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How to stay fit when social distancing Many people consider their gyms much more than a place to exercise. A gym can be a great place to socialize while trying to stay healthy. Having friends or fellow ďŹ tness enthusiasts around also can provide the motivation many people need to stay the course and achieve their ďŹ tness goals. The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association says more than 70 million consumers visited health clubs in 2017. That marked a record high since IHRSA began tracking data in 1987. Fitness memberships also are popular in Canada. GoodLife, the largest ďŹ tness club in Canada, has 400 dierent locations and more than 1.5 million members. Fitness centers were among the
many non-essential businesses forced to shutter as a result of COVID-19, forcing ďŹ tness enthusiasts to ďŹ nd new ways to stay mentally and physically ďŹ t. Many creative ideas have surfaced. ¡ Online classes: An internet connection is all that’s necessary to ďŹ nd a number of workouts that can be streamed from the comfort of home. The streaming website YouTube can be a gold mine for free workouts. Some cable service providers also may have On Demand ďŹ tness channels or rentals that can mirror some of the classes taken at the gym. ¡ Social apps: Gym-goers can inquire whether their gyms are oering alternative programs. For example, Jersey Strong, a ďŹ tness chain in New Jersey, began live-streaming many of
its popular group ďŹ tness classes via a special Facebook page. Class instructors guide classes from their own homes or from empty gyms. Other gyms may provide links to subscriber-based gym training workouts free of charge. ¡ The great outdoors: Even though some parks, beaches and trails have been closed, workouts can take place in and around the neighborhood. Jogging or walking can be excellent cardiovascular exercises, as can taking a bicycle ride for a few miles down neighborhood streets. People who live in rural areas can run through forested land or even farmland. Pushups, sit-ups, planks, and other body weight exercises can be done right in the backyard. Before making a decision about whether or not to
be active outside, be sure to check the latest guidance from your local health department and community or state leaders. ¡ Remote sports: Videos of city dwellers playing tennis across roof tops for much-needed air and exercise have emerged in recent weeks. Similar beneďŹ ts can be achieved with a game of catch, volleyball or racquet sports over fences with neighbors, provided limits on participants are placed and social distancing is maintained. Staying ďŹ t during COVID-19 restrictions takes some ingenuity, but it’s certainly possible to maintain your overall health. In fact, some people have found they now have more time to exercise than they did before.
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Advocates urge accountability in Nassau jail BY E M M A J ON ES “As we can see with the meatpacking plants, the jail health is the same as the community health, and the ways things are handled at the jail is going to impact how things are out here,� she added. “So we all have a stake in making sure that the people in the jail are healthy, and not only that, but because we are human, we need to care that the people inside the jail are healthy.� The Nassau chapter of the ACLU has held car rallies as well as virtual Zoom rallies and news conferences to advocate the release of vulnerable incarcerated people as well as more accountability and transparen-
cy on the part of the county. At the state level, the ACLU is ďŹ ghting to end solitary conďŹ nement across the board, as well as for greater protective measures within jails and prisons during the coronavirus crisis. Dzurenda has put out messages outlining increased safety measures, such as providing personal protective equipment and cleaning the facility. These are not suďŹƒcient to keep those within and outside of the facility safe, however, Gottehrer said. She said that this is not necessarily a shortcoming on the part of the sheri, who has been responsive to the group’s concerns. “The county needs to have safety plans in place for nursing homes, jails, workplaces,
and they apparently don’t have any,â€? she commented. “And that’s a part of governing.â€? Eorts to reach Curran were unavailing. Advocates are also calling for families to be notiďŹ ed immediately if their loved one is taken to the hospital after showing COVID-19 symptoms. When someone in the Nassau County jail who has tested positive is transferred to a hospital, the family is not notiďŹ ed until the person is oďŹƒcially admitted to the hospital, according to Gottehrer. “If family members have to wait to ďŹ nd out until their loved one is admitted, then it might be too late, because their loved one might have already been intubated,â€? she
said. New Hour is part of the Justice for Women COVID-19 Task Force, a group of “women, mothers, academics, religious and non-proďŹ t leaders, health care providers and formerly incarcerated advocatesâ€? across the state ďŹ ghting for the release of pregnant women, elderly women and men and anyone who is medically vulnerable, according to an open letter that the task force addressed to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. As a result of their organizing, Cuomo allowed the release of six pregnant women who were within six months of their Continued on Page 38
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N. Shore hits lowest weekly COVID increase Continued from Page 6 area’s conďŹ rmed cases, an increase of 12 from the previous week. Kings Point still ranks third in the area’s conďŹ rmed cases with 98. Manhasset, with 235 conďŹ rmed cases, has closer proximity to areas with more positive cases but had the lowest increase of cases over the past week with ďŹ ve. The town-governed parts of Manhasset, with 122 conďŹ rmed cases, along with North Hills, Flower Hill and Herricks, made up a majority of the area’s cases. The villages of Manhasset Hills, Munsey Park, Plandome, Plandome Manor and Plandome Heights accounted for 114 cases, a number that did not see any growth from the previous week. As of Tuesday night, according to ďŹ gures provided by the county Department of Health, 39,907 county residents had tested positive for the coronavirus, an increase of 612 from the previous week. This week was the ďŹ rst time since late March that the number of new cases in one week did not exceed 1,000. A total of 2,103 people have died in the county, an increase of 43 from the previous week. Total hospitalizations, 410, and patients on ventilators, 127, both have signiďŹ cantly decreased over the past ďŹ ve weeks, according to the ďŹ gures. The encouraging decline in positive cases, deaths, hospitalizations and patients on ventilators led Nassau to begin the ďŹ rst
phase of reopening on Wednesday. The ďŹ rst phase of the plan, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, will include opening construction and manufacturing functions with low risk, so long as the health trends continue to meet the guidelines. Phase two, Cuomo said, is a more indepth look at each business on a case-bycase analysis, and ďŹ nding the best ways to reopen. He said oďŹƒcials will determine a business’ essential service to the community, the risks of reopening and the importance of its reopening. Phase two would include retail, professional and administrative services, and real estate. Phase three includes dine-in restaurants, and phase four would include large gatherings such as concerts and sporting events. Cuomo said business owners must analyze the precautions and safeguards that will need to be potentially addressed for each business. Two weeks must pass before the next part of the plan is implemented, Cuomo said, in order to eectively monitor its impact. He said two weeks covers the incubation period of the virus. No more than 50 percent of the maximum capacity of a workplace can be used, protective equipment such as masks and gloves must be worn, and social distancing must be adhered to for all phases, according to the guidelines.
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