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Dr. Eva Galvez works as a family physician for a network of clinics in northwestern Oregon, where low-income patients have been streaming in for nasal swabs over the past several weeks to test for the coronavirus.

Dr. Galvez was dumbfounded by the results. Latinos, about half of those screened, were 20 times as likely as other patients to have the virus.

The disparity really alarmed me, said Dr. Galvez, who began trying to understand what could account for the difference.

It is a question that epidemiologists around the country are examining as more and more evidence emerges that the coronavirus is impacting Latinos, and some other groups, including African-Americans, with particular force.

Oregon is one of many states where Latinos are showing a disproportionate level of impact, and the effects are seen among both immigrants and Latinos from multigenerational American families.

Because most of the clients at the Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center clinics in Oregon are relatively poor whatever their ethnic background, Dr. Galvez decided that income could not explain the disparity.

Public health experts say Latinos may be more vulnerable to the virus as a result of the same factors that have put minorities at risk across the country. Many have low-paying service jobs that require them to work through the pandemic, interacting with the public. A large number also lack access to health care, which contributes to higher rates of diabetes and other conditions that can worsen infections.

Oregon last month expanded testing criteria to prioritize Latinos and other minorities, citing the higher risk posed from the virus because of longstanding social and health inequities.

At the Virginia Garcia clinics, Dr. Galvez sees those inequities among her patients every day.

We realized that it must be how Latinos live and work thats driving these disparities, said Dr. Galvez, who works at the clinic in Hillsboro, outside Portland.

The Hispanic patients, many of them immigrants, help produce some of the countrys premier pinot noir, maintain Nikes sprawling headquarters and plant berries, hazelnuts and Christmas trees in the Willamette Valley. Others are seasonal workers who are expected to begin arriving by the thousands later this month for the harvest.

They live in close quarters, often multiple families to a house or with several farmworkers crowded into a barracks-style room, where social distancing and self-isolation are impossible. They perform jobs that require interaction with the general public, in food service, transportation and delivery; and some also work in meatpacking plants that have emerged as major hot spots.

If they are undocumented, they cannot collect unemployment, which may compel them to work even when they feel unwell, facilitating the spread to their co-workers.

Carlos, an undocumented Guatemalan who was one of the clinics patients, never stopped reporting to his job cleaning large supermarkets, even after he began coughing and feeling ill, said his wife, Blanca, who did not want the familys last name to be published because of their immigration status.

Her husband medicated himself on cough syrup, but his condition quickly deteriorated, and he was gasping for air when she finally rushed him to the hospital. He died on April 1 from Covid-19. Now Blanca, her brother and the couples 13-year-old son have all tested positive for the virus.

The situation at the clinics in northwestern Oregon tells only part of the story of the nations 60 million Latinos, who represent a wide range of backgrounds and lifestyles new immigrants and multigenerational families, high-earning professionals and poor migrant farmworkers and the effects of the coronavirus already reflect that broad experience.

The disparities are bigger in states like Oregon, Washington and Utah that have newer and less-established Latino communities, compared with states like California, Arizona and New Mexico. In some states, including Arizona and Texas, state data shows that Latinos are getting sick at rates close to their share of population. In New Mexico, Latinos, who make up half the population and have a long history in the state, have about the same number of cases relative to their population as whites.

Not all Latinos are created equal, said Daniel Lpez-Cevallos, professor of Latino and health equity studies at Oregon State University. More Latinos in states with established communities, he said, are likely to have middle-class jobs or the sort of wealth that could help tide them over through the pandemic without having to work outside the home.

By contrast, those in places like Oregon and Washington tend to be lower income, with lower educational levels, lower levels of health insurance and more employment in essential services, Mr. Lpez-Cevallos said. They have fewer support systems in place.

According to a Pew Research Center survey in April, about half of the Latinos questioned said they or someone in their household had either lost a job or taken a pay cut, or both, because of the outbreak compared with a third of all adults in the United States.

The data from a number of states takes an unexpected turn: It indicates that even though Latinos may have higher rates of infection, they have been dying from the virus at lower reported rates over all than other groups.

But experts say those raw numbers understate the risks for those who become sick, because they do not take into account that the Latino population the countrys second-largest ethnic group is significantly younger than other groups. And there have been much fewer deaths among the young from a virus whose lethality grows sharply with its victims age.

But among adult Latinos, fatality rates can be much higher. That was what officials in California found when they took a closer look.

But when California public health officials drilled down further, they found that in every age group over 17, Latinos were dying at significantly higher rates than whites as were African-Americans.

Even in Oregon, Latinos have not appeared to be equally vulnerable to the impacts of the virus. Dr. Galvez, who is Mexican-American, lives in a middle-class neighborhood. My close friends and family have not been hit by Covid the way the community that I care for has, she said.

Before Oregonians were ordered to stay home on March 23, the Virginia Garcia clinic had started a campaign to educate Spanish-speaking clients about who was at risk of contracting the virus and how to prevent it.

Bilingual posters went up at the clinics, fliers were distributed and Dr. Galvez recorded a public service announcement that aired on a local Spanish radio station.

But she and other clinic staff members, who confer daily on Zoom about the pandemic, would eventually conclude that having knowledge of the virus did not mitigate its spread among people who are unable to self-isolate and cannot afford to miss a days work.

On March 11, Virginia Garcia began screening patients with symptoms of the virus at seven sites.

So far, the clinic has tested 397 Hispanics and 281 non-Hispanics in Washington County and neighboring Yamhill County, another agricultural hub. A total of 87 Hispanics, 21.9 percent, have tested positive, compared with three non-Hispanics, or 1.1 percent.

Hazel Wheeler, a manager at the clinic who has analyzed the data, deemed the results confounding.

We serve poor people, who live in the same geographical area and make about the same amount of money, he said.

But there were deeper distinguishing factors.

Most non-Hispanics whom the clinic has tested have been working from home, or staying home because they have been furloughed or laid off, typically with unemployment benefits. They were able to keep distance from everyone but immediate family members.

The majority of Latino patients, on the other hand, have remained on front-line jobs, and many are residing in crowded or precarious dwellings.

Rafael Castillo, a 37-year-old mason, learned he had the coronavirus recently along with two fellow Latinos on his construction crew.

The truth is, I dont know how we got infected, said Mr. Castillo, a Mexican green-card holder who has lived in the United States for two decades. When this illness started, our boss told us to work apart. We used hand sanitizer and washed our hands, he said.

Since he tested positive, his wife, Yanet Gonzalez, has also contracted the virus. Now Mr. Castillo, who earns about $3,500 a month and lives in a mobile home, said his main concern was keeping his two children healthy. The family shares one shower in a mobile home in Cornelius, Ore., which they try to disinfect after each use.

As they treat an ever-larger numbers of patients, Virginia Garcia medical workers are now worrying about the prospect of a second wave of infection when the annual harvest gets underway later in May.

By some estimates, the picking season for berries, pears and other crops brings 160,000 Latino seasonal farmworkers to Oregon. They toil side by side in fields and orchards during the day and bunk in crowded spaces at night, creating a fertile environment for the virus to spread.

A preview of what could happen surfaced in April in central Washington State: Half of the workers at a large orchard tested positive for the coronavirus, even though none had shown symptoms.

The findings caught the attention of Oregons Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, which last week introduced a series of measures to protect migrant farmworkers after Dr. Galvez and a nonprofit law center sought changes.

The state agency ordered growers to reconfigure worker housing to eliminate bunk beds for workers not part of the same family and to require at least six feet of space or an impermeable barrier between workers while they sleep. Growers are also required to designate an officer to enforce at least six feet of separation during work, breaks and meals.

The emergency mandates drew protests from growers who said the rules could cut the amount of housing available for farmworkers and help put many growers out of business.

Many farms will not survive the cumulative weight of these unattainable rules, which are more burdensome than any set for other sectors of Oregons economy, the Oregon Farm Bureau said.

State officials acknowledged that the emergency measures, in effect for six months, are unlike any other action taken by the state in recent history. But they said they were necessary to protect Latino migrants and the greater community.

Michael Wood, the top administrator for Oregons OSHA, said he hoped the rules would help avert the possibility that the virus tears through the picking season that runs until fall.

You cannot telecommute to harvest crops, he said.

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MONTAGUE Since starting in 1970 as a lawn-mowing service, Demers Landscaping has grown into a family-run company that bills itself as an expert in all things outdoors, from excavation to gardening. The company celebrated its 50th anniversary this week.

The company, operated out of 136 Turnpike Road, was started by Ed Demers, who still owns it, working with his brothers Rusty and Paul. Eds son Justin, who is now 36, started working with his father when he was 8, he said. Justin took over most operations about five years ago. Ed has mostly retired, but often consults on business decisions.

Ive been learning my whole life from him, Justin Demers said. He taught me everything I know about landscaping and excavation.

The company expanded its offerings and its service area gradually over the last 20 years, mostly in its efforts to maintain relationships with existing customers by meeting their new needs, Demers said. The company doesnt advertise much, he said, and instead relies on repeat business. As customers asked for more services, the company would add them to its toolbox to keep its position as a one-stop landscaping service.

Thats how we grew, Demers explained. Once you do something for one person, you now have the availability to do the same for other customers as well.

Demers Landscaping now does practically every piece of designing and maintaining the outdoor part of a home, Demers said the initial clearing of the house site, utility hookups, retaining walls, mulching, lawns, flower boxes, blacktop, patios and fire pits, to list some. This winter the company started plowing driveways, too.

Customers range from Athol to western Franklin County, and from Northampton to as far north as Brattleboro, Vt., Demers said. Because the business is so reliant on repeat customers, he said the company will often move with a customer who is moving to a new house.

Business usually picks up in early spring, as customers start calling about spring clean ups, Demers said, and the company starts rehiring its seasonal workers. By early May, business is typically in full swing.

But this year has been slower than usual. Calls for maintenance are still coming in, but the big installations and expansion projects that usually fill the companys summer calendar are not, Demers said. He suspects customers are probably uncomfortable spending the money, considering the uncertainty of how much longer the coronavirus pandemic could last.

Meanwhile, some seasonal workers are unsure about starting work again.

People are a little nervous about coming back because of the virus, he said. But its still early in the year.

Contact Demers Landscaping by phone at 413-863-3652 or by email at justin@demerslandscaping.com.

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"Only the rich can afford poor windows," says Joe Koken, general manager of Renewal by Andersen of Arizona. Koken was quoting Hans Andersen, founder of Andersen Windows in 1903. Renewal by Andersen is the full-service replacement window division of Andersen Windows, and this month it's celebrating its 25th anniversary with the biggest discount ever offered to new customers.

"You can replace your windows and doors once with a highly engineered product and likely never have to do it again, or you can replace them several times with a low-end product and end up paying more in the long run," Koken says.

The quality of the Renewal by Andersen window starts with its Fibrex composite material.

"There is a misconception that vinyl is a good choice for windows, but we won't even sell a vinyl window," Koken says. "Our exclusive window material, called Fibrex, is a composite that's two times stronger than vinyl."

Andersen researched and developed its Fibrex material for 30 years before it was installed in even one home. Fibrex is a wood-and-polymer composite that expands and contracts very little and is warranted not to warp, peel or corrode.*

"Fibrex has the strength, durability and beauty of wood windows combined with the low maintenance aspects of vinyl," Koken says.*

When choosing a replacement window or door company, there are five questions you should ask:

1. What does the warranty cover and how long does it last?

Many replacement window companies will warrant their windows and doors but not their installations. And a lot of them claim to have a "lifetime" warranty but in the fine print, "lifetime" can be defined as just seven years.

Renewal by Andersen has one rock-solid triple warranty that covers its windows, doors and installation. If you have any issues that come up, you won't be chasing down the manufacturer and the installer you just have to make one call.

2. What are the windows made of, and can they withstand the weather where you live?

Many vinyl replacement windows can warp, leak and cause drafts in just a few years. Renewal by Andersen's Fibrex material is vastly superior to vinyl. It's two times stronger than vinyl and infinitely more beautiful.

3. How will the company's windows or doors make your home more comfortable?

Many replacement windows will make your home more comfortable at first, but when their seals break and their energy efficiency is lost, you could be back to feeling too hot or cold in no time. Renewal by Andersen's High-Performance Low E-4 SmartSun glass helps to make homes more comfortable in every season.

4. How do you know if you're getting a good price?

If the price on a vinyl window is so low that it seems too good to be true, it probably is. In addition, if you have to replace those vinyl windows in 7-10 years, then they weren't worth it, no matter how inexpensive they were. Renewal by Andersen builds a window that will last. Nobody wants to replace their windows more than once.

5. How much will the windows or doors cost?

Many replacement window companies will give you a window estimate, but then the final bill ends up being more than the original quote. As part of its free in-home or virtual appointment, Renewal by Andersen provides an exact, down-to-the-penny price quote often within 48 hours of your call, and the quote is good for a whole year.

Renewal by Andersen is committed to keeping customers happy and safe. As Koken says, "The health and safety of our customers and our staff is our highest priority. We're adhering to the CDC's strict guidelines including wearing protective gloves and masks, maintaining a respectful distance inside your home, and frequently sanitizing our trucks and tools.

"And if you're not comfortable having us in your home at this time, we now offer virtual appointments, too," Koken adds. "From the comfort and safety of your home, you can have an online meeting with one of our project managers to discuss your window and door needs and get an exact price quote that we'll honor for a whole year.

"We also understand that this is a challenging time for some homeowners, and we want to do what we can to help them get their project done," Koken says. "So, we're having a special 'Thank You for 25 Years Sale.' Now until May 31, we're taking 25 percent off of all our windows and doors. And with our special financing, you won't pay anything for 25 months."

Call 480-565-4505 now to get Renewal by Andersen's biggest new customer discount ever!

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Jean Carton, left, and the Rev. Stephen Engelbrecht, pastor at St. Anthonys Church in Atkinson, are shown in front of one of the windows included in the restoration project of all stained glass windows at the church. The window depicting The Resurrection in the photograph was donated by the ladies in the Altar and Rosary Society when the church was built in 1917. Now, 103 years later, the ladies in the current Altar & Rosary Society donated the funds to restore and re-install that same window.

ATKINSON An upcoming annual spring raffle is expected to raise the remainder of the funds needed to pay for the restoration of the original stained glass windows at St. Anthonys Church in Atkinson.

The 11th annual raffle drawing will be held a 12:30 p.m. Sunday, June 7, at the Parish Hall, across from the church at 204 West Main St. The brunch that is included with the drawing each year will be held at a later date.

Nick Simon, chairman of the raffle and a deacon at the church, said more than $20,000 in prizes will be awarded, including a grand cash prize of $10,000.

Only 500 tickets will be sold and the odds of winning a cash prize are one in 39, Simon said.

The price of a raffle ticket is $100 which includes two tickets for the brunch when it is held at a later date. Tickets are available from church members, at businesses in Atkinson, and from the church office by calling 309-936-7900 and leaving a message.

Proceeds from the raffle will be applied to the Stained Glass Window Restoration and Protection project for the 103-year-old windows at the parish.

Simon said the proceeds from the spring raffle should complete paying for the project which is estimated to cost $200,000 and includes restoration of the 26 stained glass windows and the protection system, which was done to all windows in the building. He said there are 68 stained glass windows in the church.

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MOUNT VERNON Offering a chronology of Knox County Information Technology Department tasks completed since he became county IT director in 2019, Kyle Webb provided a thorough report of those accomplishments to Knox County commissioners during their regular meeting Tuesday.

Over the past eight months, Webb wrote, the county has progressed from a managed IT services model, with two IT employees under contract from Info-Link Technologies, to an IT department with four full-time employees. At the beginning of this month, May 1, an agreement the county has with Info-Link was initiated, with both of its on-site staff hired on with the county full-time.

Webb said when he started his job as IT director, just two InfoLink staff members were barely able to keep up with day-to-day county IT issues, let alone any ongoing projects. Now the IT department has a staff with Webb as director; Shawn Conkle, network administrator; Trevor Ditmars, system administrator; and Andrew Champlin, IT communications coordinator, who recently helped launch a county Twitter page and reactive a dormant Facebook page. Champlin is the departments newest member.

The varied backgrounds of our team create a very well-rounded and robust department that can respond to any situation or challenge we may face, Webb offered.

The ability to take on significant projects was needed early in the year with two January deadlines looming, the first Jan. 14. After he started as IT director in September, his team was given about three months to organize more than 100 devices running on Windows 7 and upgrade them to Windows 10. The project included end of life for two Windows servers with 2008 dates.

This end of life meant there were no more security updates for Windows 7 and Server 2008, which would leave the county network extremely vulnerable to viruses and hackers, he said.

The upgrade involved replacing 64 of the countys outdated computers, and upgrading 53 more to Windows 10. The upgrade happened over 90 days and involved an ongoing shortage of computer components, so Webb said he contacted Dell Technologies about securing a government account representative who provided significant cost savings over a third-party vendor. The county IT department met its Jan. 14 goals in switching over to Windows 10 for all but a few computers, he noted.

Another monumental time-sensitive project was an upcoming State of Ohio Election Security overhaul carrying a mandated Jan. 31 deadline. Required was complete replacement of all Knox County Board of Elections (BOE) computers and networking equipment to meet incredibly high-security standards, he said. The BOE completed its due diligence by seeking state-approved vendors to bid on the project.

After reviewing several proposals, it was abundantly clear that if our in-house IT department handled the project, we would save the county thousands of dollars and create a much better, more secure computer network, Webb emphasized. He added that the Jan. 31 deadline was met and saved the county tens of thousands of dollars.

Some of the other projects Webb said the IT department has completed since September 2019 include:

Upgrading the Knox County Sheriffs Office and county 911 terminal servers.

Replacing three physical servers.

Taking over control of and updating the Knox County website and social media.

Taking over control of and updating the Knox County phone system.

Implemented new Network-Attached Storage (NAS) for the county Public Defenders Office.

Redesigned and rebuilt sheriffs office computer backup infrastructure

Implemented a COVID-19 remote workforce network.

Ongoing IT department projects include handling the Computer-Aided Dispatch upgrade for the Knox County 911 system, with a July go live target date, Webb said. Other current projects involve bond kiosk installation in the sheriffs office lobby; four server replacements for the 911 dispatch center; three server replacements for county offices; and one server replacement each for the sheriffs office and county water-wastewater department. New mobile data terminals are also being installed on sheriffs office cruisers.

Future goals include a new help desk ticketing system by August of this year; all new servers to be installed by August; rewiring all network closets by the end of the year; and full implementation of a disaster preparedness plan for critical systems with quarterly testing. There is also a goal of more social media outreach including videos and podcasts.

In the last eight months, the Knox County IT department has handled more IT projects than most organizations experience in two years, Webb offered. We still have a lot more to accomplish to get our systems to peak efficiency, but I am extremely happy with our progress so far.

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One tool that bad guys use to go after your web servers is a web shell. A web shell is a malicious script that masquerades as a legitimate file and provides a backdoor into your server. Recent guidance from the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) offers techniques to detect and prevent web shell malware from affecting web servers. The NSA document describes web shell malware as a long-standing, pervasive threat that continues to evade many security tools.

Detection may be difficult. Web shells target existing applications and files. Because they mimic proper files on your system, its often difficult to determine that an attack has occurred. Heres how to best detect and prevent web shell attacks on a Windows network.

Begin by comparing the files on the machine to known good files. Compare date and time stamps and especially SHA-2 hash values. You can also use Windiff to compare to files to determine if the attacker has replaced them with similar ones.

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If you were wondering whether Huawei would be able to regain its Android license, that chance was has just been thrown out that window for another year. On Wednesday, President Trump has extended an executive order that called for a National Emergency to secure information and telecom services from threats, including Huawei.

The first executive order, enacted back in May of last year, barred Huawei from conducting business with any business firm based in the US. This includes Google for Huaweis Android services, and this will only further push Huawei into creating its own app ecosystem that doesnt rely on Google Services. This will also continue to hinder sales of its smartphones in Western markets, where lack of Google Services can be a deal-breaker for many consumers.

Back in March, Huawei announced that its HMS (Huawei Mobile Services) replacement for Google Play Services has reached 400 million active users, and has 1.3 million developers on board. Although there are many alternatives to Googles core apps like Gmail and Maps, they only substitute the real thing though it is possible to live with HMS.

In any case, Huawei remains barred from its official Android license, so we only anticipate Huawei will continue to build its ecosystem without Google and we can expect more rumors of Huaweis planned replacement for Android called Harmony OS.

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A 16-storey apartment building will replace what used to be the old villa that housed Bar Dada in the Bllok area of Tirana, until its demolition in February.

The construction permit for this apartment building, that will be called City Hotel, was given by the National Territorial Council (KKT), headed by Prime Minister Edi Rama, to entrepreneur Agim Zeqo in October 2019.

The building is being constructed by Nova Construction 2012, owned by Ilir and Kujtim Shtufi.

The project is designed by the Italian architect Marco Casamontis studio, Archea Associati, the same architect that designed Tiranas stadium building. Casamonti is known for being close to the Prime Minister.

The apartment building is expected to have 4 underground floors, and 12 above ground ones. The project plan seems to indicate a style similar to that of the Forever Green building in Tirana, whose construction has been ongoing for the past 10 years. This building was also designed by Casamonti. Both building designs stand out for their irregular window placement and terrace gardens.

The City Hotel building will be a multifunctional one, combining residential and office spaces.

Construction is expected to take 4 years.

Currently three more high-rise buildings are being built in the Bllok areas narrow alleys. A 13-storey building will replace the former villa that housed the private Metropolitan University. A multifunctional complex called Blloku Cube and designed by Stefano Boeri is being constructed a few meters away. Another of Boeris projects, West Residence, is being built in the area behind the Presidents Office.

Meanwhile, throughout Tirana, the municipality has granted construction permits for the construction of high rise buildings along the capitals main streets and squares.

At least 12 high-rise buildings, with an average height of 12-storeys, are currently being constructed.

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Two shops and four flats along the London Road in High Wycombe could be bulldozed and replaced with a more modern building.

Developers want to demolish the buildings at 464 to 476 London Road which is currently four flats, a convenience store and a shop selling windows and replace it with a much more modern looking three storey block.

The new block will still have two slightly bigger retail units along the ground floor but the number of flats above will be doubled to eight.

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Mirage Developments, who have put the plans forward to Buckinghamshire Councils planning officers, say the current building is in a poor state of repair and has structural issues.

If their new plans are given the green light, there will be four one-bed flats and four 2-bed flats, with access to them from the rear of the building. All flats will have a balcony and there will be a cycle store for 10 bikes.

There will also be 14 parking spaces at the back 11 for the eight flats and three for the shops.

A highways consultant says residents living in the new development will be in a good position to be able to visit shops without having to rely on cars, as it is right next door to Tesco Express and a few minutes away from the retail park.

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Buckinghamshire Council officers have until August 12 to decide whether to let the overhaul go ahead.

View the full details online at http://www.wycombe.gov.uk/pages/Planning-and-building-control/Planning-applications/Find-a-planning-application.aspx and search 20/05993/OUT.

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