proportions. we have had people in sheer exhaustion. people are just exhausted. we cannot keep staff because they are just so worn out. new york state positive covid cases are turning up at record levels. more than 44,000 daily new cases reported on friday. new york city mayor bill de blasio said the cities new year celebration will be scaled back to allow those ringing in 2022 from times square to social distance. this set the surgeon omicron cases forces many to stop production. keeping critical workers on the job. new york governor says the state is shortening the quarantine requirements for those that test positive under new guidelines faxing inessential workers that that are asymptomatic and returned to work after five days instead of the previous 10 day