Posts Tagged ‘vaccine’
TC3 and all of SUNY to require students to get Vaccinated
Tompkins Cortland Community College (Provided) TOMPKINS COUNTY, NY — TC3 is following SUNY’s student vaccination mandate made after the FDA approved the Pfizer COVID vaccine earlier this week. Now all institutions of higher education in Tompkins County have vaccine requirements for students starting class this for Fall 2021. Students attending TC3 must complete their vaccination shots…
Read MoreCornell Updates University COVID Policies
(William Barkoff / Unsplash) ITHACA, NY — With students soon to arrive on campus, Cornell has updated it’s COVID policies. Cornell now has three alert levels: green, yellow, and red. The alert levels are determined through a variety of factors, including local hospitalizations, Ithaca area COVID transmission, and the university’s capacity to isolate people. At…
Read MoreMajority of Last Week’s COVID Cases Were in Fully Vaccinated People; Total Number of Positive Cases Represent 0.2 Percent of Tompkins County Resident
TOMPKINS COUNTY, NY — The Tompkins County Health department published data on Thursday regarding cases of COVID-19 by vaccination status. Between May 1st and July 31st, 27 percent of COVID cases detected in Tompkins County were in fully vaccinated people. That’s 84 reported cases out of a total of 315 known cases for those 3…
Read MoreGrassRoots Lifting COVID Precautions and Opening Up Festival to General Admission
GrassRoot’s Infield Stage damaged from a thunderstorm on July 13th. (Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival) ITHACA, NY — The GrassRoots Festival is shifting to general admission this weekend after a storm last week damaged one of their stages. GrassRoots was originally planning the festival around a socially distanced PODS system, or Personal Outdoor Dance Space. That…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Update with Frank Kruppa, Tompkins County Public Health Director
Frank Kruppa, Tompkins County Public Health Director SUMMARY Tompkins County is seeing no to low new COVID cases. Numbers haven’t looked like this since August 2020. So, where are we with the pandemic right now? It seems good, like we’re reaching a light at the end of a tunnel, as if that comparison isn’t used…
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COVID Cases are Dropping, Tompkins County Officials Say There’s Still a Chance for Another Spike
Active cases of COVID-19 have been on a downward trend in Tompkins County. According to the County’s local coronavirus data, the weekly average for new positive cases is 9 a day. 9 new positive cases a day — the last time this was the average was in Early November, before the well predicted holiday spike…
Read MoreThe COVID vaccine – Interview with Dr. Jamie Loehr [AUDIO]
The COVID vaccine has been at the forefront since last March. On January 8th, WRFI contributor Susan Fortson-Eginton attended a virtual presentation on the Covid-19 vaccine held by Cayuga Medical Center and featuring Dr. Jamie Loehr. Susan later spoke with Dr. Loehr in more detail about the FDA-approved Covid-19 vaccines. “Syringe and Vaccine” by NIAID…
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