I can remember when that number either creeped up daily, remained steady for several days or went down slightly every few days. Now it drops steadily every single day.
Joshua, what does this number mean exactly?
According to the State House News Service, Gov. Baker still expects masks to be required for Summer School indoors and on buses.
As it should be. Good for him. CDC individual I listened to yesterday said the same.
Clinical trials are underway from Pfizer and Moderna for children ages 6 months to 11 years.
I am not a father myself, but couldn’t a 10 or 11 year old just as easily get vaccinated safely with the current 12+ dose?
The BSO will open the 2021-22 season on September 30 with no masks, social distancing or proof of vaccinations required. There will be no intermissions for the first few weeks however.
Joshua, why does intermission make a difference?
Because of crowd mixing. During the performance, you are within 2M of a few people for 15+ minutes and they know who everyone is and where they are sitting. That falls apart during intermission making contact tracing impossible.
Thanks, Amy. Makes perfect sense.
Thank you for your answer, Amy regarding the decision on intermissions. That is indeed, correct. Knowing Symphony Hall as I do, I would not be comfortable in a very crowded place, if unvaccinated or 1-dosed. Maybe not even if fully vaccinated, depending on what happens with the variants.
Philip, the test positivity percentage is a measure of the percentage of tests that come back positive. The higher the percentage the more likely there is considerable spread of the virus. In Massachusetts it is quite low and that is very good. In Missouri it is high and rising – around 6% – and that is not good. In parts of Russia it is over 10%, like it was in the U.S. in January.
Thanks Joshua and Amy.
Right now positivity rates are highest in the U.S. in rural counties in Missouri, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Oregon, Tennessee, Arkansas, Utah, and Washington. These counties also have the highest per capita new cases of Covid-19, with the numbers of Delta variant cases rising.
Surprised at Colorado, Oregon and Washington considering they are Democrat states. The other Republican states pretty much speak for themselves. Very sad that this pandemic has become so political from the start.
Last week it was estimated that the Delta variant only made up 10% of cases in the U.S. That number has jumped to 31% in one week. It’s a Darwinian survivor, if you will, an incredibly dominant version. In fact, without the mutation the virus would have long been gone.
Philip, I sincerely don’t believe there is a political element regarding the impact of the coronavirus itself. Blue states have been as affected, if not more so, than red states. Some of this was `luck,’ in not getting hit hard early like Massachusetts and New York.
Regarding vaccinations there is clearly a political element. While I don’t believe that most Republicans adhere to an anti-science stance, there are some who do, especially in rural areas.
Today’s MA positivity rate = 0.34%
C-19 for 6-21 is ready.
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Yesterday’s MA positivity rate = 0.35%
I can remember when that number either creeped up daily, remained steady for several days or went down slightly every few days. Now it drops steadily every single day.
Joshua, what does this number mean exactly?
According to the State House News Service, Gov. Baker still expects masks to be required for Summer School indoors and on buses.
As it should be. Good for him. CDC individual I listened to yesterday said the same.
Clinical trials are underway from Pfizer and Moderna for children ages 6 months to 11 years.
I am not a father myself, but couldn’t a 10 or 11 year old just as easily get vaccinated safely with the current 12+ dose?
The BSO will open the 2021-22 season on September 30 with no masks, social distancing or proof of vaccinations required. There will be no intermissions for the first few weeks however.
Joshua, why does intermission make a difference?
Because of crowd mixing. During the performance, you are within 2M of a few people for 15+ minutes and they know who everyone is and where they are sitting. That falls apart during intermission making contact tracing impossible.
Thanks, Amy. Makes perfect sense.
Thank you for your answer, Amy regarding the decision on intermissions. That is indeed, correct. Knowing Symphony Hall as I do, I would not be comfortable in a very crowded place, if unvaccinated or 1-dosed. Maybe not even if fully vaccinated, depending on what happens with the variants.
Philip, the test positivity percentage is a measure of the percentage of tests that come back positive. The higher the percentage the more likely there is considerable spread of the virus. In Massachusetts it is quite low and that is very good. In Missouri it is high and rising – around 6% – and that is not good. In parts of Russia it is over 10%, like it was in the U.S. in January.
Thanks Joshua and Amy.
Right now positivity rates are highest in the U.S. in rural counties in Missouri, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Oregon, Tennessee, Arkansas, Utah, and Washington. These counties also have the highest per capita new cases of Covid-19, with the numbers of Delta variant cases rising.
Surprised at Colorado, Oregon and Washington considering they are Democrat states. The other Republican states pretty much speak for themselves. Very sad that this pandemic has become so political from the start.
Last week it was estimated that the Delta variant only made up 10% of cases in the U.S. That number has jumped to 31% in one week. It’s a Darwinian survivor, if you will, an incredibly dominant version. In fact, without the mutation the virus would have long been gone.
Philip, I sincerely don’t believe there is a political element regarding the impact of the coronavirus itself. Blue states have been as affected, if not more so, than red states. Some of this was `luck,’ in not getting hit hard early like Massachusetts and New York.
Regarding vaccinations there is clearly a political element. While I don’t believe that most Republicans adhere to an anti-science stance, there are some who do, especially in rural areas.
Today’s MA positivity rate = 0.34%
C-19 for 6-21 is ready.