One Week Into Swift Rapid COVID-19 Testing on Main Street Shows Light Use, Good Overall Results
After the first 4-day week of rapid COVID-19 testing at the RIOC sponsored location at 524 Main Street, there’s little change overall in tests or results. For the week ending on Saturday, the New York City Department of Health reports...
One Week Into Swift Rapid COVID-19 Testing on Main Street Shows Light Use, Good Overall Results
After the first 4-day week of rapid COVID-19 testing at the RIOC sponsored location at 524 Main Street, there’s little change overall in tests or results.
For the week ending on Saturday, the New York City Department of Health reports 463 tests among those of us with 10044 zip codes, consistent with previous weeks, and a positivity rate of 3.46%, far under the city average of 8.68%
Our last report, on January 4th, showed an infection rate of 3.57% against a city average of 9.31%.
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Three women tested the limits of what a meeting designed only to discuss “how” would allow itself to hear.
Eleanor RiversJun 26, 2026
The recording arrived before RIOC posted it. On this island, that usually means they’ll release it when they’re confident nobody still cares. ArchRI simply made a copy available, the way people here tend to do once they’ve stopped waiting for institutions to keep their word. It was the first meeting of what is now meant to be a monthly community advisory group (CAG).
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