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How To Combat Loneliness During the COVID-19 crisis

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By Andi Simon, Ph.D.

Ridgewood NJ, During the COVID-19 crisis, all of our lives have been disrupted. We’re not connecting with family, friends and colleagues like we used to, and it’s easy to feel lonely. To help some of the people I was coaching, I wrote down eight ways to combat this feeling and tested them on our business clients, executives, and even some friends. . They can collaborate with their mind and change the way they are feeling, as the sciences are teaching us. What they found was they could, indeed, address their own sense of being alone and make their days fill with well-being and even happiness.

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Additional Precautions for College Students Returning for Thanksgiving

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Ridgewood NJ, It cannot be stressed enough that a negative COVID-19 test alone is not a guarantee of safety for loved ones and the community.

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4 Foods to Avoid Feeding Your Pet this Thanksgiving

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Ridgewood NJ, Because of the upward trend in COVID-19 cases, many restaurants will not be open for indoor dining this Thanksgiving.  That means small, family gatherings around the dining room table will be the celebration of choice in households across the U.S. this year.

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March For Your Rights Rally to Support Small Business

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Morristown NJ, on Sunday morning at 10am to 12pm the March For Your Rights peaceful protest was held.  The protests was held for the right  to run your business, go to work and go to school . The message is one of personal responsibility. Organizers asked attendees to please wear your mask and in the Gathering areas as well as along the March route, please wear your masks and practice social distancing to demonstrate that mandates are not required for people to act responsibly.

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Governor Murphy Extends Public Health Emergency Dictatorship in New Jersey

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Trenton NJ,  Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 200. The Order extends the Public Health Emergency that was declared on March 9, 2020 through Executive Order No. 103, which was previously extended on April 7, May 6, June 4, July 2, August 1, August 27, September 25, and October 24. Under the Emergency Health Powers Act, a declared public health emergency expires after 30 days unless renewed. 

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THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY SAFETY DURING COVID-19 FROM CITYMD

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Montvale NJ, The Thanksgiving holiday is normally an exciting opportunity to gather with family and reconnect with friends we have not seen in a while. However, this year, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the impending holiday season is more stress inducing than it is exciting. This year, a typical Thanksgiving gathering—one that is indoors, lacks personal space, and does not have a mask in sight—is the perfect recipe for spreading COVID-19.

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Flu or COVID-19? How Can You Tell the Difference in Kids

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Hackensack NJ, Flu season is ramping up, and your child begins to develop a runny nose or fever. A year ago that might not have caused too much concern – but now that first symptom may trigger fear that he or she has COVID-19.

“Children are at risk for a wide variety of respiratory illnesses, especially during the winter due to dry air and the fact that we are more often indoors,” says David Walker, M.D., chief of pediatric emergency medicine at Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center. “It is important for parents to have basic information about the flu and COVID-19 and to know when it’s necessary to get help.”

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Researchers Say COVID Reinfections possible but tend to be milder compared to the original infection

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Ridgewood NJ, according to Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Immunology published (preprint) results from a study on longer-term immunity against SARS-CoV-2 conferred by natural infection. The study evaluated 185 individuals with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection. All participants, and the majority experienced COVID-19 disease but were not hospitalized. Most of the participants provided a single blood sample between 6 and 240 days after symptom onset, with 41 collected at least 6 months after symptom onset. A subset of 38 participants provided multiple samples over a period of several months. The researchers found that antibodies against the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 were relatively stable and memory B cells were abundant after 6 months, leading to optimism that immunity against the virus could mitigate the risk of severe COVID-19 disease for “many years.”

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New Jersey’s Recovery Stalls: Jobs Down, Unemployment Up

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Morristown NJ,  On November 19th, New Jersey’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development issued the monthly jobs report for October 2020. Dr. Charles Steindel, former Chief Economist of the State of New Jersey and current Resident Scholar, Anisfield School of Business at Ramapo College, analyzed the report for the Garden State Initiative:

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CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK AT RIDGEWOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT ?

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Ridgewood NJ, it is being reported that multiple Ridgewood Firefighters have tested positive for COVID19  and it is being alleged that currently covid testing is being dissuaded by Village management with alleged threats to withhold health insurance payments for testing and sick days .

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VILLAGE OFFICES CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC AS OF NOVEMBER 23, 2020

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Ridgewood NJ, Due to the increasing numbers of COVID-19 positive cases in Ridgewood and New Jersey as a whole, all Village offices will be closed to the public, effective November 23, 2020.  Although the Village offices will be closed, our Village employees will be working in their offices during regular business hours, 5 days per week, to assist you.  If you must come into Village offices for a permit, license or to get information, please call the Village Department you wish to visit and we will make an appointment to allow you to do so.

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Due to COVID Village of Ridgewood Closes Stable to Public

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Ridgewood NJ, Due to the increasing number of COVID-19 positive cases in Ridgewood and throughout New Jersey, the Village administration has closed all Village offices to the public officially at the end of business, November 20th.   All Village employees will continue working; the staff at the Stable will be available Monday-Friday from 8:30-4:30 (with the exception of Thursday and Friday, November 26 & 27).  We will still be conducting business as usual and will make accommodations for residents who need to visit in person.  In the event you need to drop off/pick up something, feel free to leave it in our mailbox and call us to come outside and gather it or knock on our side door.

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Please continue to stay safe, “mask up”, but New Danish Study Says Not So Fast

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Ridgewood NJ , the Village of Ridgewood leads every COVID19 update with, “Please continue to stay safe – mask up – maintain proper social distancing! “.  However a new Danish study out this morning has found no statistical difference in wearing masks versus not wearing masks as it applies to transmitting COV-19.

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University of Oxford-AstraZeneca Coronavirus Vaccine Produces Strong Immune Response in Older Adults

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University of Oxford , The ChAdOx1 nCov-2019 coronavirus vaccine, developed by teams at the University of Oxford, has been shown to trigger a robust immune response in healthy adults aged 56-69 and those over 70 years of age. The data, published today in The Lancet, suggest that one of the groups most vulnerable to serious illness, and death from COVID-19, could build immunity.

British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, which is working in collaboration with the University of Oxford, has previously said interim data showed their experimental vaccine had produced an immune response in older and younger adults.

Older adults have been shown to be at higher risk from COVID-19 and should be considered to be a priority for immunisation should any effective vaccine be developed for the disease. Reporting on data from a Phase II trial of the ChAdOx1 nCov-2019 vaccine, the authors write that volunteers in the trial demonstrate similar neutralising antibody titres, and T cell responses across all three age groups (18-55, 56-79, and 70+).

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