Impeachment Redux

Just passed in the House: H. Res. 24 "Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors."

The vote: 232 yea, 197 nay, 4 not voting. All 222 Democratic Members voted aye, as did 10 Republican Members.

https://twitter.com/edschweppe/status/1349472310147866624/

Local COVID-19 updates

( Wall-o-text, in which we break 13k deaths )

Oh, joy. Day-to-day cases and deaths both up, although the average positivity rate is down, which is good to see. Total hospitalizations are down, but ICU and ventilator cases are both up. The fourteen-day average incidence per 100k population is way up, and hospital bed availability are both way down.

Oh, and the virus counts in the wastewater effluent at the Deer Island treatment plant? "Surging to record levels":
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The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 62 active and 596 cumulative cases as of January 12. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 9PM on December 15 reported 433 cumulative cases with 63 individuals in isolation, 345 persons recovered and 25 fatalities.