PITTSFIELD 4TH WORST CITY IN THE WORLD — THE WORLD — FOR C-19 … STAY THE F%^& HOME … plus … PLANET ISSUES ‘LICENSES TO KILL’
BY DAN VALENTI
PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY
(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY APRIL 1, 2020) — THE PLANET shall skip the obvious, that is, an April Fool’s jest, by giving you something that, if it weren’t life-and-death serious, would be the biggest joke of all.
“Submitted for your approval,” as Rod Serling would say, “one helpless city, run aground by the incompetence of its ‘leadership.'”
More than ever, it’s time for citizens to take matters into their own hands:
- Do not rely on the city of Pittsfield to give you honest information. They won’t. They’re hiding something.
- Seek out information from reliable sources. Use discernment.
- Follow common-sense policies, especially frequent hand-washing.
- Treat “guidelines” about social distancing as “orders.” This is BY FAR THE SINGLEMOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO. Too many people in Pittsfield are ignoring this, and this is setting back the city incalculably.
- Think for yourself.
- Finally, obey the “shelter-in-place” directive. In plain English, “stay the fuck home.”
Perhaps we can sign up some lone gunmen to roam the streets, picking off anyone who’s congregating anywhere off limits. THE PLANET recommends starting at the skateboard park. Then Onota Lake. We shall issue free-of-charge a coveted Z-Agent License to Kill to anyone who meets the requirements. The License provides immunity from all prosecution. There are targets everywhere. Be creative. Most of the people you eliminate will not be missed. Not only that, but the collective common good goes up for each one of these idiots that takes “two in the hat.” Might as well do that, since it’s clear the local authorities under the mayor, police chief, and district attorney love to coddle the creeps and don’t care about The Kapanskis.
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The following chart should come as no surprise to you. It lists confirmed cases of COVID-19 per 1,000 metro area. In the entire world, Pittsfield has 9th worst record. But it’s even worse than that. The latest count in Berkshire County, up from 73, is 171. Since the city has about 75% of cases in Berkshire County, it gives Pittsfield 128 cases pushing the rate/thousand to 1.31. This moves Tyer-land up to a 4th place tie for worst IN THE WORLD, surpassed only by Wuhan, China; Lombardy, Italy; NYC; and tied with Albany, Ga.; and New Orleans.
You should require no more proof of the incompetency of Mayor Linda Tyer than this statistic. Throw in every department head, along with Pee Pee Peter Marchetti, and Lady Boots Yon. Add JIV, too. He’s not a department head. He’s the Warlord of an untouchable fiefdom.
If there is any shred of equanimity and resolve left in the general population, once we get through this pandemic, there should be the immediate circulation calling for the removal of Linda Tyer from office should be initiated. Would you sign such a petition?
Confirmed cases per 1,000 by metro area (NY Times)
| METRO OR MICRO AREA | POPULATION | CASES | PER THOUSAND |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Wuhan, China | 11.1 mil. | 50,821 | 4.59 |
| Lombardy region, Italy | 10 mil. | 34,889 | 3.48 |
| New York | 20 mil. | 43,016 | 2.15 |
| Albany, Ga. | 153,000 | 206 | 1.35 |
| New Orleans | 1.3 mil. | 1,674 | 1.32 |
| Seattle | 3.9 mil. | 2,543 | 0.65 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Conn. | 944,000 | 607 | 0.64 |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Wash. | 128,000 | 78 | 0.61 |
| Pittsfield, Mass. | 126,000 | 73 | 0.58 |
| Detroit | 4.3 mil. | 2,468 | 0.57 |
| Kingston, N.Y. | 179,000 | 89 | 0.50 |
| East Stroudsburg, Pa. | 170,000 | 67 | 0.40 |
| Show Low, Ariz. | 110,000 | 43 | 0.39 |
| Albany, N.Y. | 883,000 | 340 | 0.38 |
| Bellingham, Wash. | 226,000 | 86 | 0.38 |
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As the dire situation in Pittsfield shows, COVID-19 won’t be conquered by indifference or incompetence. It requires resolution through common sense, smarts, and STAYING THE FUCK HOME.
Please.
If you see anyone gathering where they shouldn’t, and you’re able, take their picture and begin online shaming.
Stay well, dear friends.
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“Normally, I don’t like killing, but there comes a time when you must cut cards with the devil” — Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, before meeting Napoleon at Waterloo.
“OPEN THE WINDOW, AUNT MILLIE.”
LOVE TO ALL.
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BMC is lying about the numbers. They are holding tests and submitting them in smaller batches. They’ve also slowed down the testing dramatically. They take tests then “process” them.
Be very careful peeps. It’s much worse than they are letting on. Nurses licensed in MA and NY are leaving because BMC is such a fucking mess.
I’m not sure if it’s a conspiracy to make us look better or if it’s a cover your ass on the part of BMC management.
They have fucked the Berkshires over but good.
The mayor needs to be in jail for her stupidity.
RN
Strong words indeed, but because of your position, there is every reason to take your information as accurate. From all the indications we can get, on and off the record, the situation is by many factors worse than The Suits are reporting. There is every evidence of a major cover-up. No proof that would satisfy a court of law … yet. We do wonder if an unofficial comment we heard is true, about a lot of paper shredding going on in the corner office and at BHS.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/31/824665834/are-hospitals-seeing-a-surge-of-coronavirus-patients-some-officials-arent-saying
With tests scarce, epidemiologists are looking at hospitalizations as an indicator of how the novel coronavirus is spreading. But in some of the areas of the country worst-hit by COVID-19, states and counties aren’t releasing that data.
They have the data but BHS isn’t sharing the information with the public.
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
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Fxn Vinegars !!! Lemme at em. Why I oughtta !…. pow, zing…. to the Moon. I spent 30 days in ICU – I get it ! Do I ever. They are faking it. Clueless vinegars, unsavory. Regards…. *Retards. Incompetent
I am curious about the local number of dead. Been looking at obituaries and where people died. Who assigns cause of death to be put on death certificate? And is there any fact checking?
The local coroner or the attending physician at death.
Obituaries are not a good way to tell how a person dies because they are not official only the death certificates.
In an obituary they don’t even have to say and there are code words. Died suddenly can mean OD, suicide, etc if somebody dies of complications HIV/AIDS they put “complications from a long standing illness” or something like that
But if someone was old and in a nursing home and died of the virus who is to stop someone from putting natural causes on the certificate? Could happen?
They do it’s happening now
Assuming there is a charter provison for removal, and assuming it happened, I would assume marchetti would assume the position, and I assume a special election would be held to dethrone him, and i assume another GOBSIG would assume the position. Would we be better off, or worse? Sometimes, you’re better off with the devil you know, and in fairness to Mr. Melle’s honey, she did win fair and square didn’t she? Never did her back from Camp Mazz on that.
I’ll bet Mazzeo is relieved she didn’t win. Especially now.
Doubt it. People who run for office might actually want what’s right, there are some good people, somewhere out there
Linda Tyer is the Mayor of Pittsfield through 2023. She is dealing with a global pandemic. In the past 5 days, over 3,000 American citizens have died of Coronavirus. If the precautions work, there will be between 100,000 – 240,000 dead American citizens from COVID-19. If they don’t work, then we are looking at up to 2,500,000 dead American citizens. This is a nightmare! Hospitals are overwhelmed and lack the medical capacity to deal with this “invisible war”.
That’s just it, JONATHAN. She ISn’T dealing with it. Let it sink in: Pittsfield is now tied for fourth IN THE WORLD for most per-capita cases. That’s the result of failed leadership.
No, it is stupid parents with stupid kids who do not quarantine themselves at home.
Who educates them who provides the information & enforces
Pittsfield politics = decade after decade of failed leadership. I hope Mayor Linda Tyer is not yet another failed leader of this post industrial and economically distressed community. If you are right, Dan, then it is nothing short of a tragedy!
Pittsfield is Berkshire county 126,000 population
There is such a provision. If We The People were successful in ousting Tyer, true, Pee Pee would become mayor. But having just removed his predecessor would make him petrified. He already has no political convictions or backbone. Inheriting the corner office would neutralize him completely. This would actually be an improvement. We could wait him out for 2+ years and in the election, run a true outsider who will kick butt and not bother with names. Someone who will be charismatic, well-financed, and not afraid of wrinkling the covers. Yes, there is such a person.
WHO ….. I mean who ?
Keep in mind that the biggest problem is not Tyer but the team behind her. She is just a figurehead. If they just change the face of their puppet it is not much help to the people.
She is a very weak woman that was given the city clerk job, in charge of our voting machines. She needed to step down from that position when she ran for mayor. She is both incompetent and unqualified. As a mother and grandmother I am concerned about the future of our city for our children and our children’s children. Tyer is an embarrassment to all women and no threat to any man .
What does fair & square got ta do, got ta do wit it
Because Mazzeo was looking into election irregularities and then went dark on us. So it appears none were found, erg Tyer won fair and square.
Wrong.
So 9 months from now, which will be New Year”s, will we have a baby boom, or a divorce boom, or both? When domestic violence rises in da Pitts cops will have to go hands on and make arrests.
When you can get products from Amazon or Target or Walmart, due to striking workers, or truckers who can’t get food, lodging, and gas, or because the wokers in these places are too sick to work, or because you can but others can’t because they are broke, watch for the societal breakdown. When they come for your groceries and TP,how will you protect your family? All these wacky progressives like Harrington and Tyer want to go soft on crime and let everybody outta jail in the middle of a pandemic and guess what? Crime will rise when people get hungry enough. Protect your house.
Even when things are going as good as can be in Pittsfield, honest information was and is hard to get. Disinformation is their honest information.
Dan, if I can shoot the parking meters on North St as I drive by in my over excised tax car, I may apply for the Z Agent license. What are the requirements for the license to kill, besides a willingness to pull the trigger?
Perhaps we can have competitions on who can take out the most.
Requirements will be sent upon issuance of the application. Our records show you have been approved! Happy hunting.
So how many unemployed people are just gonna pack up and go somewhere with no lockdown and little corona?
Perhaps we can have competitions on who can take out the most.
No words !
Hello Pat[rick Fennell],
We are in a time of crisis. The Stock Market had its worst quarter in U.S. History. Nearly 4,000 American citizens have died from coronavirus. State and local governments have scarce revenue. Hospitals are at capacity. It is a nightmare!
My question for you today is: What do you think about the United States Congress taking a 3 week recess during this very difficult time?
Best wishes,
Jonathan [Melle]
I’d like to be the next Mayor – Lovely Peculiar Mama ; )
Two in the hat! I always like that phrase. So succinct. So to the point. No mincing words. No red tape. Git er done!
And, STAY THE FUCK HOME has a nice ring to it as well. Might be the new Pittsfield logo after all is said and done.
If everyone complies, there will be no more drive by shootings, except for parking meters, so crime will go down.
Actually what would be really cool is to see video of the Generalissimo taking them all out with a wildly swinging backhoe during a third Thursday event while the mayor delivered a proclamation on how easy they are to use..
Great idea, JD. I shall contact the Generalissimo and check!
Has consideration been given to the possibility that what gave rise to the outbreak in Pittsfield of Coronavirus is the city’s booming drug trade, the ‘mules’ for which import those drugs (and unknowingly Coronavirus) from viral hot spots NYC, Albany, Boston, etc.?
They may have helped spread it. Sanctuary state status (again, along with NY & CT) may also be a factor.
I believe the mortality rates are higher here due to the high percentage of elderly residents who are most susceptible to the flu.
Insightful observation. Influx from from viral hot stops may also be exacerbated by Ruberto’s, TFB’s, Massimiano’s, Tyer’s, and GOB cult’s concerted effort to inflate census and population numbers for financial benefits by recruiting and encouraging city employees and jail populace, etc. ( all with an extended family and personal networks) to relocate to the Pitts. from NY, NJ, PR, etc.,etc. Several of these groupings are confirmed to have recently opened their Pittsfield homes as a refuge for family and friends from the larger hot spots. Besides a tooth brush, no telling what additional baggage they may have brought with them.
This information is on the Massachusetts Department of Health daily report.
Patients hospitalized. 562
Patients not hospitalized. 1941
Under investigation. 4117
What is there to investigate?
Just think, when this is all over BMC will get another award. The award will state that they were leaders in the medical field for the way they handled the viruse outbreak.
The award (like all their awards) will be bought and paid for by none other than themselves. The Berkshire Pigeon will make it front page news and the article will tell us how lucky we are to have BMC in our town.
Troglodytes and stupidennials.
Is there any testing going on in this city? I’ve seen the Park St. testing tents deserted the last two afternoons.
But not sure why the long drive at Burbank Park/Onota is closed off. So this forces everyone into the boat launch parking area, thus creating more density, ipso facto!? The beach parking lot was fine–people kept their distance pretty well. Walkers, joggers, strollers all kept at distance from each other on the paths.
Only thing I can see is that they want to keep kids away from the playground equipment. But park at the boat launch and have Sally and Jimmy ride their small-wheelers down there anyway, duh?
3/31/20
MA confirmed Chinese Flu cases 6,620
Deaths; 89
Mortality rate; .013
Queens, New York is now the epicenter of the corona virus and Pittsfield just happened to have someone come from that area and end up at BMC and later die. This person was first sent home here in Pittsfield and later returned to the hospital in very serious condition. The best results for this virus happen when people are treated early. People should call their doctor if they think they have it and get the test and then any medication if they do have the virus.
As requested on here yesterday by someone, the Mayor is currently on the radio. She’s smarter than I thought not going to the studio.
Are current b h s employees who are sick with non Corona symptoms, required to work?
Yes! BHS also breaks quarantine for staff all the time!!!!
They are making staff come back after 5 days! If you are exposed and don’t show signs after 5 days they take your temp at work and send you back in.
You are not going to get a test unless you have a fever of 103 and are found stumbling down the road coughing up a lung. The less testing you do the better your numbers are and it appears that you are doing a “tremendous” job.
Mayor Tyer – publish the hospitalization rates!
Peeps the shortage of supplies at BMC is because the administration is cheap. If they keep a lot of supplies it looks bad on their books. Even though it’s a non-profit the bonuses for the executives and certain administrators is based on certain performance things and lots of inventory of supplies is bad. It’s the greed in BMC that’s made this so bad.
Remember they fought to limit staffing per patient, maybe if there were more nurses to pay attention to what was going on instead of the administration covering up the outbreak we wouldn’t have the patients we do.
The number of COVID+ patients is a lot higher what they are saying. BMC is lying and more people will be dying.
Didn they have an extra 300k to give the city for shot spotte r?
Councilor Helen Moon, former RN , has asked everyone to vote for her on 4/4 for a seat on the Democratic State Committee. Title is Affirmative Action Add-on to the committee. Once again priorities are messed up in this Administration. Missing Mayor, who so far her most prominent communication is about coloring. Our Chief of Police states he is going stir crazy so he is reading kids books while his officers are out fighting a pandemic war and getting sick because of lack of protective equipment, The head of our schools who can’t figure out how to get school work out to the children. The President of our City Council who can’t figure out how to get in touch with other members of the Council. Wish this was all an April Fool’s joke folks, but it is not. On a positive note it is so great to have the Springfield TV station back. They have been more informative in one day than what we have received from this Administration and the BB in weeks. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if this pandemic virus was a big April’s Fool joke and we could all go back to a normal life. Stay safe.
On a rerun from yesterday, the morning Stooge says the mayor and all of her administration is doing a phenomenon job.
Chucky’s ass on fire behind the grate update:
What’s going on now is that the Left is freaking because Trump’s approval numbers are rising. Can’t have that. Gotta get the Car-vile war room cranking.
So instead of airing the whole Trump daily presser, CNN and MSNBC cut away–to bitch about what Trump is saying, or how he is saying it, or the tone he is using, or the hair on his head while he is saying it, or the way he is standing, or the way is looking, or, or, or . . .
Can’t have the president “infiltered” or ‘”uninterrupted,” they actually say. Yes, because these people are so much smarter and better than Trump–and you or I.
I mean, fine, don’t show the whole thing. But all you got is a bitch-whine?
Pathetic, as to be expected.
Those networks cut out because Trump was turning it into a blathering campaign speech much like he has for the last two weeks. And it is Fox news job to carry the propaganda so let them handle it.
912 people died of the virus in the USA YESTERDAY. Anybody besides Rush Limbaugh and Hannity still think it is a hoax?
Hannity and Limbaugh never said it was a hoax. While the far left screamed “racist” when President Trump closed off incoming China travel on January 31st, CNN and MSNBC were calling the virus nothing to worry about. The mayor of New York said people were overreacting. No preparation was made in New York for the pandemic.
Pat, we even beat out Italy yesterday! Trump has made us great again!!! Number one and shooting for an all time record. No one has ever seen numbers like this before!!
Sick of hearing that on social media. These comments like “Do we feel great again?” and “Are we winning now?” is just plain mean and bad and there are no words. To me it is celebrating the virus because they think it hurts President Trump. People are sick and dying so we should be acting completely differently than the way many are acting on social media. We have a much larger population than Italy, so it is logical that we will have more sick and more dying.
Pat do you know why Trumps says he has made a billion masks available but yet, all kinds of nurses, doctors, mayors and governors are on Tv begging for protective equipment? Are they all actors from Hollywood Trying to make Trump look bad?
Seriously, I get all teared up watching them pleading for help for things that should be easy to get. What is the problem?
Seems like the governors bear a huge responsibility here.
Seriously Chuck? Most people I know, if they were president, would be working 24 hours a day to help the doctors and nurses and firemen and police get protective equipment. You do realize these are the people you and your family made need any day right?
Only if the pandemic response is an individual state responsibility. Back to the pandemic response is a national responsibility.
It’s really not up to the Federal Govt. to provide masks, gowns, respirators, etc. The states are supposed to take care of their own state and a huge city like New York City should have been prepared long ago for a pandemic. Cuomo decided years ago not to get more respirators for New York. That was a bad decision considering New York City is a huge target for terrorists and in a pandemic such as we have now, those respirators are much needed. President Trump is trying to help New York with GM making respirators, but it takes time to make them.
Wrong Pat.Are wars a Governor issue?
Trump also got us to #1 on planet Earth for corona cases! Despite the fact that he said it was under control. To help all the Trump supporters, I am having a buy one, get one free sale at the farm on rainbow colored unicorns.
Few countries in the world are under control right now although, if you believe China, everything is all rainbow colored unicorns and they have few virus cases.
Can you direct me to the article where Chinese authorities are saying they are all clear and have done everything right? Your friends at Fox have been instructed to shift blame anywhere and everywhere and to keep repeating it so that people like you will believe it.
If Trump spent one tenth of the time trying to get protective equipment for first responders as he does blaming everybody, far fewer of these wonderful people would be sacrificing themselves in the name of America.
Not one person said anything about closing tr as vel from china during the pandemic.
18 people are currently being treated for the virus at BMC according to the 1420 radio news this morning.
The city-Mayor is not enforceable no edict by the Governor. Yesterday while walking on Lakeway there was a bunch of young children huddled and playing surround by people running and walking around the track and standing by the entrance gate?…. Another congregation is on the Onota Causeway,very bad situation to line up to fish side by side,
Does the person who gave me a -1 know something that the news isn’t reporting about the number of patients being treated at BMC. If so, do tell.
So who’s telling the truth – 1420 or RN’s comments at the top of the board? We need some accurate numbers – who’s got ‘em?
If it weren’t for 1420 radio, we’d all be in the dark.
and Dan’s blog of course.
One of the commonwealth’s major assets has always been its united front among District Attorneys in protecting the public. Now Harrington, Rollins and Sullivan have destroyed that by continuing to back criminals over the citizens they’re sworn to protect. This petition was brought by the American Criminal Liberties Union who helped get these three elected.VOTE THEM OUT https://www.masslive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/coronavirus-and-prison-massachusetts-supreme-judicial-court-expected-to-rule-soon-on-releasing-inmates-vulnerable-to-covid-19.html
You have absolutely not one idea wtf you are talking about Betsey …gag it stat!
No, not Betsey but why are you always on here all by yourself as the only person ever defending Harrington? Must be one another one of her do-nothing political appointments.
I am not for or against Harrington, I must point out that factually you are stating something that is completely false! The ACLU never was part of any DA election that is just fake news at it’s finest. Facts still matter right?. The ACLU and the Defense Bar is actually the ones asking for release of non violent inmates not the Sheriff DA or Police chiefs. The virus is spreading as you know at an accelerated rate and if you don’t think that is going to hit the jails well you are just delusional. Check that)))) the sheriff and others in charge are already out. So I can say with certainty that it will run rampant throughout the jail population that will require major resources to deal with resources that are not available. We need to make room for the violent criminals that are at home now beating and terrorizing family members. Once the checks arrive we are going to be dealing with large numbers of overdoses and the like. So you may not like this and will probably fuel the criminals are being let loose Hysteria but the violent criminals will stay the the SJC will make that ruling soon not the DA’s you mention. I respect the people in charge that have to make the tough choices not the ones that sit on the sidelines and be the critic during these times.
The only person who helped Harrington get elected was David Capeless with his backroom deals.
These clowns that are behind releasing criminals will all be singing a different tune when a serious crime against them happens to one of them or a family member. Just a matter of time until it does happen.
I don’t know why the former North Adams hospital isn’t being utilized in some way. Maybe it could be used to treat patients with conditions other than covid-19. Then again it’s a longer drive for the frequent victims of drive by shootings.
Pittsfield is the entire county.Population 126,000 residents is not Pittsfield.
Not counting the illegals, Pittsfield population about 36,000
I believe this is the population of Berkshire County.
BMC is now buying UV sterilizers. They should have done this months ago. BHS management has done nothing to protect nurses doctors and patients.
UV sterilizers this late?!?
JT just gave them big bucks – at least they’re investing in something helpful!
things just don’t add up and when it feels wonky it is wonky. the dashboard says we have 62 confirmed case, 1 death, and no one recovering. radio says there are 18 patients in BMC recovering from virus. the confirmed cases go back to March 8, no one has recovered ? this crisis is just to complicated for the Mayor and City council to handle properly. leading in good times is easy, now not so easy…perhaps the Tyer strategy of trashing every person that didn’t support has backfired as we are using 50% of the resources in our little community b/c she has ostracized and cast out the other 50% – she is about exclusion and that right now is hurting us.
People are getting arrested in n y state for congregating in certain prohibited areas. Is Pittsfield immune from this virus? Stop enforcing no parking violations and concentrate on parks and the Causeway at Onota and who knows where else? for starters…Mayor! And thank you also 1420 best info so far outside the planet.
Then according to the dashboard numbers – why is the whole county shut down?? You’re right – the numbers don’t add up!
U.S.—Teachers at government schools have raised their concerns that the recent closure of their institutions will have a damaging effect on students. In particular, the nation’s educators are worried that the longer the schools are closed, the more likely it is that students will begin thinking for themselves, learn life skills away from the government school system, and realize how much more they learn at home.
“We must reopen as soon as possible — before they regain their ability to have independent thoughts,” said New York 4th-grade teacher Ms. Jenny Mudd. “This is an urgent crisis. We realize we have to do our part to prevent the spread of the virus, but we must also prevent the spread of unapproved ideas. There’s a balance there.”
“Reopen the schools before it is too late.”
Sure enough, studies have already shown a strong correlation between everyone being homeschooled and a concerning spike in independent thought. Students who have been away from the government school system for even a week stop feeling depressed and anxious all the time and even show a shocking increase in the ability to form thoughts and ideas not approved by the government.
Teachers have further pointed out that parents aren’t properly equipped to indoctrinate their children with government propaganda. “I went to school for eight years to be able to do this,” said Portland kindergarten teacher Ms. Pinkerton. “Parents just don’t have the experience of stuffing kids’ heads full of a statist worldview seven hours a day like I do.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0G63uzhFP4
Westfield has 81 cases, more that Pittsfield – why aren’t they on this BS list ???? We are smaller than them. Why isn’t Tyer refuting this list or calling it’s publisher screaming !!!!??? these are the tings OUR leadership should be doing…..when it feels off, then it is off….somethings not right
Fed dollars.
Westfield is not on the list because the list does not rank by basic case number but number of cases per 1000 (rates of cases).
BMC is lying again today. If see their numbers, they go up by only 9-10 a day. It’s a LIE!!!!!
They are holding back info just like they are suppressing death rates. BMC is covering up the amount of illness and death.
Be careful people!!!!
Just heard the same stats on 1420 am as Pat reported earlier; 18 Chinese Flu victims in BMC, 1 in Fairview. I’m glad that the number is so few, however the question remains – why shut down the entire economy over 19 cases in the hospital? Wouldn’t it make more sense for the Guv to allow Berkshire County to reopen restaurants, businesses, etc. and encourage the elderly & infirm to self-quarantine?? We are destroying our local businesses over a flu outbreak!
Just like Vietnam – lies
Yeah, it’s a narcotics war with a virus cover. The government has no obligation to tell us the truth. Military in the Pacific.
How are the norcans getting their supply?
And now all groceries must be wiped down and most containers and boxes like cookies quarantined for a least twenty four hours. What about mail and packages delivered? At least another two months. Let alone road rage and cops getting sick.
There has to be someone in the city government who understands what printing (without production) dollars does to savings, bonds, insurance, and other investments. It’s not only without production now but the means of production are closing because of these freebies to one and all. It cheapens your saved dollars and history shows it could make them worthless. Yet we approve and cheer politicians who give us these freebies. Now another one is in a planning stage, and we have not even received monies from the first give away. It is as if no one understands the long term repercussions of financial give away programs. Germany knows what this leads to. The allies severely punished Germany after WW1 with financial penalties that could not be paid. This cheapened the German mark and Germans would grocery shop with wheelbarrows full of marks (dollars). This led to the popularity and rise of Adolph Hitler and you know the rest of the story. As I mentioned, if you are a saver look into what I am saying. Your savings may be valued at a lot less when you decide to withdraw and spend them. I hope you don’t have to take a wheelbarrow to the bank. This really did happen. Check your history. We should not just print money and give it away like a giant welfare program and think there will be no repercussions. Economics doesn’t work that way.
So what do we do turn it back to the Fed?
They learned from Venezuela that politicians, bankers, and the wealthy will be fine even if the population starves. Can see in Pittsfield the huge raises on top of huge salaries government employees and contractors get while the population circles the drain
What is your alternative? Millions of workers have lost their jobs and income. $1,200 will get the average worker through one to two weeks. Most of the freebies ($500 billion) go to bailouts for Corporate America. Unlike Germany one hundred years ago, most countries today are all deep in debts. In the 1920’s, Hitler openly admired our country: U.S.A. – because we had racist laws, including racist eugenics laws, racist immigration laws that targeted or openly discriminated against Jewish and Italian people in particular, and racist Jim Crow laws against black or African-American people. WW2 began in 1939, but the U.S.A. did not enter WW2 until after Pearl Harbor in December of 1941, or more than 2 years later. Since WW2, our country’s war machine has fought wars without end or victory. The U.S. military killed over 5 million Vietnamese people in the Vietnam Conflict. Our country’s #1 non-farm export is selling military weapons and related technologies to foreign governments. Western democracies, Russia, and China all arm the World with military weapons. We have cut federal taxes many times over while funding the military industrial complex. It is called “Guns & Butter”. In closing, I believe if we want to stop 1930’s-style fascism, we should stop cutting federal taxes for Corporate America, stop excessively funding the military industrial complex, limit our country’s war machine that has killed millions of foreign people since WW2, and rebuild our country’s middle class with living wage jobs for average American workers.
Dan, what’s the source of this list?
Melle’s imagination.
It’s interesting that the use of vitamin C via IV to treat coronavirus patients is not getting much publicity for being an effective remedy. This article states that vitamin C “ is not a sexy” treatment; translation – pharmaceutical companies won’t make a killing on it. Another factor may be that 98% of vitamin C comes from China.
http://www.nypost.com/2020/03/24/new-york-hospitals-treating-coronavirus-patients-with-vitamin-c/
Seeing how the Eagle just posted an article saying 6 PPD have tested positive and 3 of them had been cleared to go back to work, it would appear that the “dashboard” showing 0 recoveries is wrong.
Are we surprised?
This is quite interesting. The first recognized local business casualty due to the corona crisis?
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-dotties-reopen?pc=fb_co_campmgmt_w&rcid=r01-158578483256-3a20ffc66e0045c5&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_lico%2Bshare-sheet
What’s next dunkin donuts
Nope. Much better business model. That is why the drive up lines are into the road. Serve up morning drug to Americans too lazy to exit car. Pay extra for coffee too hot to drink, maybe buy bfast too from sales person speak little English, pollute atmosphere some more.,drive away and feel better when drug in coffer perk you up, then have urgent need to go to bathroom.
The Anchor…The Beacon will help all the others survive. Maybe places like Dottie’s could have used a little of that forgiveness loan to Stanley.
Let’s go,let’s make, respirators, masks, anything related to fighting this virus,now,ventilators. You can’t throw a Doctor or Nurse,workers into a no win situatio. Give them the resources,make it happen. Locally enforce the damn law. To many congregating in parks, lakes, basketball courts,enforce the law Mayor. The more we enforce the better chance these people helping can live,period. Right now we are popcorn going up against a battleship.
Ah it we have the infamous BIC my friend.
That sucks but Tyer will probably bail em out. It’s a yuppie GOBSIG joint.
That’s BS. This is just to pay off her personal bills they are funded by outside people.
This is just grabbing money because they are gonna ask for $100k from the city.
Maybe she should get out on the side of the road like the panhandlers and work for her handouts. I am sure she has far more than these people will ever have in their lives and to go the begathon route this early is disgusting.
Dottie’s Coffee Lounge: Closed
Eat on North: Closed
Freddie’s Place Olde Fashioned Soda Shoppe: Closed
Methuselah Bar & Lounge: Closed
Mission Restaurant: Closed
Thistle & Mirth: Closed
Thrive Vegan
These are restaurants that are closed downtown. Many other businesses are being hurt to a point that they may not reopen. Meanwhile, Dottie’s is out begging for the pubic to save her butt. More than 2 grand has already been collected. Is this tax free?
Thanks, TM. It is a ponderous list. As for Dottie’s, we are against all forms of such aid. If others want to give their money away to support a for-profit business, we respect that decision. We would add as a however, however, that it is not the responsibility of Mary Jane and Joe Kapanski, or anyone else, to bail out a private enterprise. “Acts of God” are a risk that all entrepreneurs must take and for which they should prepare.
Why is Dotties asking us for 100k ?
Because they’re moonbat demcrats
Sherif home recovering from Covid 19.
I’d like to see a curfew. All the trouble makers come out at night as well as day.
Wait what? and the Number 2? and no inmates have it yet? I smell something funny
As expected, we are seeing sustained community transmission of the coronavirus in Western Massachusetts. Therefore, like other hospitals and health systems across the Commonwealth in accordance with Massachusetts Department of Public Health guidelines, we are adjusting our procedures for this new stage in our response to the pandemic.
Staff Exposed to the Virus in Patient Interactions
With the virus so prevalent in the community, and with all employees masking at all times, there is no longer a need for a furlough after exposure to a COVID patient. We will continue to conduct screenings to identify potential exposures and find opportunities to improve process. If the screener determines that you have potentially been exposed, you should continue to mask, check your temperature and symptoms daily, and continue to work.
If You Become Sick
Regardless of the source of your symptoms, this simple statement continues to apply: If you’re sick, stay home. More specifically:
Stay Home and Call Occupational Health at 447-2684 if You Have:
Fever greater than 100 degrees and / or lower respiratory symptoms (cough, chest congestion, shortness of breath, tight sensation in your chest)
Any other serious illness that would have kept you out of work before the current situation
Come to Work if You:
Have upper respiratory symptoms (runny nose, nasal congestion, common cold or seasonal allergy symptoms)
Suspect you might have been exposed to coronavirus or some other illness either at work or in the community, but do not have fever or lower respiratory symptoms
As before, all absences due to illness will be handled according to normal policy (you will have access to your Earned Time, and Long-Term Illness Bank if your illness exceeds two days).
Thank you for all your efforts and your continued dedication to the health of our community as we face this crisis. If you have questions, please feel free to contact your manager, your HR Business Partner, or me at any time.
Pat
Patrick M. Borek
Vice President, Human Resources
Berkshire Health Systems
Thanks for this, RN. If this memo is authentic, and we have every reason to believe is (we will verify),this may be a bombshell. More to come.
Can you spell M E L T D O W N ??
Stanley got off cheap,lessened to be leaned. Dottie’s is a go fund me. Not find me,Ms. Ruffer.
Perhaps they are learning that exposure doesn’t necessarily mean infection?
Or maybe they are learning exposure means infection and there’s not a thing you can do. There wouldn’t be a person left in that hospital except some of the top administrators who are either walled off or working remotely.
The problem with that, though, is that exposure, while not necessarily leading to symptoms, leads to carriers of a disease that infects exponentially.
Wow. Seriously.This could open up mega lawsuits.
Both BHS and China are under reporting cases. This is dangerous peeps!!! If you are sick and aren’t COVID+ and can get yourself to Baystate or even Albany Med go there instead. BHS has no capacity and no leadership and they are under reporting cases because they know they fucked up. Their safety protocols are useless now.
They wanted to blame a lack of equipment but they did everything they could to not have equipment and maximize bonuses. Tyer turned a blind eye and spent more time on coloring books.
“China’s health agency said it would begin including coronavirus patients without symptoms in its official tally, implicitly acknowledging that it has not been fully reporting data on the pandemic, according to reports.
The head of China’s National Health Commission, Chang Jile, said the government will begin reporting asymptomatic patients on Wednesday and is monitoring 1,541 who have tested positive but are showing no symptoms,”
Kraft to the rescue: https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-million-n95-masks-are-coming-from-chinaon-board-the-new-england-patriots-plane-11585821600
But also highlights the problem that we don’t make dick in this country anymore.
The problem is everything coming from China is contaminated or defective.
America first seems like a very good idea all of a sudden.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/netherlands-recalls-defective-masks-imported-china-200329141715106.html
using his deep Chinese connections
Priorities once again. Defiant Linda spends her time drafting a letter to the BB regarding the Census 2020 while putting out very little truthful information about the state of the City pertaining to the virus. Meanwhile, it had already been announced the deadline to complete Census 2020 is now August. Waste of time or what? She still is instructing her meter maids to ticket people. As I have viewed the meter maid on my street many times in the past week, far, far away from any meters I had a thought. During one of the past CC meetings, Defiant Linda’s new prodigal son Morales was trying to sell one sided street parking. Many of the vocal councilors (there are very few) questioned how this was to be enforced if we are already very short staffed on police officers (even though during Defiant Linda’s campaign she stated she had added many). Wondering if once again Defiant Linda is trying to pull a secretive fast one so she can push prodigal son Morales idea through. Not sure if this is what she is doing, but come on Defiant Linda, wake up, the world is in turmoil, take a look at your priorities or step aside and let someone that can run a City step in, maybe the Governor should take us over. As far as JIV asking for 3,000 new Chromebooks, isn’t it strange that there is no monies for a Resource Officer at Reid, but there is plenty for Chromebooks and USB cords. I believe him asking for this equipment is delay tactic because he and Lady Boots can’t figure out how to get schoolwork out to the children of Pittsfield.
Try this
https://www.berkshirehealthsystems.org/body.cfm?id=4261&fr=true&fbclid=IwAR1b94wasmv55yKC92qxm9xGWgB_GaNMbH-0gefgsFIKIfRnGw_mG5fRFLs
This is helpful. Thanks, Doc.
While the d a stays home schooling her kids, and the lovely one making pasta salad for care bare, a myriad of social ills beside the current pandemic is brewing right here in our streets.
As stated many times on here,if you have weak officials, the criminal element run wild,especially if the people in charge have no experience or brain skill to deal with these problems. Pandemic or not,Wait until summer,that’s if we have the personnel to deal with it.
BMC is minimizing COVID deaths by listing the underlying condition as the cause of death.
There seems to be something missing in the information coming from the city and hospital and you may have provided the missing puzzle piece. It may or may not be true but the piece fits rather snugly.
Please send check made out to Honest Chong’s Economic Corona Credits. I give money to GOBSIG business that so very precious to us.
Downtown Pittsfield is pushing us Kapanaskis, through their website, to purchase gift cards to support downtown businesses in this time of need. Understandable but be careful. If you buy a gift card and the business goes belly up, you are screwed. So far over $6,000 worth have been purchased and the goal is $10,000. Highland won’t go under, Dotties already closed.
But where will the roaches live and eat now?
The reality is you can’t make money in a little coffee shop. Every single one in North st went belly up eventually. Even if all your rent and coffee were free, and even if your employees worked for free, you won’t make 50,000 per year. So why bother?
That’s the attiude. Just collect a free check yipee
No, just get a jgood ob instead of having a business that will eventually fail,and don’t expect a handout.
Record unemployment figures out today. Impeached President. Social divide and now distancing,Democrats have no answers,Doctors and nurses,police dying,Tyered home, making pasta,drinking vino,D A homeschooling kids while police in harms way, where’s Moon?Doctors,nurses, secretary’s, die in this country wholeadministrative hunkered Down,while intake workers breathing in Corona from patients.
Berkshire count should be at least 227 today.
Shouldn’t the mayor be riding along with a law enforcement officer to get a feel of what their going through. These poor cops are sacrificing their lives everyday to begin with. Better pay next contract! Why can’t we give them protection like transparent shields. Every day they have to deal with the same people.Cumbies should close period…..this has to stop.
I have the count if you want it.
Speculation controls the stock market and the trump presidency,What? A stock I gave out about a decade ago to an older friend of mine,and she bought it net flix,and it was tanking back then is up another six percent today and should be the only stock up that much. How the hell is the Dow up today?v
This goes to R N and Dan specifically. As a member of the Medical Community I can tell you one thing. Numbers are going to go way up,that’s a fact. Tell the Mayor to look up this one word and pass it onto B H S. And that word is Pandemic.And the interviews recently With the D A who is home, homeschooling? and Mayor, cooking spaghetti, and School Superintendent, wothhos boot polished beard,were ridiculous. A shit show if I ever heard it.
and another Berkshire death reported on state website
Where’s my he local paper. Morons rag. The little blog that could,now a big blog, beats Moron at every turn. Valenti should be paying his sources. And please,pctv,Eagle bootlickers, don’t even say your in Dans class?
You can believe the Berkshire Eagle would be a fantastic newspaper had hey hired Mr. Valenti. To late now. Keep panhandling Rut,you’ll make it yet. Not!
The deaths are double what they are saying, at least!
Yeah, Let them criminals out because of a virus.
https://dailytruthreport.com/houston-police-chief-burglaries-up-20-percent-after-coronavirus-stay-home-orders/