finally figured out how to post the text I got from my buddy: anyone else get something like this from the fascists in Yaphank ?
"I got two emails from the county…
First Suffolk county sends me this….
Thank you for speaking with the Suffolk County Department of Health Services today. Should you need any further assistance during your isolation, please call 311 or visit
www.suffolkcountyny.gov/suffolkcovid.
As a reminder, below is guidance to help you safely isolate:
• Stay home, except to visit a doctor or hospital.
• Avoid using public transportation such as subways, buses, and taxis.
• Don’t have visitors.
• Separate yourself in a room that is not shared with others.
• Stay at least six feet away from others at all times.
• Use a separate bathroom, if possible, and disinfect after each use.
• Arrange for food, medicine, and other supplies to be left at your door.
• Cover your coughs and sneezes. Throw away used tissues. Bag your trash & leave outside your door.
• Wear a facemask if you must be around others.
• Wash your hands often with soap and water for 20 seconds each time, or if unavailable, use hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.
Remember, your isolation period is at least five days from your date of symptom onset or your test date if asymptomatic and 24 hours fever free without the use of fever reducing medications and your symptoms are improving. If you need a release from isolation letter, please visit
Novel Coronavirus when your isolation period ends.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Nice… I feel the love
Then they sent this….
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES
COMMISSIONER’S ORDER
In the Matter of The Isolation of: 'anonymous'
Pursuant to Section 2100 of the Public Health Law
WHEREAS, COVID-19, formerly known as 2019-Novel Coronavirus is an infection caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus that is associated with fever and signs and symptoms of pneumonia or other respiratory illness, appears to be transmitted from person to person predominantly through droplet transmission and, when spread in the population, has significant public health consequences; and
WHEREAS, COVID-19 is believed to have emerged as a human pathogen in China in December 2019 and as of September 1, 2021 there have been 39.3 million cases and 641,000 deaths in the United States, including 2.3 million cases and 53,800 deaths in New York State; and
WHEREAS, on January 30, 2020 the World Health Organization designated the COVID-19 outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern; and
WHEREAS, on January 31, 2020, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II declared a public health emergency for the entire United States to aid the nation’s healthcare community in responding to COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, Section 2100 of the Public Health Law mandates that all local health officers, being Commissioners of Health and Public Health Directors, as the case may be, of County Health Departments, guard against the introduction of such communicable diseases as are designated in the State Sanitary Code, by the exercise of proper and vigilant medical inspection and control of all persons and things infected with or exposed to such diseases; and
WHEREAS, on February 1, 2020, pursuant to 10 NYCRR Section 2.1(a), Dr. Howard A. Zucker, as Commissioner of Health of the State of New York, designated 2019-Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) as a communicable disease under the State Sanitary Code; and
WHEREAS, on February 6, 2020 the New York State Public Health and Health Planning Council ratified the designation of 2019-Novel Coronavirus, now known as COVID-19, as a communicable disease under the York State Sanitary Code through the adoption of emergency regulations amending 10 NYCRR Section 2.1; and
WHEREAS, 10 NYCRR 2.29 provides that whenever a case of a highly communicable disease (as defined in 10 NYCRR Section 2.1) comes to the attention of the local health officer of a county, such local health officer shall isolate such patients as in his judgment he deems necessary; and
WHEREAS, on February 8, 2020, the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued “Interim US Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Persons with Potential Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Exposure in Travel-associated or Community Settings.” That guidance indicates, among other things, that people with confirmed COVID-19 should remain in isolation, either at home or in a healthcare facility as determined by clinical status, until they are determined by state or local public health authorities to be no longer infectious, and that isolation may be compelled by public health order, if necessary.
WHEREAS, laboratory results have confirmed that you are ill with and currently carrying COVID-19;
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2100 of the Public Health Law of the State of New York and 10 NYCRR 2.29, as Commissioner of the Department of Health Services of Suffolk County, I do hereby:
ORDER that, effective upon your receipt of this order, you are hereby directed to remain isolated at RIDGE, NY, 11961 or another location designated by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services, as a result of having been diagnosed with a communicable disease as defined in 10 NYCRR 2.1, specifically 2019-Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), until it is determined by your treating physicians, in consultation with the SCDHS, that you are no longer at risk of transmitting the disease to others.
FURTHER, I DO HEREBY give notice that you may have this decision reviewed by the office of the Commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Health Services by calling 631-854-0100, and/or by making application to the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
FURTHER, I DO HEREBY give notice that you have a right to be represented by legal counsel or to have counsel provided and that if you qualify to have counsel provided, such counsel will be made available. Moreover, you may supply to the Suffolk County Department of Health Services the addresses and/or telephone numbers of friends and/or relatives to receive notification of your isolation. At your request, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services shall provide notice to a reasonable number of such persons that you are being isolated pursuant to this order.
FURTHER, I DO HEREBY give notice that your failure to comply with this Order may result in an application being made to the Supreme Court of the State of New York to enforce this Order.
DATED: Suffolk County, New York
2022-04-29
Gregson H. Pigott, MD, MPH, Commissioner
Suffolk County Department of Health Services
