Fun with MA COVID-19 Reporting 22-Oct-2020 (not the super-local one) edition

Just thought I'd do some quick updates, you know, cause who doesn't want to hear that the case count for this past Monday has increased to the point of surpassing any day in June through September (with plenty of increasing yet to come).

Don't worry, the case count for last week increasing dramatically, as it did today (going from 650 per day to 684 per day, or increasing by 239 cases for the week), is still well in the middle of the difference between the week of May 17 and May 24.... that's because way back in May we were still trying to reduce cases so we went from 854 to 498 per day between those two weeks... you know, back when we were decreasing the average by well over 100 per week... yeah, that ended the week of May 31 too... but I digress... we have a ways to go to get to the average case count of mid-May with 854.

The death toll last week didn't grow much today (though it did increase a bit) but this Monday's death count is now greater than any day from July 25 through October 11 and only matched or surpassed by 5 days since the start of July... 2 of which were last week.

But sure, Gov Baker, let's be somewhat subdued with our recommendations about Thanksgiving gatherings ("The one thing I would say is this might be a good year -- this will be a very unpopular thing to say -- this might be a good year not to travel,"). Perhaps if you used more firm language, like, "for the good of your neighbors and relatives and so that our kids can get back to in-person learning sooner, please do not travel and do not have gatherings with others from outside your household," perhaps then I would believe that you actually cared about people and not just trying to come off as if you do.

Stay safe. Stay sane. Stay informed.

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