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April 9, 2020

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“When you can’t control what’s happening, challenge yourself to control the way you respond to what’s happening. That’s where your power is!”

From the start of the coronavirus epidemic that has hit this nation, this saying has been followed by local nurses Kathy Long and Nicole Flatley.

These two hospital workers are at opposite ends of their careers, but share the common goal of helping their patients. Within a medical crisis that rivals and surpasses all other illnesses in recent history, COVID-19 has left a mark on the nation that will never be forgotten. Currently, at the time of reporting, there are well over 400,000 cases of this virus with close to 13,000 American lives lost. In New York State alone, there are almost 5,500 deaths with close to 140,000 confirmed cases that are growing every day.

Health care workers of every kind are facing extreme health hazards and working an extraordinary number of hours to help save lives and help stem the tide of the virus. Never has any other generation of Americans watched the USNS Comfort dock in New York Harbor to care for local citizens or see the government build field hospitals in Central Park, the Jacob Javits Center in New York City and closer to home at Stony Brook University.

Even during times of war, children and young adults were still able to go to school to get an education. Due to the severity of COVID-19, some of the most common parts of our society have changed through online teaching, a practice now seen from one coast to the other.

As a 22-year-old resident of Sound Beach, Flatley has been a nurse at John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson since August, 2019. It has been less than a year since she graduated from St. Josephs College, but she is now one of the 3.8 million registered nurses nationally battling the virus. For the last eight months, this newly hired employee has flourished into a trusted nursing member of the 3 South team in Mather, one that has been at the forefront for treating COVID-19 patients within Mather.

It is no surprise that Flatley is working long

Nicole Flatley has been working as a nurse for less than a year before the coronavirus hit New York. Photo from Flatley

shifts to help men and women of all different ages fight the virus. As her former social studies teacher, I recognized her as a prepared, organized and motivated student willing to do her best within every assigned task. Flatley was a key member of the Rocky Point field hockey team which was amongst the most competitive on Long Island. In school, Flatley’s excellence with her academics enabled her to be placed on the National Honor Society. Armed with a brilliant smile, Flatley enjoys her time with family and friends.

Flatley is a “spunky” well rounded young lady who has the ability to talk to others with an upbeat personality, something she has utilized to care for her COVID-19 patients. Working overtime and in midnight shifts, Flatley said she is extremely thankful for the nurses that have helped guide her during the start of her career.

With the staff around her, these nurses help determine any positive and negative coronavirus cases. Mather has seen the wide variation of symptoms, from shortness of breath, fever, diarrhea, and chest tightness. Nurses are covered from head toe in protective gowns and gear with suction and surgical face masks, along with face shields. While she said she has limited experience, Flatley has received an into-the-fryer education that has seen her handle daunting responsibilities at an extremely high level.

Experienced health care worker Kathy Long is the nursing manager for the 3 South Unit.

This 30-year nursing veteran nurse and Port Jefferson Station resident said she is extremely proud of her colleagues. During these stressful moments, her nurses have not taken a day off and have worked long hours through the rigors of the crisis. Long said she is extremely thankful for the compassion of her staff who have worked under the most challenging conditions that could be asked of any nurse. Former Athletic Director to St. Anthony’s High School in Huntington and MATHER NURSES Continued on A5

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‘Grieving Twice’: People Face Trials Mourning the Dead During Pandemic

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Carla Sciara’s father, former Port Jefferson Station resident Ronald “Ronnie” Scalone, passed away March 17 after a long illness, one unrelated to the escalating coronavirus pandemic.

Scalone was a past aeronautical engineer at Grumman, and lived a life bound to nature and the Long Island Sound. In Sciara’s father’s final days, he was living in the Patchogue-based Suffolk Center for Rehabilitation, a nursing home that had decided to close most access to visitors, their residents being especially vulnerable to COVID-19.

Sciara was one of the few people the staff allowed in to visit during her father’s final hours. She walked through halls mostly devoid of the normal family members strolling the halls, with nursing home staff all garbed in masks and gloves. Amidst all the pain and suffering of losing her father, she said dealing with the panic and stress of a pandemic was like “grieving twice.”

For people looking to mourn and memorialize the recently passed, the ongoing coronavirus crisis has upended everything. Places of worship

of every denomination far and wide have limited their public services, and with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines having limited the number of people in a room at once, services for the recently passed have become small, solemn affairs.

Sciara had worked with Robertaccio Funeral Home in Patchogue, who she called “amazing” for their work with her father’s cremation, and Infant Jesus R.C. Church in Port Jefferson for either a Mass and funeral arrangements, but she decided to hold off, knowing family who live as far away as Florida shouldn’t be traveling during the ongoing pandemic. She has plans to celebrate his life sometime in the future, after the end of the panic, though it’s hard to say when that will be.

“It just added to the grief of it all,” she said.

“We wanted to celebrate his life.”

Beyond the fear and the tragedy of the more than 200 people in Suffolk County who have died from the virus, the act of mourning has become limited. Funeral homes throughout the North Shore have limited the number of people who can be at a service at a time and have looked to offer people as much ability to grieve as they can.

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Moloney’s Funeral Homes are advertising a motorcycle-based farewell ride through town for the recently passed. Photo from Moloney Funeral Homes Facebook

Andrew Cuomo (D) called funeral homes essential businesses, but houses of worship, where many services are held, were not. Not only that, but CDC guidelines advise limiting such occasions to 10 or less people.

Funeral Homes like M.A. Connell in Huntington Station have severely limited the number of services they host, with arrangements being made by only two or less people or done

via phone or email. Services are limited to 10 people or less and to one hour. Only one service is allowed at a time.

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Ronkonkoma and Hauppauge. The challenge has been allowing people the room to grieve when there are limits on how many people can be in the same place at once.

“This isn’t what the community wants — this is something that is forced upon us,” Moloney said. “The families still need to grieve.”

Moloney’s has established tents at some of their locations for families to hold ceremonies outside. While their website lists a maximum of 10 mourners for each gathering, he said he wouldn’t simply deny a family if they wished to bring in around 20, but the goal is to limit the number of people in the same space. Otherwise, they are providing access for families to listen to the prayers via online streaming. They are also offering alternative services such as a motorcycle-based farewell ride through town.

The facilities are also being sanitized regularly after every service. But the hardest part of these services in the time of a pandemic is watching people necessarily stay apart. Even in tight-knit groups, friends and family not living in the same house often try to keep apart, even when the inclination is to hold each other in times of grief.

“A lot of these people are passing away

alone, so it’s really doubly troubling for families and emotional,” Moloney said.

“People are keeping their spacing.”

Paul Vigliante, who owns Branch Funeral Homes in Miller Place and Smithtown along with his family, said his locations too have been limited in the number of people who can attend services. These, he added, have been for the most part limited to one a day.

They have also set up live streaming of the services through Zoom for extended family and friends, which “has worked well so far.”

Vigliante said they have cleaning staff on hand seven days a week and have worked not just to protect the people coming to grieve but staff as well. The owners have also encouraged mourners to stay six feet apart from each other, even in the chapel.

“It’s a truly heartbreaking time,” he said. “We’re doing the best we can to allow families that time to grieve … It’s very difficult. It’s unfortunate the circumstances we’re living through.”

Despite the hardship of putting off a full service for her father, Sciara still marveled at the work and professionalism of everyone she’s interacted with, from the staff at the nursing home to the funeral home to the church.

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Port Jefferson Station resident Don Buckley has known Long for many years, saying she has outstanding professional qualities and that he views her as a “wonderful, caring, loving nurse, and most of all wife and mother. It was no surprise to us when she became supervisor of 3 South, as she is a natural leader and highly respected.”

As the senior member of this department, Long was pleased with Flatley’s skills, and that she has shown to be “an advocate for her patients, a critical thinker, and a quick study.”

While Flatley may be a younger nurse, Long said she was pleased with her progress shown through many of these dark moments. As a parent of three boys who are about the same age as many of the younger staff at Mather, she has guided these younger nurses with vital information to get her through the hard days.

For 30 years, Long has observed trying medical conditions, but she maintains that this epidemic is by far the worst situation that she has ever endured as a nurse. The scary part of COVID-19, she said, is that the increased “spike” has not yet hit New York. Every precaution has been taken. In order to keep the contact limited between the patients and health care workers, the hospital issued I-Pads to people suffering from COVID-19. They use this technology to speak to the doctors and nurses when they are not in these rooms. The “nucleus” program, as its called, has allowed the patients greater access to those professionals that are helping them and for additional face time to see their loved ones who are unable to visit them.

Long said the program has strengthened morale for their patients.

During every major moment that America has faced national adversity, people have always helped each other through trying times. Over the last twenty years, rescue workers spent countless hours at Ground Zero during and after the 9/11 attacks. For the previous two decades, American soldiers have been supported from home as they fought in major battles in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Now the next major aspect of patriotism has undoubtedly been observed through the health care workers in New York. New York City Fire Department trucks and crews have been placed in front of hospitals cheering the health care

workers. With a smile, Flatley explained how the local fire departments have blasted their sirens at the same time to show appreciation to local hospitals that are on the “front lines” of the virus response.

As a senior nurse, Long said she is incredibly thankful of the outside aid sent to this hospital from restaurants like Ruvo East, the Port Jeff Lobster House and Rocco’s Pizza, just to name a few. She would like to recognize the local families that have also brought food for her staff and the many appreciation cards from children from as far away as West Sayville. These colorful notes by the kids have highlighted the many sacrifices all hospital workers are conducting on a regular basis for the COVID-19 patients.

Many of these pictures are hung in an populated area in the hopsital, serving as a vital morale booster for all the hospital staff. It is possible Flatley will serve in the same role as Long in the future, supporting her staff as a pillar of nursing expertise and understanding.

Flatley has grown immensely during this mounting crisis. One of the greatest concerns that she deals with at her job is the “unknown” of this medical condition. The nurses continually work under unyielding pressures with no known cure, no timetable for it to end, and no shift ever being the same. Always a young lady with a can-do attitude, Flatley’s mother Jill describes her sheer pride in her daughter by saying, “I know it’s your job, but your kindness and courage to do it inspires me beyond words. I can tell you are making an immense difference in many lives. Love you and stay safe.”

Thank you to the doctors, support staff and nurses like that of Long and Flatley that have strenuously labored with their peers to provide love and comfort to the victims of this virus.

Rich Acritelli is a social studies teacher at Rocky Point High School and an adjunct professor of American history at Suffolk County Community College.

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• Practice deep breathing and relaxation • Meditate • Connect with friends and family by telephone or online • Use visualization & guided imagery • Exercise, try to take a walk • Distract yourself by setting small goals • Mindfulness

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Above, the nursing staff at Mather Hospital thanks people for their donations and for keeping up social distancing; below, longtime nurse Kathy Long of Port Jefferson Station has been on the front lines of the virus.

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In medicine, there is the concept of triage. Essentially, it is prioritization, the assignment of degrees of injury or illnesses that necessitates hard decisions. When resources are limited, and when the number of patients is staggering, medical teams often need to focus on who is in most dire straits. Beyond that, however even more morose, it is prioritizing patients that medical professionals believe can be saved and those who are more likely to die.

It is not a healthy subject to think long and hard about if you’re not on the front lines of fighting the virus. It is something doctors have learned to do in war zones and during great hardships.

If things do not go smoothly, and if hospitals don’t have the correct amount of resources, personal protective devices, hospital beds and ventilators, then once we reach the peak number of cases, that is where events could lead.

One of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) most recent and most controversial acts as of Friday, April 3, was to sign an executive order saying they would take necessary equipment like ventilators from hospitals upstate which have seen relatively few cases and transport them to the hospitals in the most need.

That is in itself a sort of triage, a step to prioritize who needs such medical items the most. To say some hospitals, such as Stony Brook University Hospital, which was cited by Cuomo as a coronavirus hot spot, need more resources is to say they will be the ones who will be keeping even more people from dying from the virus.

People are helping these hospital workers in any way they can. We have seen local businesses and business groups band together to offer food for hospital and EMS workers.

We have seen local residents create masks and other personal protective equipment from cloth they had at home. Libraries have come together to 3D print necessary PPE in the form of face shields. We have seen so much good come from our North Shore and Suffolk County community.

But on the smaller end, with the people who are simply staying at home, we have to recognize just how much good that has done.

Cuomo recently stated they are hopeful we may be reaching the plateau in the number of cases New York is seeing. It won’t be the end of the issues. We will likely have to remain isolated for several more weeks, but the amount of good social distancing has done is evident. People simply staying at home, getting the exercise when they can and not shaking hands has likely prevented an even greater overload of New York’s medical systems.

Many people are feeling burdened with a sense they are doing nothing. They are out of work, and they have nothing on their plate. It’s a malaise that settles deep, and we should all be thinking of the people who did not have money at the start of this pandemic, and now have even less since being out of a job.

New York will have to grapple with that. We Long Islanders should not feel like we have simply wasted time in languishing at home. This is society in action, with many thousands of people making sacrifices for the whole. It’s a sort of triage of the self and of society, finding what is more important and focusing on that. We should focus on the people who mean most to us, our friends and family. We should focus on the people who are in the most need and attempt to reach them and offer whatever kind of support. And at the same time, we should focus on ourselves, rest and take some time to think.

When this whole thing comes around, all that time we spent in our homes will not have been wasted. It will mean a society that has learned to care for others in a time of crisis.

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President Initially Dismissed Severity of Virus Last week’s letter to the editor “Represent President’s Work During Crisis,” published April 2 basically condemned a TBR editorial “Leaders in Time of Crisis,” published March 25 for not recognizing President Donald Trump’s (R) contribution. This editorial praised Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) for his handling of the COVID-19 crisis. It did not mention President Trump, not a word good or bad. Wow! That President Trump belatedly did his job once under considerable pressure, and no doubt after following the “ratings” is no reason to throw him kisses. Fact of the matter is, his handling of COVID-19 has been horrific. People need to recognize this.

Let’s start with preparation. In the broad sense, President Trump has marginalized science. More to the COVID-19 point, he fired the U.S. pandemic response team in 2018 to cut costs and never back

tracked because admitting he made a mistake is not Trump. But the fact of the matter is, had this team been functional and had been respected by the president, we would be in much better shape now.

Cutting costs seems like a great idea until you need whatever service was cut. Then not so much.

Once the coronavirus began to make news, Trump dismissed it as a trivial problem, calling it “another hoax in a string of hoaxes designed by the Democrats and their partners the Fake News” to delegitimize his presidency. He even went so far as to publicly announce that, “governors have to be nice to me, to be appreciative” if they expect the federal government’s help. My God — how petulant and childish.

Trump still has not issued a national stay at home order even though that is what his top health officials are

advising. He still is not practicing social distancing standards. Just look at his photo ops. And he is still looking to blame everyone else. He should embrace former President Harry Truman’s motto “The Buck Stops Here”.

Truth of the matter is, Trump has American blood on his hands and it is incumbent on all patriotic Americans to call him out. That Trump followed the lead of Governor Cuomo and under pressure started to do his job is no reason to glorify the man.

There are some things Trump could do to change my mind. Start by being a little humble and admitting he was wrong. Then if he were to convert some or all of his Trump hotels into temporary COVID-19 hospitals, that would be glorious.

Dave Hensen Miller Place

As we stumble through this unprecedented epidemic, many are fearful and uncertain. COVID-19 is testing our resilience as a society. We are seeing amazing community organizing. But we are also seeing the people who struggled the most before, struggling even more now, including the impoverished, homeless and the food insecure. In times of crisis, the socioeconomic divisions between us are magnified. Some can afford to hunker down and weather this storm; some cannot.

Those who find themselves on the brink of survival now are the same people who are most in danger in this era of climate change. They are the ones who tend to live near polluting industrial areas. They are the people who face permanent displacement from their homes when intensifying storms and rising seas usher in floods. They lack access to affordable, nutritious food. They

cannot afford to miss work because of illness, whether COVID-19, or respiratory issues from pollution.

The fears that many have about COVID-19 are the same fears that many of us have about climate change.

One thing that the coronavirus has taught us, though, is that we have the ability to mobilize as a society, whether that means free meals to those in need, people connecting digitally to support each other while in quarantine or our government working to accommodate for lost wages and the healthcare crisis.

It has also taught us that we have the power to clean up the planet if we are willing to clean up our act. The water in Venice is clearing up and the air pollution over Beijing has diminished. The circumstances surrounding these developments are devastating, but perhaps going forward,

changes to our economy, industry, and lifestyle could set the stage for sustainability. In this critical moment for change, will we have an economic plan that prioritizes workers, healthcare, and the environment? Are we going to push polluting industries to scale back? Or are we going to bail them out and leave our workers, our people, floundering in a rapidly declining environment?

During this pandemic, we are told not to think of just ourselves, but about our society as a whole. Solving climate change demands this same sort of fellowship because climate change, like COVID-19, is a deadly crisis. But it is a crisis that we are evidently capable of handling, if we are only willing to work together for the greater good of life as we know it.

Erin Zipman Stony Brook

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Opinion

With No New Sports, I’m Replaying Games in My Head

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base, where she placed the ball in the glove of her teammate, starting an unlikely victory celebration.

The singing pitcher

Knowing from the standings that the basketball team I coached would struggle against a team that should have been in a different league, I told my team that if they kept the other team under 50 points and we scored 30, we would have a pizza party. At the end of the game, the other team scored 49 points. We had a chance, with one last shot, to reach 30. We didn’t make it, but the referees congratulated each player on our team for fighting till the end. If they only knew ...

My daughter was pitching against a heavily favored team. In the first inning, she walked in two runs. As the coach, I raced out to the mound to check on her. She D. None was quietly singing of the above a song to herself.

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF I knew there was nothing I could say that would top whatever song was entertaining her. In the final play of the game, the batter hit a ground ball to her and she raced over to first

The basketball game where we almost covered the spread

The stampede game

In Cooperstown, I coached a town team of 12-year-olds against a team aptly named the Stampede. Hoping to confuse their 6-foot tall hitters, I chose our softest throwing pitchers. It

worked early, as they only scored one run in the first inning. In the second inning, my son hit a home run, giving us a 2-1 lead. We lost 11-4, but our players and their parents couldn’t have been happier, as we were the first team to score more than one run in an entire game and were also the first team the Stampede didn’t mercy.

hitting at different angles and further away from the defense, crushing balls just out. When my daughter served the last five points for the win, I joined a collection of elated parents as we screamed and threw our arms in the air. I briefly turned my head to hide the tears of pride welling in my eyes.

Even with a face mask on her softball helmet, the fastball that hit my daughter caused the mask to give her a bloody lip. The umpire said she could come out and return later. She refused help or attention and ran to first base.

She stole second, third and home, and returned to the bench with a triumphant smile.

When my son was in pee wee ball, he watched a lot of baseball my fault. He played shortstop in a station-to-station game, in which each player moved up one base, regardless of where the ball went and whether someone got out. With the bases loaded, a player hit a line drive to my son at shortstop. He caught the ball, ran to third to get the runner who was jogging home and tagged the runner who approached him. After his unassisted triple play, he jogged off the field and dropped the ball near the pitcher’s mound. I had to explain to him that he didn’t play that way yet, but that he would, and hopefully will again, soon.

Tough as nails

The tiny team that did

My daughter was on a vastly undersized volleyball team that made it to the finals against a team that, in warm ups, pummeled balls into the ground. With my daughter anchoring the back row, the other team became frustrated that their hard hits didn’t win points. They tried

The kid who was way ahead of his time

Some Information on COVID-19 from Johns Hopkins Hospital

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The virus is not a living organism, but a protein molecule, DNA, covered by a protective layer of lipid, aka fats, which when absorbed by the cells of the ocular, nasal or buccal mucosa, changes their genetic code and converts them into aggressor and multiplier cells.

Between Since the virus is not a living you and me organism but a

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF protein molecule, it is not killed, but decays on its own. The disintegration time depends on the

temperature, humidity and type of material where it lies.

This virus is very fragile, and the only thing that protects it is a thin outer layer of fat.

That is why any soap or detergent is the best remedy, because the foam cuts the fat (that is why you have to rub so much, for 20 seconds or more, to make a lot of foam).

By dissolving the fat layer, the protein molecule disperses and breaks down on its own.

Heat melts fat, and this is why it is so good to use water above 77 degrees Fahrenheit for washing hands, clothes and everything. In addition, hot water makes more foam, and that makes it even more useful.

Alcohol, or any mixture with alcohol over 65 percent dissolves any fat, especially the external lipid layer of the virus.

Any mix with one part bleach and five parts water directly dissolves the protein and breaks it down from the inside.

Oxygenated water helps long after soap, alcohol and chlorine, because peroxide dissolves the virus protein, but you have to use it pure and it hurts your skin.

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No bactericide or antibiotic serves. The virus is not a living organism like bacteria; antibodies cannot kill what is not alive.

Never shake used or unused clothing, sheets or cloth. While it is glued to a porous surface, it is very inert and disintegrates only: • between 3 hours (fabric and porous) • 4 hours (copper and wood) • 24 hours (cardboard) • 42 hours (metal) and • 72 hours (plastic).

But if you shake it or use a feather duster, the virus molecules float in the air for up to 3 hours, and can lodge in your nose.

The virus molecules remain very stable in external cold, or in artificial cold such as with air conditioners in houses and cars.

They also need moisture and especially darkness to stay stable. Therefore, dehumidified, dry, warm and bright environments will degrade it faster.

Ultraviolet light on any object that may contain it breaks down the virus protein. For example, to disinfect and reuse a mask, UV light is perfect. Be careful, it also breaks down collagen, a protein in the skin.

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The virus cannot go through healthy skin.

Vinegar is not useful because it does not break down the protective layer of fat.

No spirits or vodka serve. The strongest vodka is 40 percent alcohol and you need at least 65 percent. That means Listerine or other mouthwash can serve, as it is 65 percent alcohol.

The more confined the space, the more concentrated of the virus can be. The more open or naturally ventilated, the less.

You have to wash your hands before and after touching mucosa, food, locks, knobs, switches, remote control, cell phone, watches, computers, desks, TV, etc. and when using the bathroom.

You have to moisturize dry hands from so much washing of them, because the molecules can hide in the micro cracks. The thicker the moisturizer, the better.

Also keep your nails short so that the virus does not hide there.

This is republished with gratitude to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. I hope it helps your understanding and visualization of what is going on as it did mine.

Wishing you all care in following recommended procedures and good health.

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