Hedging One's Bets

❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ RED ALERT   ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ Congratulations, Maynard.  We are now in the " red " due to our percent positivity hitting (and exceeding) 5%.  In fact, in just one week, our % positivity jumped from 4.80% to 7.81%!  Another fun fact is that the cumulative number of confirmed covid-19 cases in Maynard has doubled  since December 1st.  To put it another way, it took 9 months for Maynard to reach 186 cases, but less than 6 weeks for Maynard to gain another 186 cases (and in fact, it was 188 but who's counting)! This was both completely predictable AND completely avoidable.  People traveled over the holidays, had parties, and I see more and more people walking around maskless and in groups.  Pardon my French, but I am fucking angry.  Do people not understand that if these trends continue, we are going to run out of capacity at hospitals, particularly ICU beds ?!  Things are going to get worse before they get better -  listen to Dr. Fauci.   And please, for the love of dog