Positivity rate at 2.2%, first time since June 16.
Yesterday's state Covid-19 report showed that 2.2% of people taking a Covid-19 test got positive results on Aug. 1 - a rate we haven't seen since June 16, when we were still coming down from the really high numbers of April and May.
Doctors are concerned, Well, as a Mass. General oncologist who was thrown into the coronavirus battle earlier this year put it last night: The numbers are "scaring the absolute wiggle out of many of my colleagues who still have PTSD from the front line nightmares of April and May. "
To be sure, the numbers are still way lower than they were in May:
But they're also the reason we're no longer one of the "green" states on those national maps - our numbers are no longer falling, they're slowly going up. And fall is coming.
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Just a concern
By JohnAKeith
Tue, 08/04/2020 - 2:03pm
Right, I don't think many children will suffer when schools reopen.
What I meant by that is our focus should be on big picture things like are we doing the best we can to ensure safety for everyone, in schools, from admin to teachers to students. But it's a complicated situation requiring thought and good judgement as well as patience and open-mindedness, which are in short supply.
No, we're different people. We just have what are apparently similar opinions on this subject.
PS the sure way for someone to lose an argument is to say, "Oh, I have a college degree so ... "
Wow. Amazing.
Partially agree
By DrewD
Mon, 08/03/2020 - 6:53pm
I mostly agree with you, but man, Brianna's got to go. Her friends are cool, but get her off that roof.
Edit: Lol, did you respond to yourself? Did you just click the wrong button or are you just Fish's alt?
Yeah
By tblade
Tue, 08/04/2020 - 11:40am
There are 2 strange interactions in this thread that imply John and Fish are the same person.
Has anyone seen them in the same room together?
You sound like Florida in May
By anon
Mon, 08/03/2020 - 3:08pm
Whats the big deal, everything is fine down here!
I may be wrong
By Waquiot
Mon, 08/03/2020 - 6:38pm
But the goal is to keep the positive rate below 5%, assuming that robust testing is taking place.
Northeastern / Thanksgiving break
By anon
Mon, 08/03/2020 - 1:57pm
Many colleges have opted to end in person classes at Thanksgiving break. Therefore, those traveling over that holiday weekend won't have to come back and spread whatever they caught. Those last few weeks are mostly finals related anyway. But will Northeastern do that? Nope.Why would they want students to come back after attending gatherings and traveling, just for a crappy 2 weeks. Very tone deaf, to say the least, if you ask me.
"Slowly growing up"???
By Gui
Mon, 08/03/2020 - 4:01pm
Actually it is not slow at all!
According to the NYT, "[o]ver the past week, there have been an average of 403 cases per day, an increase of 46 percent from the average two weeks earlier."
We are one of the fastest growing states now.
https://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/i2ygkj/we_made_the_new_york_times_covid_shitlist_today/
I had no idea there were so
By Scratchie
Mon, 08/03/2020 - 4:45pm
I had no idea there were so many trained epidemiologists and statisticians among UHub's commenters.
You forgot political analysts
By anon
Mon, 08/03/2020 - 6:08pm
You forgot political analysts
Not rocket science
By SamWack
Mon, 08/03/2020 - 6:57pm
Well, you know, it's not rocket science. It's harder.
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