The Martha’s Vineyard boards of health say that they are seeing a higher number of COVID-19 cases over the past month.
Spokesperson for the six Island boards Maura Valley, issued a statement on Friday saying that they’ve seen 72 positive cases in August on the Island (61 positive PCR tests, and 11 positive rapid [OTC] tests).
Valley said to assume there are more positive cases in the community. “As many people use OTC tests and do not report their positive test results, we should assume that the number of positive cases is much higher,” the statement said.
The Island health boards message follows a news conference last week when Martha’s Vineyard Hospital officials said they’ve also seen an increase in cases. Three patients had been hospitalized with the virus recently, one in critical care.
Valley urged the public to take preventive measures to keep the virus from spreading. “Although there are currently no mandates in place, people should be aware of the increased risk and consider masking when in congested areas,” the statement said. “Individuals who don’t feel well should stay home, and test for COVID.”
Health departments and public libraries are still offering free COVID test kits.
State public health officials recommend that individuals who test positive should stay at home for at least five days, and wear a mask around others for the next five days.
Say it ain’t so!! 72 people out of 100,000 on the island have a mild case of the flu!! Time for complete lockdown, full masks and 6 feet of separation. That’s what saved us last time. Oh and don’t forget Gov. Baker saving thousands of lives by mandating no one could buy a turkey more than 10 pounds for Thanksgiving! Phew, what a hero!
John–
The article states that three people have been
hospitalized– one in critical care . Tell them and
their family members that it’s a “mild case” of the flu
I missed hearing about that time our
republican governor mandated the size of
turkeys for Thanksgiving– I also just recently
found out that Obama was about to declare
Sharia law but some other republicans passed
laws forbidding it. WOW– thank the FSM for
those quick acting republicans. Oh yeah, they also
saved us from Biden decreeing that we could only
have one hamburger a month. Yeah, what’s wrong
with THAT guy? He actually went to Maui and forgot
there was a fire there and thought he was at a petting
zoo for dogs. What a stupe. I definitely have to watch more
of the nutcase news channels
Hey John– And andy, if you are reading, I have some
bad news about your COVID denying “hero” governor of
Florida. At the debate last night he claimed that he
kept Florida open.. Yes, he “re-opened” Florida sooner
than most states, and had higher per capita death rates
than many states, but in terms of the lockdowns and
restrictions he mandated on the innocent citizens of Florida,
Here are the facts— check any of them out that you want
and prove to me that this guy is wrong. I know it’s been a
few years and history can be re written after that , as the
conservatives have a pretty short attention span and even
shorter memory capacities.
But here it is– fact checking at it’s best ;
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/08/24/ron-desantis-pandemic-daniel-dale-fact-check-republican-debate-vpx.cnn
Find any one of the things that Daniel Dale states
about DeSantis’s lies that is wrong, and post it here,
and I will post an apology.
And by the way , John , could you post a link to the actual
mandate that our republican governor ( Charlie Baker)
signed mandating that “no one could buy a turkey
{weighing} more than 10 pounds for Thanksgiving”?
I would really like to see that one, since I couldn’t find
it. It seems my family was inadvertently in violation of
that mandate, as we had a 22 pound turkey that year.
I want to abide by the law, and if that mandate was actually
in effect, I will go down to my local police station , turn
myself in for violating that mandate and plead guilty in a
state court.
All you have to do is show me that order, and I may get
locked up. Wouldn’t you love that ?
1,127,152 American deaths from Covid.
Say it ain’t so!!
72 people out of 100,000 is nothing?
How many will actually die?
None
How many did die?
Of Covid.
Wear a mask, dont drive cars or eat meat and dont use gas stoves and wear more clothes during winter so you dont use too much heat. Dont go near anyone and stay indoors and read Mother Jones magazine.
That’s all, Andrew…and you should add: “and wait for further instructions from the federal government.”
If we followed the sort of “instructions” the above writer supports, we would be injecting bleach into our veins, for a clean out of course, in between our Chloroquine therapy.
Ignore the bizarre.
What??
No reproach of the Nazis and Trump lovers among us for refusing to take untested jabs??
Some of our usual cadre of volunteer protectors are AWOL!
Katherine– “Nazi and Trump “lovers”?
That reminds me of something a little more
racist– Sam has deleted my comment making it
a little clearer.
But I would like you to be a little clearer.
Are you saying that Nazis and “trump lovers”
have nearly everything in common politically ?
But you know– these “untested jabs” were tested
under the trump administration, and touted as one of
his most brilliant, best ever accomplishments ever…
Yup— Trump took credit for developing it, testing it
and approving it. And then he lost the election , and
Biden administered it. All of a sudden —Bad Bad Bad
New lockdown regulations coming Mid-September from Biden due to EG-5 virus. We will see it first at airports. Biden loves this stuff.
care to put a little cash up on that prediction , andy ?
When I was a kid we called it a “summer cold.”
But you must remember back then we made sure we were 6 feet apart, wore masks even when just walking outside with no one nearby , sprayed Lysol on everything entering the house, never had friends or family over to visit, and the government sent us a whole bunch of money for not going to work. Oh…….never mind
Yes, I really did like those checks
signed by Donald J Trump to pay
me for not working.
“Summer colds” are deadly.
“The CDC website states what has become commonly accepted and widely reported in the lay and scientific press: annually “about 36 000 [Americans] die from flu” (www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease.htm) and “influenza/pneumonia” is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States (www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lcod.htm).”
Sad that 72 REPORTED cases of a viral infection, with 3 people hospitalized is so amusing to the sociopaths that live among us.
So true and sad that this paper insures that dolts are given a public forum where we suffer the same fools again and again.
Why do people who obviously know very little about very much jump at the chance to prove their lack of knowledge on an important public health issue,
Carlos– the short answer to your question is because thems think
they’s smart, and wee’s all dummies.
And if only we can MAGA, we’s will beat every country
in the hole world wide flat earth.
Thems just need to wave more flags, ban more books,
take away a few more rights of people who thay don’t like,
praise our “true god” and make up stories and statistics
to prove thems is right, and it will be even more clearer.