A pandemic crisis requires centralized leadership and the federal government is putting us all at risk by not acting quickly and decisively.

It's important because people deserve to be financially comfortable they're going to risk their health and their family's health to continue to provide essential services to the general population

Many have medical conditions that need to be addressed, running out of medications, others need to return to work and continue supporting their families and the rest want to be reunited with their families.

We are hard worker. We put our life and soul into the business. We have to carry massive water cases. We work on every kind of weather even also in the time of coronavirus.

Kenny Rogers had appeared in a GEICO commercial and thus deserves for the company to pay tribute to him.

Numerous families will be affected and it will bring devastating circumstances if not addressed immediately.

Grocery store, healthcare, pharmacy and food production workers deserve the same benefits as other frontline workers during this pandemic crisis that is impacting our state. We keep stores stocked with food and medical supplies and are working long hours to make sure families have what they need to weather this crisis. We need your support to keep ourselves and our families safe during this crisis. We shouldn’t have to choose between going to work and staying home because we don’t have access to the same resources as other first responders like doctors, nurses, police, and fire. Without us, our country would ground to a halt during this crisis and we need your support. Please include grocery store, healthcare and food production workers in your definition of front-line emergency service providers today.

Our economy will be hard hit regardless. It is time to be realistic about the capacity of our health care system. Multiple airlines serving Hawaiʻi are offering "deals." The human cost of those deals will be shifted on to our all our residents, including those in the tourist industry. Once the ELISA antibody test is widely available, indicating who has already recovered and become immune to the Novel Corona Virus, the policy can be adapted. Lisa Marten, Dr.PH

All of us have added expenses during the Coronavirus Pandemic. No one is immune or exempt. Without added income, we cannot pay our rent, stock up on food and supplies, purchase medication, or pay our bills. It is not just those out of work or who make between $12,500 and $75,000 that are suffering. We need to give *all* residents in our country the best chance at survival we can and reduce the potential impact on our economy and healthcare system by continuing to force people to find work and the means to survive, spreading the virus further and prolonging the impact of the pandemic. If we exempt people from government-provided financial relief, then we are putting their lives at risk. Our goal should be to save as many people as possible. NO POOR PERSON SHOULD BE EXEMPT! We should *all* qualify for the government help we need to survive and thrive.

Background: Coronaviruses are common upper respiratory viruses causing up to 35% of colds in communities studied for upper respiratory infections (1,2). Zinc gluconate and zinc acetate lozenges have been shown to diminish the duration of colds by up to 50% and to mitigate symptoms by varying degrees (6-12). The lozenges do this by dissolving and releasing Zinc ions into the fluids of the nasopharynx, where cold viruses first duplicate. Zinc ions have been shown to inhibit viral replication and attachment to cells (keeping the viruses from being able to enter cells to replicate), (3-7). They have specific activity against coronaviruses (3). As a physician I have been prescribing zinc gluconate lozenges for colds for about 35 years. Their efficacy has been brought home to me by the enthusiasm shown by my asthmatic and COPD patients for them. Knowing that coronavirus are cold viruses I have been recommending to patients, family and friends to get zinc gluconate and acetate lozenges for the coronavirus COVID-19 (COronaVIrus Disease - 2019). I have recommended beginning use if they have cold (or worse) symptoms lasting for at least an hour. When I urged my in-laws to get zinc lozenges for upper respiratory symptoms they were having they could not find any in any stores. I can’t find any in my area. I asked a pharmacist I know about availability and was told by him that they are on “back order”, meaning they are not currently available by his supplier. The Prescription: Suck one zinc acetate (preferably) or zinc gluconate (more easily available) every two hours while awake for up to 4 days. Stop treatment 2 lozenges after you feel back to normal or after 4 days, whichever comes first. About me: I am an adult medicine primary care physician. I work easily 68 – 80 hours a week between patient care and administrative work for the patients I see. I have put together this information in the past week, mostly while awaiting the birth of my first grandson. Right now a survey of on-line prices for zinc lozenges shows prices vary widely, with some prices for them up 500% - 800% over the past week, and delivery not available for 3-4 weeks! CORONAVIRUSES, COLD VIRUSES AND ZINC - REFERENCES 1. Monto A. Medical Reviews. Coronaviruses. The Yale J Biol Med 47:234-251 (1974) 2. Isaacs D, Flowers D, Clark JR, et al. Epidemiology of coronavirus respiratory infections. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1983, 58, 500-503 3. te Velthius A, van den Sjoerd H, Sims A, et al. Zn2+ Inhibits Coronavirus and Arterivirus RNA Polymerase Activity In Vitro and Zinc Ionophores Block the Replication of These Viruses in Cell Culture. PLoS Pathog 6(11):e1001176. 4. Korant BD, Butterworth BE. Inhibition by zinc of rhinovirus protein cleavage: interaction of zinc with capsid polypeptides. J Virol 1976;18:298–306. 5. Korant BD, Kaurer JC, Butterworth BE. Zinc ions inhibit replication of rhinoviruses. Nature 1974;248:588–90. 6. Prasad A, Beck F, Bao B et al. Duration and Severity of Symptoms and Levels of Plasma Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist, Soluble Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor, and Adhesion Molecules in Patients with Common Cold Treated with Zinc Acetate. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2008; 197:795– 802 7. Prasad A, Fitzgerald J, Bao B. Duration of Symptoms and Plasma Cytokine Levels in Patients with the Common Cold Treated with Zinc Acetate: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Ann Int Med. 2000;133:245-252 8. Eby G, Davis D & Halcomb W. Reduction in Duration of Common Colds by Zinc Gluconate Lozenges in a Double-Blind Study. AntiMic Agents Chemo, Jan 1984;25(1):20-24 9. Petrus E, Lawson K, Bucci L, et al. RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-MASKED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED CLINICAL STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ZINC ACETATE LOZENGES ON COMMON COLD SYMPTOMS IN ALLERGY-TESTED SUBJECTS. Current Therapeutic Research, Sept 1998;59(9):595-607 10. Hemila H. Zinc lozenges and the common cold: a meta-analysis comparing zinc acetate and zinc gluconate, and the role of zinc dosage. Jnl Royal Soc of Med Open, 2017;8(5): 1-7 11. Eby G. Zinc lozenges as cure for the common cold – A review and hypothesis. Med Hypoth, Mar 2010;74(3):482-492 12. Hemila H. Zinc Lozenges May Shorten the Duration of Colds: A Systematic Review. The Open Res Med Jnl, 2011;5:51-58 13. Fendrick AM, Monto AS, Nightengale B, et al. The economic burden of noninfluenza-related viral respiratory tract infection in the United States. Arch Intern Med 2003;163:487–94.

The NEW YORK CITY working class has been financially crippled by the critical and necessary measures put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19. Though the federal or state government may eventually provide relief, the immediate conservation of our limited financial resources is necessary for our own and our family's health and wellbeing. Rentors, Leasors, banks and other relevant institutions can, as a class seek their own relief; the state and federal government is much more responsive and historically more likely to act on their behalf. With containment of the virus no where in sight, we must be able to protect our limited cash flow immediately.

Families are being affected all over The world by this outbreak of the Coronavirus and we are being asked to avoid the public and self quarantine. Some people are being laid off, some can’t go to work due to the risks and some still have to work without proper compensation! How can you pay rent without money? without a check? without a Job at no fault of your own? This is should be put into affect immediately exhausting whatever resources are necessary to clear the stress and burden of being in debt or being evicted because you can’t go to work!