Fun with COVID-19 reporting in MA (and elsewhere)

Green  - Less than 4 cases per 100,000 people per day Yellow   - Greater than or equal to 4 and less than 8 cases per 100,000 people per day Orange  - Greater than or equal to 8 and less than 16 cases per 100,000 people per day Red  - Greater than or equal to 16 and less than 24 cases per 100,000 people per day  Maroon - Greater than or equal to 24 and less than 40 cases per 100,000 people per day Purple - Greater than or equal to 40 and less than 64 cases per 100,000 people per day Black   - Greater  than  or equal to 64  cases  per 100,000 people per day Information right next to the city/town name is the most recent information and the furthest to the right is the furthest back.  Each number is the outcome of taking this week's data, subtracting the data from 2 weeks ago, and dividing by 14 (to get the per day) and then dividing by the population of the location (to get the per person) and then multiplying by 100,000 (to get the per 100,000 people per day) Allston/Brighton:  10.

I recently saw someone comment online that when Israel got to just about 50% fully vaccinated, their cases fell off a cliff.  I figured I'd take a moment to look at Israel's lock-down from this past winter.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Israel#Third_wave At first, they went into a bit of a lockdown... Traveling limited to 1,000 meter radius from home (individual sporting activities are allowed)  Gatherings limited to 10 people indoors or 20 people outdoors, for approved events (e.g. funerals and weddings) Visiting another person's home is forbidden Closure of all non-essential stores and services Businesses that do not receive customers can remain open at 50% capacity or up to 10 employees, whichever is greater Restaurants will open for delivery only Closure of  bed and breakfasts , zoos, safaris and parks Closure of alternative medicine centers, beauty, and hair salons Cancellation of driving lessons Public transportation reduced to 50% capacity The

Just a friendly reminder that I'm using state numbers for total cases in reporting from each week but using a calculation that is a better approximation of the cases we've seen every 2 weeks by taking the totals from the report 2 weeks ago and comparing to the report of the week.  For an explanation of why this is more appropriate, read over my post about it:  https://funwithmacovid-19reporting.blogspot.com/2020/10/why-weekly-community-numbers-reported.html Green  - Less than 4 cases per 100,000 people per day Yellow   - Greater than or equal to 4 and less than 8 cases per 100,000 people per day Orange  - Greater than or equal to 8 and less than 16 cases per 100,000 people per day Red  - Greater than or equal to 16 and less than 24 cases per 100,000 people per day  Maroon - Greater than or equal to 24 and less than 40 cases per 100,000 people per day Purple - Greater than or equal to 40 and less than 64 cases per 100,000 people per day Black   - Greater  than  or equal to 64  c