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Radio Active Kids July 23! Here we go with new music!

Radio Active Kids July 23! Here we go with new music!

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Here we go with new music this week on Radio Active Kids! Kelli Welli made a delightful little promo ditty for us, and we’ve got songs by 123 Andrés, Justin Roberts, Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could, Claudia Robin Gunn, Chris Ballew (AKA caspar babypants), Nathalia, Mr. Pete’s Playhouse, Rainbow Rosalind, fleaBITE, Sugar Free Allstars, Captain Festus McBoyle, Turkey Vulture, The Microphone Doctors, Totally Knuts, Jef Czekaj, #TheShedStompers & Kathy Sherman and The Good Folk Collective! Plus, older songs by Keith Munslow – Musician/Storyteller, All Day Fritz & Oh Ogopogo! 8-10am ET Saturday at ashevillefm.org/show/radio-active-kids or tun.in/pjiei & podcasting at mixcloud.com/Radio_Active_Kids!

 

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COVID-19 community levels are rising in Asheville and the U.S.: Does anybody care?

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ATLANTA, GA – July 20, 2022 – The latest COVID-19 wave has struck the United States including Asheville at the same time that our country is suffering from pandemic fatigue. Cases are rising in the South and the West and these numbers are most likely undercounted because many people are testing at home and not reporting the results. Paradoxically, public health restrictions and mandates are no longer in effect; people have resumed many at-risk activities that they avoided during the pandemic like gatherings without masks, eating indoors and flying; and political leaders avoid virus-related discussion. As told to the Washington Post, Akiko Iwasaki, professor of immunology at Yale University, said, “I understand the pandemic fatigue, but the virus is not done with us.”

A new omicron variant called BA.5 is the dominant virus of new infections in the U.S. and more transmissible than prior strains. Immunity derived from vaccines and prior infections may not be as effective against the virus as it enters the body so people are susceptible to mild or asymptomatic infection. On the other hand, a specialized white blood cell subtype called T-cells act as a line of defense once the virus has made it into the body by preventing the virus from multiplying and causing severe disease. The number of new hospitalizations has doubled since April, although they are much lower than January’s number with the first omicron surge. The number of counties in the U.S. at high and medium risk outnumber low risk counties. Almost one-third of the U.S. population lives in a county with a high level of Covid spread. About 40% of the U.S. population live in a medium level county. Asheville is at a medium level.

Effective public health measures should remain in our armamentarium and get reactivated whenever there is a COVID-19 surge in spite of our pandemic fatigue and desire to get back to normal. Social-distancing and wearing face masks in public indoor spaces, keeping up-to-date with vaccination, testing and treatment with therapeutics are important to keep COVID-19 under control. Dr Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, says, “Staying up to date on your COVID-19 vaccines provides the best protection against severe outcomes.” The CDC is also pushing boosters because they have been shown to strengthen the immune system against Covid because protective antibodies wane with time, particularly in older and immunocompromised individuals. New vaccines are being developed to be more effective against these new strains of coronavirus.

 

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Contact: Dick Needleman, Health reporter, 103.3 AshevilleFM, [email protected]

Reviewing the CDC’s COVID-19 community levels

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ATLANTA, GA – July 20, 2022 – The risk of people getting severely ill with COVID-19 is much lower because of the high levels of population immunity from both vaccinations and prior infection. However, some people are at a higher risk of severe illness if they are older, immunocompromised or have disabilities. And having the capacity for the healthcare system to take care of people in need especially during times of surges must be maintained. Therefore, the CDC has developed a guide to help people decide upon their community prevention strategies and individual behaviors to reduce the spread of COVID-19. This can decrease the number of severe illnesses and hospitalizations and enable hospitals to take care of people in need of help for COVID-19 and other health problems.

The COVID-19 community levels, described as low, medium and high, indicate how much virus is circulating in each county. The level is determined by using the new case rate, the new COVID-19 hospital admissions and the average percent of inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients from the previous 7 days. The case rate may be under-reported because many people test at home and do not report the results. For a community at a medium level, the CDC recommends wearing an effective well-fitting mask on public transportation, as an additional precaution to protect yourself and spread to others and in public indoor spaces for people at high risk for severe illness. For a community at high level, the CDC recommends wearing an effective well-fitting mask in all public indoor spaces including public transportation.

The weekly CDC Community Levels can be found on their website at www.cdc.gov.

 

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Contact: Dick Needleman, Health reporter, 103.3 AshevilleFM, [email protected]


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The Buncombe County COVID-19 Weekly Update: Up to Medium Risk

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ASHEVILLE, NC – July 20, 2022 – The CDC reports that the risk level for Buncombe County is medium for the week ending July 14th. For a community at a medium risk level, the CDC recommends:

  • Wear a mask on public transportation.
  • You may choose to wear a mask at any time as an additional precaution to protect yourself and others.
  • If you are at high risk for severe illness, consider wearing a mask indoors in public and take additional precautions.

The Buncombe County COVID-19 metrics are on the North Carolina COVID Dashboard. Data from the week ending on July 9th indicate:

  • There have been 192 cases per 100,000 residents in the last 7 days down 16% from 230 cases from the previous week.
  • 66% of the total population have received their full primary vaccination series. This is unchanged for over 4 months.
  • 65% of people with their full primary vaccination series have had at least one booster. This is unchanged over the past week.
  • The seven-day daily average of COVID-19 hospitalizations has increased by 19% since last week and of ICU patients have increased by more than 3 times over the previous week.
  • Wastewater surveillance may provide an early warning before individual testing shows that COVID-19 is spreading. The state dashboard reports that the 15-day rate of change of viral load for the Metropolitan Sewer District for Buncombe County is moderately increasing for the time period ending July 6th. The CDC website reports moderately increasing for the time period ending July 10th.

The Department of Health and Human Services recommends:

  • Get vaccinated and boosted when eligible.
  • People with any COVID symptoms or exposure to someone with COVID should get tested
  • People who are positive for COVID-19 or do not feel well should stay home

Vaccination sites and testing sites can be located through the North Carolina and Buncombe County Department of Health and Human Services.

Save your face masks:

  • The risk level may rise with a new variant
  • A person at high risk for severe illness should speak with their health care provider
  • Mask wearing is recommended for persons with a positive test, having symptoms, or exposure to someone with COVID-19
  • Effective May 4, 2022, the North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services and the CDC recommend wearing masks in health care and long-term care settings. The N95 or KN95 mask offers the best protection. Wear a mask that is well-fitting.

 

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Contact: Dick Needleman, Health reporter, 103.3 AshevilleFM, [email protected]


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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2022 WINNERS!

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2022 Hometown Media Awards

Best of Overall Excellence in Community Radio 103.3 AshevilleFM

Best of Experimental Community Radio by Jonathan Price, host of Tenor To Tabla

Best of Entertainment & Arts- Single Episode Community Radio

by Don Howland host of Orchestral Maneuvers

Best of Radio DJ of the Year by CousinTL  Stank Free Radio

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Radio Active Kids July 16! Secret Agent 23 Skidoo and the Big Secret Family Festival!

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Y’all. Y’all!!! This week on Radio Active Kids, we have a VERY special episode. In honor of Secret Agent 23 Skidoo‘s inaugural Big Secret Family Festival at the Salvage Station on Sunday, Agent 23 himself will be coming in to chat about the show and his work! And! Just for the heck of it, we’ll be playing nothing but 23 Skidoo releases the ENTIRE PROGRAM, attempting to play (almost) all the Skidoo releases since 2008! Don’t miss this one, folks! 8-10am ET Saturday at ashevillefm.org/show/radio-active-kids or tun.in/pjiei & podcasting at mixcloud.com/Radio_Active_Kids!


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