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Local COVID-19 updates
Feb. 16th, 2021 05:54 pm( Wall-o-text: only 967 newly reported cases, first time that's been under a thousand since November )
Whoa. Today is the first day since November 3, 2020 that the number of newly reported confirmed cases has been under a thousand. (That day, the count was 923.) Regardless of anything else, that has to qualify as good news. I'm not as happy about the uptick in seven-day percent-positive, although it's unsurprising given that cases kept going up last week.
But still. Less than a thousand new cases reported today. First time that's happened since before the holiday surges.
Now, if only Governor Baker could get his head out of his fundamental orifice and get the state's vaccination program working. So far, he's managing to tick off just about everyone else in Massachusetts government:
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Massachusetts still doesn't have a single point of signup for vaccinations, and still hasn't opened things up to anyone younger than 75 except for health-care workers, first responders and congregate-living residents. I don't for a moment question the importance of getting those folks vaccinated, but why the hell is it taking so long to get to the next level, and why the hell can't Baker address the issue competently?
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 26 active and 728 cumulative cases as of February 15. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 3PM on February 12, 2021 reported 717 cumulative cases with 25 individuals in isolation, 661 persons recovered and 31 fatalities.
Whoa. Today is the first day since November 3, 2020 that the number of newly reported confirmed cases has been under a thousand. (That day, the count was 923.) Regardless of anything else, that has to qualify as good news. I'm not as happy about the uptick in seven-day percent-positive, although it's unsurprising given that cases kept going up last week.
But still. Less than a thousand new cases reported today. First time that's happened since before the holiday surges.
Now, if only Governor Baker could get his head out of his fundamental orifice and get the state's vaccination program working. So far, he's managing to tick off just about everyone else in Massachusetts government:
( Read more... )
Massachusetts still doesn't have a single point of signup for vaccinations, and still hasn't opened things up to anyone younger than 75 except for health-care workers, first responders and congregate-living residents. I don't for a moment question the importance of getting those folks vaccinated, but why the hell is it taking so long to get to the next level, and why the hell can't Baker address the issue competently?
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 26 active and 728 cumulative cases as of February 15. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 3PM on February 12, 2021 reported 717 cumulative cases with 25 individuals in isolation, 661 persons recovered and 31 fatalities.