IN THE NEWS---10 MYTHS TOLD BY COVID EXPERTS, NOW DEBUNKED

10 myths told by COVID experts — now debunked--In the past few weeks, a series of analyses published by highly respected researchers have exposed a truth about public health officials during COVID:

Much of the time, they were wrong.

To be clear, public health officials were not wrong for making recommendations based on what was known at the time. That’s understandable. You go with the data you have.

No, they were wrong because they refused to change their directives in the face of new evidence. When a study did not support their policies, they dismissed them and censored opposing opinions.

At the same time, the Center for Disease Control weaponized research itself but putting out their own flawed studies in their own non-peer reviewed medical journal, MMWR.

In the final analysis, public health officials actively propagated misinformation that ruined lives and forever damaged public trust in the medical profession. Here are 10 ways they misled Americans:--- more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/27/10-myths-told-by-covid-experts-now-debunked/

PHOTOS FROM TODAY'S CROTON GIRLS BASKETBALL GAME, SEMI-FINALS

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PHOTOS FROM TODAY'S CROTON GIRLS BASKETBALLL GAME, SEMI-FINALS---courtesy of Patricia Lynch.  Final score---18 v. 42

CROTON'S MICHAEL BALTER----LAB ORIGINS HYPOTHESIS HAS ITS DAY IN THE SUN

Lab origins hypothesis has its day in the sun--A new assessment by the Department of Energy pushes the envelope slightly more towards a lab accident in Wuhan. The biggest consequence will be a lifting of the three year "conspiracy theory" stigma. MORE AT Lab origins hypothesis has its day in the sun (substack.com)

IN THE NEWS---CHINESE LAB LEAK LIKELY BEHIND COVID OUTBREAK

Chinese lab leak likely behind COVID outbreak: US Energy Department
By Bruce Golding - February 26, 2023 12:17pm

he virus that causes COVID-19 most likely leaked from a Chinese laboratory, according to a classified report based on new intelligence and recently sent to the White House and key members of Congress.

The stunning assertion by the US Energy Department comes more than a year after the FBI concluded a lab accident in China was the origin of the disease-----READ MORE AT Chinese lab leak likely behind COVID outbreak: US officials (nypost.com)

CROTON-HARMON H.S. SENIOR CASSIDY CROCE

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For Croton-Harmon High School senior Cassidy Croce, athletic achievement literally is in her bones. Read and see more at 

Scholar-Athlete of the Month: Cassidy Croce’s Athleticism Is All in the Family – River Journal Online – News for Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, Irvington, Ossining, Briarcliff Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, Cortlandt and Peekskill

NEW FROM TRAVALANCHE-----FOR NATIONAL CIGAR DAY: SEVERAL OLD SCHOOL ENTERTAINERS ASSOCIATED WITH CIGARS

FEBRUARY 27---For National Cigar Day: Several Old School Entertainers Associated With Cigars

Far be it from us to endorse and advocate the deadly habit of tobacco smoking, but also far be it from me to whitewash history. When I was a kid, “old Jewish comedians with cigars” was a thing, and they were all veterans of vaudeville or the Borscht Belt,,,,,READ MORE AT For National Cigar Day: Several Old School Entertainers Associated With Cigars – (Travalanche) (wordpress.com)

YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY A LOOK BACK AT CROTON'S UNITED CIGAR STORE EverythingCroton: A LOOK BACK AT CROTON'S UNITED CIGAR STORE

CROTON FRIENDS OF HISTORY--21 OUTSTANDING CROTON WOMEN

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THE CROTON FRIENDS OF HISTORY WEBSITE now has the full list of 2023 programs, all highlighting some aspect of Croton's history to celebrate the 125th anniversary.

The first event:

21 Outstanding Croton Women
To celebrate Women’s History Month, Cornelia Cotton will tell the stories of 21 outstanding Croton women, starting with glittering opera star Lillian Nordica, and ending with another world famous singer, Jessye Norman. In between we will learn about a great poet, famous actresses of stage and screen, brave fighters for women’s rights, and Elizabeth Duncan, who directed her sister Isadora’s first school in America here in Croton, and other women who made major contributions to the world—and to our village, adding to its luster.

Thursday, March 9, 7 p.m. at the Croton Free Library, Ottinger Room.

If you want to list all the programs:

MARCH 9 / 21 Outstanding Croton Women
APRIL 13 / Turn-of-the-Century Croton
MAY 11 / Building the New Croton Dam
JUNE 8 / Bethel Cemetery & Croton’s Lost Cemeteries
SEPTEMBER 14 / The Destruction of Riverside Avenue
OCTOBER 12 / The Mystery of Money Island
NOVEMBER 9 / Croton’s Stone Houses
DECEMBER 14 / Harmon, the New City 

THE BLIZZARD OF 1960 IN CROTON-ON-HUDSON

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As Croton prepares for a winter storm this week, we had a request for this item from 1960:

THE BLIZZARD OF 1960 IN CROTON-ON-HUDSON--. Click on the scans below.

YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY: A COLD WINTER'S DAY IN CROTON 1973 http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-cold-winters-day-in-croton-1973.html