Mornings on the Hill, and Beyond Mornings on the Hill, and Beyond

good morning thanks for joining us with
morning’s on a hill coming to you from
my apartment in Syracuse New York
I’m Gabrielle riles and I’m Michele
kinetic we are recording this Friday
April 17 2020 and I am in my home as
well in Saratoga New York I’m Cheyenne
of Brega originally from Honolulu Hawaii
but I am in Eugene Oregon as we are
dealing with the Koba 19 pandemic our
newscast continued from around the
United States from our hometowns and I’m
called Johnson about 40 miles south of
the hill in moravia New York here’s a
look at some of the stories we’ll be
talking about today although we just
celebrated Easter it looked a bit
different this year usually millions of
people across several Christian
denominations would go to Easter service
however the churches remain shut down
our reporter Marcia Augustine tells us
how Christians celebrated while
quarantined during one of the holiest
holidays normally this church would be
packed inside with people celebrating
Easter but due to the corona virus
pandemic churches were forced to close
their doors now faith goers are dealing
with the new reality of worshiping
online Easter is the most important
holiday of the Christian faith
celebrating the resurrection of Jesus
Christ
it takes place two Sunday after the
first full moon you’ll see the budding
of flowers during this time and for
Christians it’s a symbol of the rebirth
Christians around the world
traditionally attend
mr. Mass at their church but not today
due took over 19 churches are practicing
social distancing to avoid the spread of
the virus on March 14th the Archdiocese
of New York decided to close church
doors and they still remain closed on
Easter leaving churches dark inside
parking lots that were usually filled to
capacity are empty and signs were placed
on the doors with a message reminding
parishioners of the suspension of public
mass during this time for everyone’s
safety
this means churchgoers will be
celebrating Easter differently and
that’s virtually service times and the
link to join mass were posted on Church
websites at st. Charles Borromeo
Catholic Church in New York the Easter
celebration went on as scheduled service
began with the singing of gospel music
and last year’s Pisa performance by
dancers
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with people sticking to social
distancing churches figured this would
be the best way for Christians to
fulfill their religious obligations just
like those churchgoers for many of us at
NCC News we spent this Easter at home
morning’s on a hill juliana Durazo takes
us into her home celebrations Easter is
usually a time spent with family but due
to cope with 19 and the need to stay
home this year’s Easter celebrations are
spent at home with your immediate family
only but the one upside to today for me
includes lamb an Italian tradition for
Easter and my favorite my mom made a
beautiful lunch for the two of us and
the evening was spent catching up with
my aunt hi guys after her cousin Natasha
I’m good see how are you where’s the
person your family where’s the rest of
your family okay we need we need to have
a firm Jam like we were together eating
no no because eggs are at a premium
these days in the supermarket although
this year may be very different we would
definitely remember the year we couldn’t
celebrate and we would be grateful when
we are able to celebrate again our next
story comes from sugarloaf Pennsylvania
where reporter Maria tribal peace on a
social distancing activity with a fun
flavor every year on Easter we go to
Baba’s house yeah we have a very
competitive egg hunt and eat lots of
sweets
but because of Kovac 19 this year had to
be different
yet we decided that different doesn’t
always have to be bad my Baba has five
children so we split the day in two
shifts with only one immediate family
there at a time baba had to stay inside
the house and we sat on the patio
each family brought their own food and
their own table we wore gloves sanitized
constantly and cleaned thoroughly before
leaving Baba got to see everyone and
everyone got to see Baba from a safe
distance of course and even though it
was not ideal
we still got company sweets and even
competition by choosing who made the
best Easter tik-tok
we think bobble one for mornings on the
hill I’m Maria tribal peace
Maria’s Baba has not left the house in
over a month and their strategic visits
on Easter cheered her up immensely
during this time another one of our
reporters tells us why staying at home
isn’t bad at all too many social
distancing feels like an impossible task
but for people like my dad they’re
looking to the bright side of things
it’s nice to not be putting so many
miles on my car and I guess I’m saving
money because I’m doing painting that
we’re not paying the contractor to do
for my mother-in-law renovating my
grandmother’s cottage is quite the
change from what he would usually be
doing probably be driving to a soccer
tournament or at a soccer tournament
with my youngest son Jamison
and lucky for my brothers they get to
pitch in to only some minor issues
involving wet paint and don’t forget
that this free time also allows for some
creative license did you see my sign for
mornings on the hill
reporting from my grandmother’s cottage
I’m Gillian Andrews thanks Gillian it’s
good to see people are still running
away stay busy everyone has been washing
their hands more and more but are you
making sure being the most efficient
when you’re at the sink the CDC
recommends that you wash your hands for
at least 20 seconds due to the Cova 19
pandemic people are washing their hands
more and for longer periods of time to
make sure that they get all of those
germs off but are you washing your hands
correctly and getting all of the areas
that are commonly missed that germs
attached to I’m gonna do a little
demonstration for you guys so you ready
I’m gonna put these gloves on and this
is just a metaphor so we’re not actually
washing their hands like this but it’ll
give you an idea of all the areas you
to get to make sure that you’re getting
all those germs off your hands got my
gloves on okay we’re gonna take the
paint put it right on here when you wash
your hands usually start like this right
make sure to get the palms next cross
your fingers
OOP gloves are a little big cross your
fingers make sure you get inside the
hands got to get the backs switch
commonly missed area in between the
pointer and the thumb and your nail bed
so much dirt and germs can be found
underneath your nail beds make sure to
get those just like you’re scratching
your hands and then lastly right here
the backs of the thumbs
and then you get all areas of your hands
so not only 20 seconds of washing your
hands but making sure that you get every
single area to try to get as many germs
off as possible and we almost did it
without a mess Michelle kinetic mornings
on the help thanks for that
demonstration Michelle now every time
you go to the wash your hands hopefully
you can think of this to make sure
you’re being efficient at the same covin
night scene has not only kept us in our
own homes but it has taken away
activities that we normally are
accustomed to including social life
sports and arts Cole Johnson is in
Moravia where the Moravia Drama Club is
awaiting to get back on the stage
Moravia Central School has had its share
of talent through the years its drama
club racking up 26 Syracuse high school
theatre Award nominations in the last
five years and like every year there was
a lot of anticipation heading into the
2020 music and the show takes place in
an office in the 70s and their boss is
like a really really awful guy and it
tackles a lot of like partying topics in
a very comedic way but in a global
pandemic no person or thing is immune
even the arts I was a huge
disappointment and then the reality of
how long this delay was going to be and
it has left many unanswered questions
about when they can get back on the
stage we had originally thought that
you’re gonna build a postponed to May
and now we have no clue so it’s like
kind of everyone’s just on the edge of
their seat waiting to find out more
information as they say in the business
the show must go on going to happen
because it can and will find a way to
make it happen the licence
agencies like MCI Music Theatre
international which is where we get the
the license through they are offering
like extended license things for no cost
they also are allowing live streaming so
like that’s another possibility for
everyone who put in so much time
the good news can’t come soon enough
Cole Johnson mornings on the hill
drama club director Joanna call says
that they are holding onto the
possibility of performing two plays next
school year staying with high school
but let’s jump to the west coast our
Bailey Arredondo got a hold of a high
school student in Los Angeles and asked
about how her life has changed during
this pandemic thanks guys and this week
we are joined by a very very special
guest someone actually know quite well
we’re joined by camilla Arredondo a
sophomore at el camino in los angeles
camilla thank you so much for taking the
time well we you know our history goes
back a little bit I think it’s safe to
say I’ve known you for what you’re 16
about 16 years now but I’m curious on
how the corona virus has been affecting
you I know this is transitional time in
your life a sophomore in high school
when did you find out about Cove in
nineteen and were you in school and how
did the school handle that so I mean
there’s been like talk about it for like
weeks you know because obviously it’s
been like getting worse and like
escalating so then like you know it
wasn’t a matter of like if the school is
gonna close is just a matter of like
when so you know like we were in class
during sixth period on a Friday and then
we get an announcement saying that they
have a meeting and right they were gonna
shut down the school for the next two
weeks and so you know it’s kind of like
everybody was kind of like shocked about
it but it was also expected so kind of
sucked at the time tell me that first
reaction when you guys heard about it
was your friends texting you
did you guys start freaking out how did
you and your friends respond to this
because I think this was something I
caught us all off guard yeah definitely
I mean I was caught off guard I didn’t
know it’d be for two weeks and stuff so
when we heard about it kind of everybody
in my class was like cheering and they
were like clapping Xandra yes you know
and no school for the next two weeks but
me and my friends were kind of bummed
about it because also you know like
we’re sophomores in high school and like
this is like the time that you know you
start like experiencing things and like
beautiful high school experience and in
fact about the rest of my semesters been
canceled and I wouldn’t be able to like
experience everything that I wanted to
it kind of was bummed out a little bit
but also you know there was nothing I
could do about it so we just try to make
the best out of it and we talked about
it a lot and you know it was going be
like the word was just going around the
whole school and stuff so kind of crazy
like chaotic a little bit well you
probably could be quarantined in a worse
place but being stuck in Los Angeles how
is things change I mean what are what
are what is the daily life like being LA
I know you you know can’t drive yet
we’ll get to that a little bit later but
you know what what’s your daily routine
looking like honestly I mean there
everything is shut in LA and it’s kind
of crazy to see that because obviously
growing up in LA to see there’s so many
people outside and you know driving just
a lot of events and stores and malls and
everything and now it’s like you go for
a walk and there’s people with masks and
you know social distancing six feet
apart and you know there’s like maybe
two or three cars in the street within
like 20 minutes
nobody’s outside nobody’s doing anything
you’re just kind of at home and so
really I go for a walk once or twice a
day and then based on my friends a lot
and I’m doing work trying to keep up
with online classes so it’s just kind of
boring obviously and I know this is a
big year for you you were looking
forward to this awhile this is the year
you get your car 16 how has that changed
too because you can’t even go to the DMV
I know it sucks I did wait a long time
obviously you know when you turn 16 like
what you look forward to is driving and
now I mean I’m probably not gonna be
able to do that for a while I’m not
gonna get
licensed for a while so it that
definitely was big big bummer but also
there’s it could have been worse things
could have been worse so just got a you
know just gotta wait it out be patient
about it and so I know you’re gonna be
suffering but I mean a I think you could
wait a few more years to drive keep you
off the streets
Camilla thank you so much for taking the
time there’s a great little stop by a
little insight to what its life what
life is like actually as a teenager and
in high school
and we appreciate you stopping by
mornings on the hill yeah the Los
Angeles Unified School District will
remain on line for the remainder of the
semester and into summer given the stay
at home ordered nationwide more in
California with stay at home orders in
place all over the country essential
workers continue to go to work even
during this pandemic our Cheyenne
Nobriga was able to go behind the scenes
with one essential worker in the Golden
State as the streets of San Jose
California remain empty due to the Cova
19 pandemic essential workers in the
state continue with their everyday
routine including Richard Matson the 75
year old structural engineer is at a
higher risk for the corona virus because
of his age but he does not plan to stop
working well for me this is the safest
place in San Jose right because you can
see there’s nobody here most people work
from home I don’t work at home because I
can’t scan I can’t copy I can’t print I
can’t get reference books but there’s no
problem for me working here I’m not
worried about the pandemic in this
building the senior associate at
structural integrity works seven days a
week
company works to keep up earning plants
operate Matson and his company evaluate
and repair cracks and damages at power
plants all over the world including
Europe Asia and ones right here in the
United States
I think they classified it essential
because
the power industry I mean if you didn’t
have any power whether it’s gas or
electricity or whatever might be in the
dark right according to California
Governor Gavin Newsom people who work in
a critical sector are considered
essential and can remain working during
the pandemic one key area is the power
sector which Matson’s company falls
under we have a risk Department
typically for contracts but they’re in
there in touch with CDC and whoever else
is putting the rules down and in fact we
have letters from utility executives
presidents of big corporations to us you
know that they need our services other
essential workers include nurses
pharmacists grocery store employees and
Armed Forces like the National Guard
Cheyenne Nobriga for mornings on the
hill state home orders for California
are now extended until at least May 15th
we just learned about an essential
worker and it’s important to remember
those on the front line
our reporter Alexandra Jenna John caught
up with a nurse in Fort Wayne Indiana
who has found her silver lining in the
midst of absolute chaos
thanks guys I’m here with Amy paint she
is a nurse at the Park View Regional
Medical Center in Fort Wayne Indiana I
sort of started off Amy bye thank you so
thank you so much for joining us I know
you just said you have to leave for work
soon after this interview so thank you
for giving us the time during this
extremely hectic time you’re welcome
this is a scary time I’m sure you’ve
felt a lot you’ve seen a lot you’ve
experienced a lot so I guess just first
a check in with you how are you how’s
your family your life your career well
it is it’s very it is a very scary time
for everybody and I think we’re all
still trying to learn to deal with this
and you know how to to live our lives
with the new guidelines that we have as
far as social distancing and you know I
I guess I think I speak for myself and a
lot of my co-workers as well that our
biggest fear is that we will take this
virus home to our families and you know
to our spouses our children and not so
much that we will get the virus
ourselves of course that’s always a
concern we I have not seen my
grandchildren or my parents or anyone
outside of just my husband and my two
kids that still live here in the house
with us for almost a month now a lot of
the people that I work with you know
we’re sleeping in separate bedrooms from
our spouses we change our clothes we
don’t wear this artwork close to work or
from home from work you know we carry
separate bags the other day we made a
joke about we look like we were all
going on a trip because we basically
carry you know luggage with us when we
go because you know just are afraid of
bringing it bringing it home you’ve seen
a lot of coverage of Medical Center’s
having not enough ventilators or being
able to donate some ventilators or
having to reuse masks or
members you know creating masks for
their colleagues
where does your medical center stand
with that and West’s safety precautions
are you excited about the center is
taking for workers like yourself I mean
I feel like we’ve been very supported by
our employer and we’re following CDC
lines we think they have not run out of
anything you know we are just trying to
be proactive there are things that we’re
doing to lessen exposure to you know as
to lessen as much exposure as we can so
that the quote-unquote non-essential
employees are not going into you know
rooms that they could possibly be
exposed to the virus and I feel like you
know they’ve implemented a lot of things
to help us emotionally and just deal
with all the feelings that we’re dealing
with it makes it very comforting to know
that we have support of you know not
only our employer but our community and
especially the people that we work with
because you know it’s it’s hard to come
home and explain what your day was like
to people that just absolutely have no
idea or nor could they and so it’s it’s
really sometimes almost more comforting
to be at work because you’re surrounded
by people that know exactly how you feel
and can deal with the saint’s they’re
dealing with the same kind of emotions
and stress that you are you you’re in
the frontline of this so what is it that
you wish you could get people outside of
that to understand I work in an
intensive care unit and the people that
we take care of very very sick the
sickest of the sick and we have never
seen the degree of illness that we are
seeing with the coronavirus that we are
now and you know it’s just it’s not you
know just a certain age group it’s not
just a certain you know person with
comorbidities although hypertension and
diabetes does seem to be two of the
biggest comorbidities
it’s just still so new we don’t have a
herd immunity we don’t have a virus or a
vaccine yet and we are learning as we go
this is something brand-new and
hindsight’s 2020 so I think everyone is
is pulling together and working as well
as they can but again I think people
need to take every precaution possible
stay home you know wash your hands limit
your exposure and do not be around
people that you don’t live with I’ve
tried every day to remind my family and
to remind myself that we’re also being
given this gift of time that we normally
wouldn’t have had and I’m you know as
the time goes on I’m not sure I want to
go back to the way things were in that
aspect so I think we just have to really
give everybody some grace and how this
is being handled and just do the best
that we can do and you know and also
appreciate the moments that were being
given that we normally wouldn’t have had
and for me that kind of helps lessen the
fear and lessen the dread when I started
my nurse brain turns on and I think
about what could happen or what is
happening thank you so much for joining
us and I know that on behalf of myself
and the mornings on the hill crew we
want to thank you because you really are
kind of a hero in this situation so
thank you for that and thank you for
giving us so much time before you have
to go be on the front line and welcome
well thank you thank you and stay safe
reporting live from my room
alexandra Jenner John for mornings on
the hill thank you for that interview
Alexandra it’s important to keep in mind
that this is what is happening right now
in hospitals across the country the
United States has enacted several
regulations to try and limit the spread
of the corona virus but what else can be
done how have countries like Croatia and
Germany been able to keep their
pandemics under control ones on a hill
reporter Juan Pablo Maureen Camargo
takes us across the Atlantic to find out
twenty-four-year-old croatian
aeronautics student daria Antonovich is
supposed to be in Paris right now taking
part in an air traffic traineeship with
your own control instead she’s in sub
quarantine with her family in her
hometown of sveti Evangelina she’s half
an hour away from the Croatian capital
of Zagreb where the bulk of Croatia’s
confirms coronaviruses are as right now
Croatia has 1700 confirmed cases of
coronavirus but has only experienced 31
deaths as a result at UH Levitch credits
the low death rate to her government’s
quick response to the pandemic including
shutting down borders converting
military hospitals into coronavirus
treatment centers and an abundance in
testing so it doesn’t it’s usually
around like 70 to 90 new cases every day
like it’s not ideal obviously because
the number is still growing but it’s not
growing rapidly so health care system
can handle it
Croatia’s take on how to handle the
pandemic is very similar to how
Germany’s been doing it currently
Germany has over a hundred and thirty
one thousand confirmed cases and yet
they’ve maintained a low death rate of
just two point five percent
thanks to easier healthcare access
extended contact tracking and stricter
social distancing measures we have the
so-called Kentucky area here here which
means that you can’t actually go out for
a walk but you can do so with more than
two people so you can actually you can
only be with another person except if
it’s your family or the people living in
the same household but governments in
European countries like Italy and Spain
haven’t been as diligent Italy’s death
rate is so high they’ve lost count as to
how many people actually died from the
corona virus while in Spain the virus
has been turned into a political weapon
Spain’s Conservative Party is using it
as an excuse to demand for Prime
Minister Pedro Sanchez his resignation
it’s basically like little kids at
recess fighting each other on the
playground that’s the best way we can
describe it
Europe currently has about 850 3,000
confirmed coronavirus cases and over
73,000 deaths with Spain Italy and a top
two slots for both that’s all we have
today for mornings on a hill I’m
Gabrielle rivals and I’m Cheyenne
Nobriga
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this difficult time i’m michelle
cannabic saying bye from my home hope
this finds you well in yours and I’m
Cole Johnson same time same place right
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