new york health commissioner is admitting pediatric hospitalization numbers were supposed to motivate child vaccinations. listen to what doctor bassett had to say. the numbers on phx admissions weren t intending to make it seem that children were having an epidemic of infections. it was to motivate pediatricians and families to seek the protection of vaccination. kevin: like a lot of new yorkers i hear that and it makes you doubt what they are telling you from public policy of a doing this to shame people in one direction or another rather than following the signs and that s the message a lot of people are receiving. are they out of line? what is your reaction? this is not a public health. is about political science and trying to push people to get
New York State plans to start testing wastewater in all counties across New York State for variants of the coronavirus and track changes in concentration.