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‘You’re not stuck at home. You’re safe at home.’

The Woman’s Club Timesof Danbury/New Fairfield

Volume 1, Issue 6 May 8, 2020

Covid-19 News

Mother's Day 2020 | 10 Ways To Celebrate Mom From Home Or From Afar!

In 2020, given the COVID-19 crisis, many of us are re-thinking how to give extra recognition to moms. These ideas are for the mom’s you know.• Mostmomssimplywishtoconnectwiththeirchil-

drenandspendtimewithfamilyinanywaypossible—ifnotinperson,thenwithaphonecallorvideochat.• Ifyourmomisathome,giveheradayofffromanyfamilychores,especiallyduringthisdifficulttime.Someoneelsecantakefullresponsibilityformakingorserving the food, clearing and cleaning the dishes, and doing the laundry. Volunteer!

Thisprobablycoversthebigstuffbuthereare10moreways to treat Mom!

https://www.almanac.com/content/when-is-mothers-dayWhen to Go to Emergency Department?

Here’s a follow-up article to decide when you are so sick you need to go to the hospital. Go if you have the following symptoms:Heart AttackStrokeBroken boneMajor Trauma/Injury (such as from a Motor Vehicle Accident, Hemorrhaging, Severe Burns, etc.)Blood ClotMeningitisAppendicitisArrythmiaSevereAllergicReaction/AnaphylaxisSexual AssaultCovid-19Symptomshttps://www.msn.com/en-us/video/lifestyle/even-during-a-pandemic-go-to-the-er-if-you-have-these-symp-toms/vi-BB13a4cC?ocid=spartandhp

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Grocery Stores Rationing Meat to Avoid Shortages By Bill GalluccioMay 5, 2020

Grocerychainsacrossthecountryareplacinglimits on the amount of fresh meat custom-erscanbuybecauseoftheimpacttheglobalcoronaviruspandemichascausedonthesup-plychain.NumerousmeatprocessingplantshavebeenforcedtoclosetheirdoorstokeeptheiremployeesfromgettingandspreadingCOVID-19.

While the closures have caused a 25% reduc-tioninporkslaughtercapacityanda10%re-

duction in beef slaughter, the demand for meat has soared with a 40% increase in sales over the pastfewweeks,accordingtoCNN.

Tohelppreventameatshortage,andtostoppeoplefromhoardingmeatproducts,Costcoannouncedthatshopperswillonlybeallowedtopurchasethreepackagesofmeateach.Kro-ger,whichisthecountry'slargestgrocerychain,announcedtheywillbeplacinglimitsontheamountofbeefandporkproductscustomerscanbuy,butsaidtherestrictionswouldvaryfromstore-to-store.

PresidentDonaldTrumpsignedanexecutiveorderthatallowshimtousetheDefenseProduc-tionActtoreopentheshutteredplants,thoughsomeworkershavesaidtheywillnotreturntoworkuntiltheplantsintroducesafetyandsocialdistancingguidelinestoensuretheirsafety.

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Can 3D printing plug the US coronavirus medical equipment gap?

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business 4/17/2020

Asfrontlineworkersandhospitalsstruggletogetaccesstoenoughmedicalequipmenttodealwiththerapidspreadofcoronavirus,agrowingnumberofbusinessesarepushingwhatcouldbeapromisingfix:3D-printedsupplies.

Asprawlingnetworkofmultinationals,localfirms,universitiesandevenindividualhobbyistshavesteppedintofillavoidbyusing3Dprinterstomakefaceshields,respiratormasks,nasalswabsandevenventilatorpartsinrecent weeks.

“3-Dprintingactuallyhasthecapabilitytoreactvery,veryquickly—intermsofhoursyoucangofromidea,todesign,toprototype,toproduce,"RamonPastor,actingpresidentof3DprintinganddigitalmanufacturingforHP,toldCNNBusiness.Thesameprocesscantakedaysorevenweeksfortraditionalmanufacturers”.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/can-3d-printing-plug-the-us-coronavirus-medical-equip-ment-gap/ar-BB12IeTP

Life as we know it has changed significantly as thenovelcoronaviruspandemicspreadsacrosscountries and continents around the world. Fromclosedrestaurantsandbarstospendingmore time indoors, staying at home and away from friends and family has become a way of life. Thankfully, acts of kindness, no matter how small, canstillbringhopeduringapandemic.Hereare17smallsilverliningstohelpyoufeelbetteraboutlivinginquarantine:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/mind-and-soul/13-random-acts-of-kindness-in-the-age-of-coronavirus-thatll-give-you-hope/ss-BB13kIpb?ocid=spartandhp

13 Random Acts of Kindness in the Age of Coronavirus That’ll Give You Hope by Madeline Wahl

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Activities at Home

Self-Isolation? I’m an ExpertHere’s what I’ve learned as an oceangoing research scientistBy Melissa T. Miller, April 27, 2020

The author with her favorite research vessel,theRVSallyRide.Credit:MelissaT.Miller

AsascientistattheScrippsInstitutionofOceanogra-phy,Iworkonresearchvesselsleavingoutofportsallover the world. The cruises I go on last anywhere from two weeks to two months.ImakesacrificestomypersonallifebecauseIbelieveinthegreatermission—thatlong-termtime-seriesdatasetswillhelpusandfuturegenerationsunder-standandprotectourplanet.Whenitcomestothecoronavirus, the sacrifices we’re all being asked to make by staying home and flattening the curve is literally saving lives.hese are the things I’ve learned thathavepreparedmeforself-isolationduringthepandemic,see:https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/self-isolation-im-an-expert/

A Recommended Book List - Ginny Chulkovs

Forthepast5years,2daysaweek,Iworkedoutwiththebesttrainerintheworld,KathyCreighton,formerlyofBodyVisioninBrookfield.Kathyandherclientsprovidedme with far-ranging, wonderful conversations while we exercised. I always left there feeling refreshed in body, mind and soul. In January of this year, she informed her loyal cli-entsthatshewasretiringandhopingtosellherbusinessbyMay1st.Then,thecoronavirussteppedinandshehadtoclose early. I am really missing her and the studio .Just this week, I guess she was missing her clients too, because she emailedmethislistofbooks.Kathyhadabulletinboardwhereeveryoneaddedtheirlatest“favorite”book.Hereisthelist:A Piece of the World DopeSickMy Dear Hamilton Bellevue:ThreeCenturiesofMedicineandMayhematAmerica’sMostStoriedHospitalby David OshinskyWild Wings The Botany of Desire Rules of Civility To Heaven & Back The Scribe of Sienna The President is Missing RebekahRobertsseriesofmysterynovels:InvisibleCity,Run you Down, and Conviction , by Julia Dahl EleanorOliphantisCompletelyFine

FiveDaysatMemorial:LifeandDeathinaStorm-RavagedHospitalbySheriFink

WorkingStiffBrain on Fire The Fisherman’s Tomb The Glassblower or Murano TheRoyalArtofPoison:FilthyPalaces,FatalCosmetics,Deadly Medicine & Murder Most Foul by Eleanor Herman The 19th Wife Heads & Beds (Manhattan based) Doorman Chronicles (Manhattan based) Being Mortal (nonfiction) WomenRowingNorthbyMaryPipherSouth of Broad by Pat Conway The Tangled Web by Judith MichaelAgingBackwards:ReversetheAgingProcessandLook10Years Younger in 30 Minutes a Day, by Miranda Esmonde-WhitePerfect Predator Finding Chika by Mitch Albom You’reNotListeningbyKateMurphyThe Dutch House by Anne Patchett Under the Banner of Heaven (Mormons) Breakthrough:ElizabethHughes,theDiscoveryofInsulinand the Making of a Medical Miracle by Ainsberg & Coo-perNickle Boys Never Home AloneGirl with 7 Names

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A movie recommendation by Sheila Macauley

“IronJawedAngels”—AMovieabouttheSuffragistMovement.2003AlicePaulandthewomenofthe1917Women'sSuffragemovementfightforfuturegenerationsrighttovoteandrunforoffice.Sacrificingtheirhealth,marriagesandthelimitedamountoffreedomtheyhad,womenwereimprisonedandforcefedafterpicketingandhunger-strikingagainstwar-timepresident,WoodrowWilson;butsurvivedtoseetheresultsoftheirefforts.RottenTomatoes’audiencescoregaveitan89%(userratings:6,395)

Member to Member

From Sheila Macauley

I am so excited! I am actually going to go out and drive my car for the first time in seven weeks. I am meetingChrisSquillanteinacommuterparkinglottopickupabagofshoesfromher.Theplanisformetopopmytrunkandshewillputtheminthetrunk...nocontact.Itookashower,putonmakeupandcombedmy hair for this event!

Thelengthswegothroughforaprojectareamazing.

Dennis says I am risking my life for shoes!

Wish me luck! Sheila

Reply:Ginny-ThisgoesinthenewsletterTakepic-tures!!

Later:Sheila-Lol!Forgottotakeapicture!

From Joan Stapleton

College Church Hallelujah Chorus - uplifting!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag6CYY0cbFc

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From Suzanne Wilcox

Walking in the evening just before sunset, John and I cameacrossthisfearlessfellowsittingbyourpond. From “The Peace of Wild Things” by Wendell Berry

Whendespairfortheworldgrowsinmeand I wake in the night at the least sound

in fear of what my life and children’s lives may be,I go and lie down where the wood drake

rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.

Icomeintothepeaceofwildthingswho do not tax their lives with forethought

ofgrief.Icomeintothepresenceofstillwater.And I feel above me the day-blind stars

waiting with their light. For a timeI rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

Helooksabitlonelyandwemissallofyou.SuzanneWilcox

Just for Fun

The Muppets get Cabin Fever-fromKathyKrieger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmQwL6qiByo

From Georgeann Kishner

A woman takes her husband to get tested.

Two days later, she gets a call from his doctor.

“I'm very sorry to inform you that your husband's test resultsweremixedupwithanotherpatient's.We'renotsureifhehasCOVID-19orAlzheimer'sdisease.”

Woman:“SowhatamIsupposedtodonow?”

Doctor:“Isuggestthatyoutakehimforanicelongwalk and leave him. If he finds his way back home, don'topenthedoor.”

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From Sara Newell

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From Ginny Chulkovs

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From Mary Lynn Howard