can learn. Now imagine that you were asked to teach your colleagues a new software program. If you’re still thinking you’re stupid, your first response is likely to be a host of reasons why you can’t do this. “They shouldn’t have asked me,” “I’m going to make a fool of myself,” “I’m no expert about this program!” Hang on to these negative frames, and you’ll become increasingly anxious and panicked. Reframe them and see how that alters

your inner dialogue. “What an opportunity! It’s great my boss has so much confidence in my tech skills. This could be a chance for me to shine, even though I know I’ll have to put a lot of work into it. Time to get going!” Hear the difference reframing can make in your personal life? If you’re looking for creative ways to reframe a situation, listen to how others think of it. Now here’s the hard part. Squelch your knee jerk reaction to tell them how wrong they are. Or how they just don’t understand. Or how they just don’t get it. Instead, listen! See if another’s assess-

ment of you (or of the situation) might make sense. Once you get into the habit of reframing, you’ll find it much easier to build up your self-confidence and resolve your inner conflicts. ©2021 Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., psychologist, coach and author specializes in helping people overcome procrastination and debilitating anxiety and fear. Contact her at DrSapadin@aol.com. Visit her websites www.BeatProcrastinationCoach.com and www.PsychWisdom.com.

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We grow up believing that what we assume to be true is true – with little awareness that we actively interpret the world. We view some behavior as natural, some thoughts as normal. If they differ from how we behave or think, we view them as weird, wrong, immoral, crazy or just plain stupid. How you inter pret an experience is called framing. Actively changing your interpretation is called reframing. If we, as a society, never reframed our b e l i e f s, we ’d inda apadin still think that women should not be able to vote, own property or voice an opinion that’s independent from their husbands. If we never reframed, we’d still think that children should be seen but not heard and whipped mercilessly if they don’t behave or pay attention. We’d still believe in the horror of slavery and the righteousness of jailing debtors and much more that seems outrageously wrong to us today. Thank goodness, society has reframed much of what was passionately believed to be right and natural. But it’s not just society that needs to reframe. It’s also you and me. We must not hang on to beliefs if they no longer apply. An example: Perhaps you were brought up in a family where you were frequently told that you were selfish if you wanted a toy for yourself and stupid if your grades weren’t stellar. Your parents didn’t mean to be mean; they just didn’t know any better as they themselves were brought up that way. You, however, internalized these beliefs, which lowered your self-esteem and self-confidence when you were a kid. And still today. Now what if you reframed those beliefs? What if you realized that to want something for yourself or to speak up for yourself is not selfish? After all, if you’re not at the hub of your own existence, who will be? And you can want for others as well as for yourself. What if you realized that if you don’t

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Channeling their inner Picasso After studying art history, fourth grade students in Danielle Minuto’s art class at Bowling Green Elementary School recently created art projects inspired by Pablo Picasso. The students used mediums such as oil pastels, assorted markers and watercolor paints, mastering the technique of warm and cool color combinations. Provided by the East Meadow School District. Compiled by Brian Stieglitz.

Christopher DelVeCChio, left, Connor DaSilva and Mackenzie Guerra, all fourth-grade students at Bowling Green Elementary School in the East Meadow School District, created art projects inspired by Pablo Picasso after studying art history.

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Parkway honors its star readers Kayla Tusa, a substitute librarian at Parkway Elementary School in the East Meadow School District, created “The Parkway Stars” library cart. The cart, adorned with stars to represent each student and made to look like a book, is used to visit classrooms so students can still rent books without having to visit the school library. Provided by the East Meadow School District. Compiled by Brian Stieglitz.

Kayla tusa, a substitute librarian at Parkway Elementary School in the East Meadow School District, created “The Parkway Stars” library cart.

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By PATRICK PIZZO Our country recently lost another hero from our greatest generation, Reverend Dr. Eugene Purvis. Reverend Purvis served our country during World War II, stationed in Saipan, after being drafted at the age of 18. We have recently lost so many of our heroes who served in World War II, and all will be greatly missed. There is so much to share regarding our Reverend and I was fortunate to be a very small part of a group, which worked to address his needs in his final months. The leaders of these efforts were Bill Tetreault and Doug Green, who referred to the group as the Reverend’s “Circle of Support.” The service Reverend Purvis provided extended far beyond his time in the military. Reverend Purvis also served his community as a pastor, co-proprietor of a Montessori school, and community leader. In his final months, he worked to address issues related to the family home to ensure his wife would be provided for and his children would inherit a valuable asset. While our “Circle of Support” worked to address his needs, it was always clear he allowed us in to assist in building a better future for his family, not for himself personally. During our time together, Reverend Purvis reflected on times in his life; his stories were always focused on images of humility, fraternity, and compassion. The

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More than 80 people who were vaccinated for Covid-19 at Jones Beach on Feb. 15 were given ineffective doses, the New York State Department of Health recently disclosed. According to Jill Montag, the department’s public information officer, the faulty vaccinations posed “no health risk,” and all of the people who were impacted were contacted by the health department to reschedule their appointments. A department employee who was transporting the vaccines in insulated coolers mistakenly raised the temperature of one of the coolers, and 81 doses were deemed ineffective, according to Montag. Nearly 1,300 properly stored doses were administered that day at the state park’s drivethrough vaccination site. “New Yorkers’ health and safety is our top priority, and due to this vaccine’s very specific temperature sensitivity, we have a process in place to identify if any temperature excursions occur,” Montag said. “This process worked, allowing us to quickly pinpoint this issue, identify the extremely small number of individuals impacted, and immediately begin taking action.” Montag added that residents should not let the incident deter them from getting their vaccinations. “Overall, tens of thousands of doses have been administered at Jones Beach — 99 percent of which are not impacted,” she said. Last week, New York’s eligibility requirements for residents to be vaccinated expanded to include those with underlying health conditions. “In order to vaccinate residents with comorbidities, we will be partnering with various community partners,

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including our [federally qualified health centers], which will help us reach our vulnerable populations in our hardest-hit communities,” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said. She added that the county’s information technology team is in the process of creating a streamlined registration system to make it easier for residents to schedule vaccination appointments and “alleviate the hassle of going on a wild goose chase for a vaccine.” The New York state website, www.covid19vaccine. health.ny.gov, features an “Am I Eligible” app, which residents can use to check their eligibility before they make an appointment. The site also has a list of all state-run vaccination sites

in Nassau County, which include Jones Beach, Nassau Community College in Garden City, the Yes We Can Community Center in Westbury and Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, as well as five others. Nassau County has its own website for vaccine information, www.nassaucountyny.gov/vaccine. The Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, which are being used in the county, require two doses. The state site should automatically schedule a second appointment, while county officials will contact residents who received their first doses at county-run sites. Andrew Garcia contributed to this story.

Garbarino seeks to help small businesseses is implemented.

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There are nearly 30 million small businesses across the country, and less than 42 As the coronavirus pandemic continues to challenge small business owners, percent have succession plans, according many face a common and timeless ques- to Garbarino. Some of their owners take a tion: What will happen to their businesses simpler approach to their future than others — such as Lifestyle Sports in Wantwhen they leave, retire or die? agh. To help these business peoAndrew Kruter and his ple address that question, U.S. family have owned the sportsRep. Andrew Garbarino, a supplies store on Wantagh Republican from Sayville Avenue for over 45 years. “We who represents Wantagh-Seajust keep growing,” Kruter ford, joined other members of said. “The only things standthe House of Representatives ing in our way are the bigto draft legislation that would name stores, like Nike and help small business owners Adidas.” create business succession Kruter said that his family plans. has a reputation in the comDubbed the Small Busimunity for being committed ness Succession Planning their customers and having Act, the bill would: ChERI BuSToS to an encyclopedic knowledge of ■ Direct the Small Business U.S. Representative, the goods they sell. His family, Administration to create an Illinois he said, sees the business cononline business succession tinuing to thrive in the complanning toolkit, and train munity for another 45 years. staff members to guide small business But, Garbarino emphasized, “Unfortuowners through the process of creating a nately, more than half of our nation’s succession plan. small business owners do not have a succession plan in place. I’m proud to join my ■ Direct the SBA to host business succescolleagues in introducing common-sense sion planning workshops across the counlegislation to better equip our small busitry. ness community with tools to develop suc■ Provide small business owners with a cession plans and build upon a frameone-time $250 tax break to create a busi- work I’ve laid out as a former assemblyness succession plan and an additional man and private-practice attorney.” $250 tax break when the succession plan Garbarino, who represents the 2nd Dis-

hen even one small business closes, an entire community loses.

trict, worked to draft the legislation with Cheri Bustos, an Illinois Democrat; Jason Crow, a Colorado Democrat; and Tom Rice, a Republican from South Carolina. Bustos brought the idea to her House colleagues after she held economic roundtables with community leaders in her district in Illinois in 2019. A common concern owners shared, she said, was that they didn’t have the tools or knowledge to pass their small businesses along themselves after they move on to new opportunities or retire, or to make arrangements for the transition if they die. Small businesses drive local economies by offering employment opportunities as well as services to other businesses, while

building wealth for the community as a whole. “When even one small business closes, an entire community loses,” Bustos said at a virtual news conference on Feb. 11. “With the global pandemic forcing many of our small business owners to take a new approach to keeping their business healthy, succession planning has become more critical than ever before.” “As a third-generation Long Islander and small business owner, I know firsthand the blood, sweat, and tears small businesses owners pour into ensuring their businesses are a success,” Garbarino said, referring to his and his father’s Sayville law firm, Garbarino Law Office.

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A. Your floor is expanding, and the ridges at the seams are rising, because the floor has nowhere else to expand to. This problem is common, and was caused by the floor being limited from expanding because the cabinets and island, along with heavy furniture placed over the finished floor, keep the floor from expanding when the heat onte eeper is on. Wetting the floor to clean it also causes expansion, and should be limited or not done with water at all. Solving this problem is easier said than done. Basically, anywhere the floor is unable to move defeats the purpose, and only by freeing up the floor will the problem work itself out. There’s a simple wall molding that our ancestors used that seems to be generally forgotten. Even though I include this detail in most of the drawings I prepare, I rarely see this last little strip of molding being installed. What the molding does is act like a gap cover, since properly installed flooring has a quarter- to halfinch gap at the edges of the floor, including around a fixed island and around the room’s perimeter. The whole perimeter will need to be cut so the trim molding will need to be added, unless the vertical trim board has been installed with a space, in which case the flooring has to be able to float (slide back and forth) under the vertical wallboard trim. Our ancestors were very observant of nature, and skilled finish carpenters passed along their knowledge of the way materials behave. I worked for a finish carpenter while in high school, and learned that molding and trim weren’t just a finishing touch, but also a necessity to hide the places where materials needed room to expand and contract, at ceilings, floors, stairs and doors. Miracle materials have come along since then that were supposed to change the industry, like plastic moldings that are more temperature stable, but nature never disappoints. Natural or not, materials all have to work together, whether it’s the way they react to moisture, sunlight, heat or cold. You’re going to need to get the contractor to organize the flooring installer and the finish carpenter to coordinate cutting the floor, and either install the shoe molding or space the vertical trim baseboard so the floor moves and adjusts underneath, even at the island and kitchen cabinet bases. Hopefully, the flooring was installed over a moisture-proof expansion membrane. Then enjoy your floor.

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How do you know I’m from Lawn Guyland?

was in Ryann’s Wines in East Meadow around the holidays, standing at the checkout, when a fellow customer, a man in his 70s, called out to a 20-something employee from across the store. “Where’s yuh bittuhz?” the man inquired loudly. Befuddled, the young man asked for clarification. “Excuse me?” I immediately knew what the gentleman was looking for, and probably where he could find it. But rather than clear up the situation, I NICK stood silent. “Yuh bittuhz … bitBuglIoNe tuhz,” the older man exclaimed, growing a bit frustrated. I should have told the kid what the guy was looking for, but I was enjoying the confusion. After another few moments, the light bulb finally went on in the clerk’s head. “Oh, bittERS,” he said, directing the man to the correct aisle. I walked out of the store with a halfsmile, because that brief interaction highlighted a notion that has been turning around in my mind for some time: Younger Long Islanders don’t “tawk” like we

older folks anymore. I don’t have anything beyond anecdotal evidence of this linguistic shift, but I’m positive it’s been happening for some time. Ten years ago, I married Jill and became stepdad to Nicolas and Jake. At the time the boys were 6 and 4, respectively. I remember how much it frustrated me that they said the word “orange” wrong. They pronounced it “OR-enge.” It sounded like nails on a chalkboard to me, and I’d correct them over and over, “It’s not ‘OR-enge,’ it’s ‘ARE-inge,’” I’d tell them. “Say it like ya from New Yawk.” I wondered where they picked up this mispronunciation. Had they spent time in Florida before coming into my life? No, that wasn’t it. Their dad grew up just a few minutes east of me, and he “tawked” just like I do. In a few years, Jill and I had Adriana and then Elia and, as soon as they were able to talk, they started saying stuff wrong. It was “wah-ter,” not “wah-tuh” and “hot dahg,” not “hot dawg.” My friends noticed the same thing with their kids, and you might have, too. If not, try this. Have your kids say talk, daughter, call and coffee, and see if you notice a difference.

My interest was piqued after the liquor store encounter, so I set out to find some answers. I contacted Hofstra University to see if they could hook me up with a linguistics professor who could shed some light on the subject. They put me in touch with Ilona Pierce, an associate professor in the Department of Drama and Dance. It seemed like a curious choice, but Pierce seemed to know her stuff when it came to the “Lawn Guyland” accent. It’s part of her job to teach budding Long Island actors how to ditch their accent for a more “neutral American” one. “I’m not a linguist, but I do spend most of my time listening to the speech of young actors — from Long Island, but also from all over the country and the world,” she said. First off, Pierce set me straight on a point of contention. Despite what some locals claim, there is absolutely no difference between the Long Island and the New York City accent. Ours has its roots in New York City, Pierce explained, and it spread out as New Yawk— sorry, New Yorkers moved out to the suburbs. Second, she confirmed that the Long Island accent is absolutely evolving. “I hear way fewer t-h sounds changed to t/d,” she said. “In the Long Island accent

s soon as our kids were able to talk, they started saying stuff wrong.

of the 20th century, you’d hear ‘wit’ for ‘with’ or ‘dis’ and ‘dat’ for ‘this’ and ‘that.’” She also said kids aren’t dropping r’s for a’s anymore (turning “ever” into “eva,” for instance) and they have adopted a more “general American” pronunciation of words like “Harry, Gary and marry.” Case in point: my daughter Adriana is currently reading the classic “Hairy” Potter series. So, what the heck is going on? Well, according to Pierce, accents just naturally evolve over time. Nowadays, people relocate more easily and frequently and, as they move, they bring their sounds with them, she said. That made sense to me. The more I thought about it, I realized that I didn’t speak exactly like Grandma and Grandpa Buglione did. They came from Brooklyn and didn’t boil water, they “berled” it. They used the “terlit,” not the toilet. And if they knew a guy named Earl, they probably would’ve called him “Oil.” But I never spoke that way. It wasn’t all bad news, though. Pierce said she still hears kids calling dogs “dawgs,” and some of them still drink “cawfee.” Maybe there’s hope for the Long Island accent after awl. Nick Buglione is a teacher, freelance journalist and former editor of the East Meadow Herald.

A governor bruised by a pandemic mistake

admired Gov. Mario Cuomo so much that I actually bought an old CD of his speeches some years ago, and I actually listened to them. So I am educated in the successes and rhetorical and political skills of the Cuomo boys. But what to say about Gov. Andrew Cuomo in light of recent headlines? As a longtime supporter who watched his rise through the razor wire of New York politics, I have to say, Governor, you let us down. According to The New York Times, the Cuomo RANDI administration KReISS did not fully disclose the staggering numbers of Covid-19 nursing home deaths in New York City last spring. The allegation is that the horrific death toll — 15,000 and counting — was, in part, the result of the governor’s order to move Covid patients who had been hospitalized back to nursing homes and long-term care facilities. The nursing homes weren’t equipped to handle pandemic disease, and they didn’t have sufficient protective gear for their staff. A cascading series of flawed policy

and thinking led to increased infections and deaths. Remember: Last March 5, Cuomo announced that cases of Covid-19 had doubled overnight from 11 to 22 statewide. By April 1, there were 83,000 reported cases. By May 1, New York state was nearing 375,000 cases. By late spring, Covid patients were swamping New York hospitals. Refrigerator trucks converted to mobile morgues stood outside some medical centers. The search for more personal protective equipment and ventilators was desperate, and in that context, Cuomo made the decision to move Covid patients from hospitals back to nursing homes. There were many possible reasons for that decision, from suggested political advantage to the prospect of hospitals having to triage care for all the incoming patients, to conflicting advice from medical experts on how to move forward. The result was that many thousands of nursing home residents died, almost always alone, almost always without saying goodbye to their loved ones whose grief is now compounded by anger. The people who took care of them, from the

nurses to the aides to the custodians who washed the floors, also died from the virus as it surged through the facilities. In recent statements, Cuomo has said that the policy was a mistake, and that there should have been more transparency when reporting the nursing home fatalities. He said the total of deaths reported was “delayed,” but he didn’t say that was intentional or self-protective. He said there was a “void.” There were many missteps in the early days of the pandemic. Supplies were scarce, and doctors and scientists who are usually in their comfort zone treating disease were shocked by the ferocity of the virus, even in the best hospitals in New York. There was no federal leadership. President Trump played the governors, had them begging for ventilators and masks that he dispensed grudgingly and for which he demanded obeisance. Cuomo’s nursing home policy was among the many mistakes that were made in those months. It follows that whenever Cuomo realized that the hospital-to-nursing-homepolicy was a mistake, he should have said so, fully and publicly. Waiting, delaying,

uomo rose to the occasion in those first months. He inspired us. He also let us down.

hiding the real numbers or whatever was done to avoid revealing the full truth was wrong. Attempting to cover up the tragedy, if that’s what was done, only compounded thousands of families’ pain. Cuomo is also the leader who sat before the cameras and the press every single morning for months and talked us through the wrenching changes in our lives brought about by the pandemic. He was steady and confident and told us we could get through it. He reminded us that we were “New York tough,” and we believed him. Governor, you rose to the occasion in those first months and provided steady leadership that helped us stay anchored in our lives. You did it while fighting a novel disease that was crushing the city, and you did it without significant support from the federal government. You inspired us, you kept the city going, you were a rock. I will never forget your 11 a.m. fireside chats. You also let us down. No thinking citizen of this state or country expects simple, black-and-white solutions to problems or leaders who are perfect. But we do expect you to tell us the truth, even when it hurts us. Even when it hurts you. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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he coronavirus pandemic reached Long Island a year ago next week, at first bringing a handful of cases before it dug in and exploded, wreaking havoc. We failed to see it coming until it was too late. We failed to imagine its destructive power. Nassau County’s first reported case was a 42-year-old Uniondale man who worked at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre and was treated at NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola, now NYU Langone. His case was reported last March 3. Three days later, Uniondale Schools Superintendent Dr. William Lloyd said in a statement, “The district has been in close contact with Nassau County and New York state health officials, and we have been told that at the current time, there is no reason to take any additional precautionary or preventive measures than those we already have in place.” By mid-March, schools had shut down. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran gave the order to close them for two weeks. Students didn’t return to their school buildings until September, learning, as best as they could, virtually, using new and unfamiliar online platforms like Zoom and Google Classroom. Businesses shuttered, some never to return. Hospitals — and the brave women and men who staff them — were quickly overwhelmed by the coronavirus caseload. So were funeral homes. Death, it seemed, was everywhere. And so here we are, a year later, battered and bruised, many of us filled with

anxiety because of a job loss, economic issues or simply the uncertainty that the coronavirus has brought to all of our lives. “Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” the saying goes. After a full year of coping with a relentless disease, watching too many family members and friends fall prey to it, we are tired, ready for this nightmare to be over. We need to feel normal again. We are wiser, however. Our children are learning, albeit at a slower pace than they did. We are more forgiving of students if they miss a homework assignment or fail an exam. We don’t require them, to the degree that we did, to take the seemingly unending battery of state tests they were subjected to for years. Even the SAT is no longer sacrosanct, with a growing number of colleges becoming SAT-optional. Maybe that’s how it should have been all along. Perhaps our expectations were unrealistic. Long before the pandemic, young people complained, like no generation before, of the anxiety they were feeling. Maybe we should have listened more closely, understood better. If we come out of the pandemic with more realistic expectations of our children — and the desire to let them be kids at least part of the time — then some good will have come from this hell that we have collectively experienced. Maybe — just maybe — we will have learned that children’s feelings matter more in the end than their grades. At the same time, the pandemic

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leTTers O’Connell was ‘right on the mark’ To the Editor: John O’Connell’s column in the Feb. 4-10 issue, “Agree with me or shut up,” was right on the mark. I have liberal relatives who still blame President Trump for all our woes, and it’s very difficult to have a reasonable conversation with them, on any subject, because they will always bring up the topic of politics. Many thanks to O’Connell for speaking up for many of us. PAT KING Merrick

It was worthy of framing To the Editor: Reading “Agree with me or shut up” was a profound breath of fresh air. Thank you, John O’Connell, for your thoughts. I’m going to frame this article as proof that there are still good people

exposed, like never before, the wide disparities in educational opportunities for children from different communities, based largely on race and socioeconomic forces beyond their control. We should commit, like never before, to closing these gaps so all children are given equal opportunity to learn. When you’ve had so much taken from you, you start to reassess all that you are. How much does owning the biggest house on the block or the shiniest car really matter? When you’re on a ventilator fighting for your life, not at all. We also learned that we’re highly adaptable creatures. Countless businesses have carried on virtually, leaving their owners wondering why they hadn’t tried going remote earlier. It saves time and effort. It also saves gasoline and, thus, money. And, as we have learned, it might be a way of saving the planet — less travel by car means less greenhouse gases sent into our atmosphere, which could help slow the climate crisis, the biggest of the crises facing humanity. We shouldn’t look back and beat ourselves up. We didn’t know better. We do now, though. The question is, when we are past the pandemic, who will we become? Will we revert to our old ways or adopt our newfound practices? We are likely to achieve herd immunity within the next year through a combination of inoculation and infection. Now is a good time to start planning for that day, and to decide how we will live in the years after these difficult days.

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So now that you’re vaccinated . . .

applaud the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent guidance update recommending that people who are fully vaccinated not be confined to quarantine after exposure to a case of Covid-19. Becoming fully vaccinated provides many with a sense of liberation, but it also comes with a deep social responsibility. According to published research, full vaccination — defined as two weeks after the second dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine — virtually eliminates a person’s Lawrence e. chance of dying the strains of eisenstein from the virus we are currently likely to encounter. The vaccines provide excellent protection for most people from even contracting it. Nonetheless, a small percentage of vaccinated people will still come down with Covid-19. And researchers continue to study whether someone who has been vaccinated can transmit the virus to others. While I think they will ultimately find at least some protection against transmission, we can’t yet quantify the risk. Until we have these answers, vaccinated people must assume the responsibility of ensur-

ing they don’t inadvertently spread the virus. Our knowledge of Covid-19 is expanding rapidly, and science should guide our policymaking. The new CDC guidance is important not because it’s a get-out-of-jail-free card — it isn’t — but because of the accompanying explanation. The agency didn’t just issue a blanket statement that vaccinated people don’t need to quarantine after exposure; rather, it gave an important medical explanation. It acknowledged that the risk/ benefit ratio, a cherished tenet in medical evaluation, shifts after people are vaccinated. They aren’t completely free of the possibility of contracting or transmitting disease, but the odds of doing so change. We should acknowledge and even celebrate the fact that vaccinated people are highly unlikely to die of the current predominant strains of Covid-19. But we don’t yet know how long the post-vaccination protection lasts, so the CDC set the quarantine-free policy at 90 days — a period supported by science — as long as people have no symptoms following their exposure. The other side of the equation is benefits. There are important psychological, economic, sociological and health-related benefits to keeping people active, produc-

tive and out of quarantine, and there are profound impacts of keeping them in quarantine. The CDC concluded that although there is some risk of vaccinated people contracting and spreading the virus, the risks of forcing them to quarantine outweigh the benefits. I fully support this analysis. Quarantine, the taking away of someone’s freedom in the interest of protecting the public’s health, must be ordered responsibly. A careful evaluation of the risk/ benefit ratio is the correct way for public health policymakers to proceed. I believe the next step should be a lifting of the domestic travel quarantine for New Yorkers who are fully vaccinated. If we are no longer quarantining fully vaccinated people with a known exposure, why would we take away their freedom just because they’ve traveled — including those with no known exposures? Using good science, we might find that some locations have more dangerous variants. In those cases, quarantine might become necessary, even for fully vaccinated travelers. I get asked all the time when I think we will return to life as we knew it before the pandemic. We aren’t going to just flip a switch, and parts of our new normal might be here to stay. I for one will always

eep in mind that parts of our new normal — like masks — may be here to stay.

Letters that are willing to stand up and speak whole truths. ANThONY ChrIsOsTOMO East Meadow

Doesn’t O’Connell care about facts? To the Editor: My response to John O’Connell’s column is, wow! Just wow! O’Connell complains that “the individual’s right to freely express ideas . . . true or not . . . or [not] reliably sourced at all” should be allowed to flow freely. really? And he dares call himself a journalist? The reason that “the percentage of those who don’t trust the media at all went up five points in one year” is because of the absolute outright lies the radical right has fomented on sites like Parler. Thank God big tech stopped that slander. The big lie that the election was “stolen” is exactly what led to the insurrection on Jan. 6. O’Connell says “half the country is vexed by the prospect of a Biden-harris administration unchecked by the house and senate.” Well, more than half the country was obviously vexed by a Trump-Pence administration whose lies were retold on far-right extremist outlets and went unchecked by the house and senate. Thus,

wear a mask on a plane, because the benefit of not getting sick with Covid-19, influenza or any respiratory virus that could ruin my vacation far outweighs the tiny cost of wearing that mask. To get back to life as we knew it will require a stepwise series of policy decisions based on benefit outweighing risk, each getting us closer to that light at the end of the tunnel. We don’t have all the answers regarding Covid-19 transmission or variants yet. Until we do, County Executive Laura Curran and I continue to remind residents that it is vital for fully vaccinated people to strike a balance between the activities that become relatively safer following vaccination (reflected in the CDC’s new policy) and the necessary social responsibility for vaccinated people to continue taking protective measures. They should protect themselves and their communities by wearing masks, social distancing, and staying home and getting tested when they feel ill. Fully vaccinated people should be comforted, even liberated by the knowledge they will surely survive even if they catch Covid-19. They can enjoy that luxury while protecting their neighbors and loved ones until everyone experiences the exuberance of immunity. Dr. Lawrence E. Eisenstein is the Nassau County commissioner of health.

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more than half the country voted for truth over lies, and sane governing over the anarchy brought on by the MAGA rioters and the radically dangerous right. Elections do have consequences, and the people, individuals expressing their individualism, have spoken. so John, take your right-wing group think and weep into your pillow for the next four years as most of America has been forced to for the past four years. LEE PAsTOrE Seaford

Newspapers aren’t the enemy To the Editor: Now that our nation’s truest “enemy of the people” — Donald J. Trump — is no longer president, I would like to contrast his labeling newspapers and other modern media the “enemy of the people” with what a better, wiser president — Thomas Jefferson — said in 1787 about the press of his era: “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” rIChArD sIEGELMAN Plainview

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