Ever since colleges and schools came back, the #COVID19 positivity rate per person (the blue line) has shot up — but the metric the state now reports (positivity per test, the red line) has declined — creating a false sense of stability. See @BostonGlobe https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/30/nation/state-once-used-this-measure-calculate-coronavirus-test-positivity-heres-what-it-says-now/

Gov. Baker says his #COVID response is “data-driven” and based on “the science” and “the facts on the ground” — but he’s cherry-picking (and withholding) the data and he too often ignores the science and the facts on the ground. The recent upward trend should set off alarm bells!

Massachusetts now has the second-highest #COVID reproduction rate in the nation — indicating a significant risk of accelerating spread — and yet @MassGovernor is loosening in-person restrictions, allowing evictions to proceed, and blaming poor folks and communities of color.

https://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2020/09/29/with-coronavirus-creeping-back-in-mass-health-experts-and-community-groups-call-for-action