After moving into the state’s “Red,” or high-risk of COVID-19 transmission, group for a week, Watertown went back into the “Yellow,” or moderate-risk group.
The latest Mass. Department of Public Health report (released on Jan. 15), showed that the Town’s positive test rate dropped to 4.91 percent. The previous report had Watertown at 5.14 percent, and any positivity rate over 5 percent for a town of Watertown’s size is one of the thresholds to put it in the Red.
The other measure is cases per 100,000 residents. Watertown’s rate is 63.8 per 100,000, up from 55.8 the previous week. The threshold between yellow and red is 10 per 100,000. To be put in Red, the Town needs to have both the cases per 100,000 and positivity rate above the marks.
Watertown has 1,563 total COVID-19 cases, according to the DPH’s numbers, which is 161 more than the previous week. The number of cases over the previous 14 days, rose slightly from 258 to 263.
The Town had 338 positive tests from 6,884 tests over the previous 14 days, according to the DPH report. The positivity rate dropped after rising the prior week.
Watertown, MA COVID-19 Trends – Watertown Data by Charlie Breitrose on Scribd
Five more Watertown Town employees have tested positive this week, according to the Town Manager’s COVID-19 Update. That brings the total to 25.
Those looking to get a COVID-19 test can sign up for free ones offered by the Town of Watertown on the following days. Click here to sign up for an appointment.
Tuesday, January 19 from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Wednesday, January 20 from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Tuesday, January 26 from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Wednesday, January 27 from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Tuesday, February 2 from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Wednesday, February 3 from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Tuesday, February 9 from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Wednesday, February 10 from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM
There are worldwide reports about the side effects of the Covid-19 vaccines:
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/china-health-experts-suspension-covid-vaccines-norway/
However, all vaccines can have some side effects, some serious.
It would be good to see a comparison of side effects for flu vaccines vs. Covid-19 vaccines.
Also, how effective is the Covid-19 vaccine among the larger populations now being innoculated?
Approx 12 million US Covid vaccinations administered so far. Number of people killed by the vaccine: ZERO. NONE. Not even one person.
Number of US killed by Covid virus: approx 400,000 so far, with 3,000+ people still dying every day.
childrenshealthdefense.org is an anti-vaxxer website with a proven history of posting garbage that has been indisputably proven to be wrong, and a history of lawsuits that are laughed out of court for (and I quote the judge) “unsupported, bald faced opinion” (which is legal-ese for “making up bullsh!t”). Take your anti-vaxxer nonsense somewhere else.
Hopefully people won’t get too comfortable hearing that we went from Red to Yellow. We are only .09 away from turning RED again. In a two month period from November to last weeks counts, we tripled more than tripled our Positive cases of Covid in town.
We need to be proactive in town to fight this and that just doesn’t seem to be happening. There seems to be many areas in town where improvement can be made and the risk of spread can be lowered.
As for the vaccine as Karen mentions, I’m not in the first phase of vaccinations and I am fine with that. Over time we will learn more about how people are reacting to both vaccines available now and with time there should be more companies with a vaccine available.