Medical and public health officials are concerned metrics will only worsen as reopening continues
The numbers are clear: COVID-19 hospitalizations, daily case counts, and the percentage of people testing positive are all higher in Massachusetts now than they were a month ago. Less clear is what will happen next.
Even with statistics that track the pandemic’s spread on the rise, the state continues to move forward with reopening plans. And public health officials have not clearly explained what would signal the beginning of an unmanageable new wave of COVID-19.
But Massachusetts is already failing to meet the standards it has set for other states when determining whether they are low risk.
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