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Local (and not-so-local) COVID-19 updates
Nov. 4th, 2021 11:03 pm( Wall-o-text )
Not good news day-over-day, as both deaths and cases are up a bunch. Hospitalizations are down a bit, but the seven-day averages for cases, deaths and percent-positive are all up. The weekly city/town data is also out; the statewide trend is mostly to the good with a net drop in highest-risk communities from twenty-four to twenty-one, but one of those twenty-one is my church's town of Stow.
The Occupational Health and Safety Adminstration has finally released their new regulations forcing large employers to require their employees to either get vaccinated against COVID-19 or get tested at least once a week:
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My Current Paying Gig has a bunch of Federal contracts; as such, it falls under the more-stringent federal contractor rules, which don't allow the option of weekly testing; it's get vaccinated or bust. In addition, there's a requirement to follow the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control guidance on indoor masking - and, since said Current Paying Gig's location is in a county with high levels of community transmission, that means masking up indoors. Period.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 14 active and 1,205 cumulative cases as of November 3. 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.
Not good news day-over-day, as both deaths and cases are up a bunch. Hospitalizations are down a bit, but the seven-day averages for cases, deaths and percent-positive are all up. The weekly city/town data is also out; the statewide trend is mostly to the good with a net drop in highest-risk communities from twenty-four to twenty-one, but one of those twenty-one is my church's town of Stow.
The Occupational Health and Safety Adminstration has finally released their new regulations forcing large employers to require their employees to either get vaccinated against COVID-19 or get tested at least once a week:
( Read more... )
My Current Paying Gig has a bunch of Federal contracts; as such, it falls under the more-stringent federal contractor rules, which don't allow the option of weekly testing; it's get vaccinated or bust. In addition, there's a requirement to follow the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control guidance on indoor masking - and, since said Current Paying Gig's location is in a county with high levels of community transmission, that means masking up indoors. Period.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 14 active and 1,205 cumulative cases as of November 3. 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.