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Local (and not-so-local) COVID-19 updates
Nov. 19th, 2021 08:02 pm( Wall-o-text )
The drop in day-over-day cases numbers is good to see; the climb in day-over-day death and hospitalization numbers is not. Neither is the fact that all four seven-day averages are up compared to yesterday.
The Feds have made it official, now: boosters for everyone! Or, at least, all adults:
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Given where case counts have been going, and given that many states (including Massachusetts) have already jumped the gun and authorized boosters for all adults, this is a decision that makes a huge amount of sense. Whether it cuts those cases down enough to compensate for the vaccine-hesitant, let alone the antivax-idiotic, is unfortunately a different question.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 43 active and 1,270 cumulative cases as of November 18. 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.
The drop in day-over-day cases numbers is good to see; the climb in day-over-day death and hospitalization numbers is not. Neither is the fact that all four seven-day averages are up compared to yesterday.
The Feds have made it official, now: boosters for everyone! Or, at least, all adults:
( Read more... )
Given where case counts have been going, and given that many states (including Massachusetts) have already jumped the gun and authorized boosters for all adults, this is a decision that makes a huge amount of sense. Whether it cuts those cases down enough to compensate for the vaccine-hesitant, let alone the antivax-idiotic, is unfortunately a different question.
The town of Acton's current Google Data Studio dashboard is showing 43 active and 1,270 cumulative cases as of November 18. 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.