The impact of Covid-19 on all walks of life includes big changes for those that walk on all fours and the people who care for them.

"Should I send my kids back to school this fall?"

Of all the Covid-19 questions that I'm asked as a family medicine physician, this is the hardest to answer.

South Fork school district officials have been working nonstop over the last several weeks to determine reopening plans, which were due in to the state by July 31, but regardless of the details, all of the plans may as well have a big asterisk on the first page, because Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is expected to make a big school-related announcement Friday.

Ever since shelter-in-place orders took effect, post offices have been inundated with packages and mail at record-breaking volumes, and even as the economy has reopened, volume remains high. In Montauk, the post office has seen package volume double since the start of summer, keeping customers waiting weeks for critical deliveries.