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Local (and not-so-local) COVID-19 updates
Aug. 18th, 2021 10:37 pm( Wall-o-text )
Well, this isn't good. Newly reported confirmed deaths and cases both up compared to yesterday. Hospitalizations up compared to yesterday; in fact, today's 432 patients in hospital is the highest count recorded since the 441 on May 11. The seven-day averages for deaths, cases and hospitalizations are also all up. In slightly better news, the seven-day average for percent-positive is down slightly from yesterday.
Today's big national news, of course, is the newly announced federal plan to provide booster vaccination shots to everyone who's already vaccinated, eight months after the second shot:
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I got my second Moderna shot on March 31. Eight months out from that would be November 30, so fortunately I don't have to make a decision now. But I'm not looking forward to possibly feeling like my becoming marginally safer is at the expense of folks in poor countries who can't even get an intial shot of the best damn vaccines on the planet.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 15 active and 1,032 cumulative cases as of August 17. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 11:45AM on May 28, 2021 reported 978 cumulative cases with 3 individuals in isolation, 943 persons recovered and 32 fatalities.
Well, this isn't good. Newly reported confirmed deaths and cases both up compared to yesterday. Hospitalizations up compared to yesterday; in fact, today's 432 patients in hospital is the highest count recorded since the 441 on May 11. The seven-day averages for deaths, cases and hospitalizations are also all up. In slightly better news, the seven-day average for percent-positive is down slightly from yesterday.
Today's big national news, of course, is the newly announced federal plan to provide booster vaccination shots to everyone who's already vaccinated, eight months after the second shot:
( Read more... )
I got my second Moderna shot on March 31. Eight months out from that would be November 30, so fortunately I don't have to make a decision now. But I'm not looking forward to possibly feeling like my becoming marginally safer is at the expense of folks in poor countries who can't even get an intial shot of the best damn vaccines on the planet.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 15 active and 1,032 cumulative cases as of August 17. The most recent "newsflash style update" at 11:45AM on May 28, 2021 reported 978 cumulative cases with 3 individuals in isolation, 943 persons recovered and 32 fatalities.