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A
Me
and
sort
of
the
uptick
that
we're
continuing
to
see
so
I'm
gonna
ask
actually
to
get
started
before
we
run
through
the
slides.
We
have
some
data
from
the
past
six
months
that
we
want
to
share
with
you,
as
well
as
our
enhanced
response
to
some
of
the
increased
activity
that
we're
seeing
right
now
around
kova
that
we
want
to
share.
A
But
before
we
do
that,
I
wanted
to
ask
rita,
nieves
the
executive
director
of
the
boston
public
health
commission,
as
well
as
dr
jennifer
lowe,
the
medical
director
of
the
health
commission
to
sort
of
just
tell
you
briefly
a
little
bit
about
what
they're
seeing
at
a
high
level
as
we
sort
of
dig
into
the
details,
so
rita
I'll.
Ask
you
to
share
just
briefly
a
little
bit
about
what
you're
seeing.
B
Good
morning,
everybody
it's
a
pleasure
to
to
be
here
with
you.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
and
great
to
have
the
opportunity
to
connect
with
you
today
and
share
our
perspective
on
the
current
state
of
the
pandemic
here
in
boston.
So
we're
we're
about
six
months
from
our
peak
in
april,
and
we
have
seen
progress
containing
club
it
in
boston
and
we
have
experienced
lower
numbers
during
the
summer
months.
You
know
if
you,
if
you've
been
keeping
an
eye
on
the
numbers.
B
You
know
we
had
a
relatively
calmer
two
months
in
june
and
july.
However,
I,
as
in
other
parts
of
the
country,
we
have
seen
an
increase
in
our
metrics
in
in
the
recent
weeks.
So
during
the
last
months,
our
residents
have
worked
very,
very
hard
doing
their
part,
and
so
have
you
know
all
of
our
partners.
You
know
from
city,
government
and
health
care
system
which
have
done
an
amazing
job
at
caring
for
for
our
residents
and
really
helping
us.
B
You
know
really
deal
with
the
with
the
surge.
B
Our
black
and
latinx
residents
have
consistently
accounted
for
above
30
percent
of
our
positive
cases,
and
you
know
reason
why,
obviously,
from
the
beginning,
with
center
response
on
equity
and
have
seen
a
reduction
on
black
and
african-american
new
cases
and
death,
and
you
know
what
we've
seen
progress
within
this
particular
group,
we
have
seen
the
numbers
in
our
latinx
community
increase
steadily.
You
know
throughout
the
process.
B
Our
goal
you
know
is
and
have
continued
will
continue
to
be,
to
focus
on
addressing
the
inequitable
impact
of
the
pandemic
in
our
neighborhoods
and
and
continue
to
use
data
to
guide
our
response
and
our
strategies
going
forward.
As
you
can
imagine,
we
have
lots
of
lessons
learned
and
and
things
that
that
we
can
continue
to
to
use
to
to
guide
how
we
prepare
if
we
do
end
up
with
a
steady
increasing
in
our
numbers,
going
into
the
rest
of
the
fall
and
the
winter.
B
So
we
feel,
like
you
know
again,
you
know
with
all
the
infrastructure
we
have
in
the
city,
our
wonderful
partners,
both
in
the
public
and
private
sector
and
our
neighbors.
B
Our
residents,
you
know,
continue
to
to
listen
to
the
prevention
guidance
and
all
the
information
we're
putting
out
there
that
together
we
can
approach.
You
know,
what's
coming
in
the
in
the
fall
and
winter
and
be
able
to
control
and
and
be
on
top
and-
and
you
know,
have
good
outcomes
you
know
going
forward.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
for
being
here
today.
A
C
Hi
everyone.
Yes
thank
you
for
joining
us
today
and
for
hearing
about
the
progress,
the
the
efforts
that
we've
had
initiated
over
the
last
six
months
and
and
next
steps
that
we
have
to
do
to
to
keep
the
pandemic
under
control.
As
both
rita
and
marty
mentioned,
we
have.
We
have
extremely
strong
relationships
with
hospitals
and
health
centers
across
the
city,
and
we've
been
very
appreciative
of
the
collaboration
that
we've
had
in
working
with
them
to
address
the
clinical
needs
of
our
city.
C
So,
specifically
around
contact
tracing
many
of
the
community,
health,
centers
and
hospitals
have
really
committed
to
providing
access
across
the
city
so
that
residents
can
equity
can
access
care
when
needed,
testing
when
needed.
We
have
a
many
of
the
community
health
centers
as
well,
are
participating
in
contact
tracing
efforts
and
in
communications
with
their
patients.
C
So
we
appreciate
very
much
the
the
work
that
they're
doing
there
and
we
have
had
ongoing
relationships
even
prior
to
the
pandemic,
but
reinvigorate
communication
with
hospitals
around
how
they
are
preparing
for
how
they
have
been
made
it
through
the
the
peak
of
our
pandemic
in
april
and
how
they
continue
to
prepare
setting
up
their
incident
command
structure
and
how
we
can
be
aware
of
what
reese's
resources
are
available
across
the
city
in
terms
of
clinical
capacity.
C
Unfortunately,
we
are
seeing
an
increase
in
activity
in
terms
of
positive
cases
as
well
as
hospital
utilization,
and
so
you
know
these.
These
increases
we
haven't
seen
since
may,
and
so
we
are
really
trying
to
think
about
how
we
are
doubling
down
and
strengthening
our
response
and
what
we
can
do
moving
forward.
C
So
this
is
ultimately
we're
going
to
talk
about
in
the
next
few
minutes
to
see
what
lessons
we've
learned
and
how
we
can
utilize
the
the
effective
strategies
in
the
com
months
coming
coming
forward,
so
that
we
can
keep
the
numbers
low.
Thank
you
again
for
coming.
A
Thanks
thanks
dr
lowe
and
thanks
rita,
and
so
what
we'd
like
to
do
is
just
walk
you,
through
a
little
bit
of
as
we
see
this
increase
activity,
you
know
where
have
we
been
and
where
are
we
continuing
to
go
so
next
slide?
This
is
data
that
you
all
know.
Well,
you
know
we've
seen
increased
daily
cases.
These
are
some
of
the
specifics.
A
As
of
the
october
24th,
our
daily
moving
average
is
121.3
cases
right
now
again.
That
increases
high.
Give
you
some
sort
of
sense
it's
much
higher
than
our
one
of
our
lowest
points,
where
our
average
in
the
summer
was
about
28.6
cases,
but
still
quite
a
bit
lower
than
our
peak
in
april,
which
is
about
331
cases.
We
were
averaging
around
that
time
as
well.
A
Our
current
positive
rate,
7.8
percent,
as
of
the
24th
again
much
lower
than
april,
but
obviously
has
climbed
over
the
past
several
months
and
continues
to
climb
next
slide.
We'll
show
you
that
the
metric
we
continue
to
monitor
related
to
increased
activity
is
in
our
boston.
Emergency
departments.
A
Activity
in
the
hospitals
include
higher
rates
of
patients
in
the
ed
we're
averaging
about
40
people
of
an
increase
in
average
over
the
last
month,
and
we
see
increased
numbers
of
patients
admitted
and
in
the
icu
over
the
past
several
weeks,
although
all
of
those
indicators
are
much
much
lower
than
they
were
during
the
peak,
they
do
show
us
that
we're
increasing,
we
see
increased
activity
in
our
hospitals
and
then
the
piece,
obviously
that
rita,
had
mentioned
overall
33
of
our
cases
are
latinx.
A
30
are
african-american,
both
of
which
are
higher
than
the
percentage
of
that
overall
population
I
mean
in
the
past
month
about
40
of
our
cases
have
been
in
the
latinx
community,
while
the
black
african-american
rate
has
come
down.
Thankfully,
but
again
we
still
see
disproportionate
impact
over
the
past
six
months
and
that
continues
across
across
the
community.
A
So
next
slide
just
to
keep
in
mind.
We've
been
really
focused
on
being
able
to
share
some
data
with
everyone,
so
you
can
see
sort
of
what
what
we're
seeing
in
terms
of
understanding
from
where
we're
at
and
so
I'm
just
I'm
not
going
to
go
over
every
slide.
There's
a
bunch
of
data
here,
but
I
do
want
to
share
with
you.
A
This
is
the
covet
19
testing
of
boston
residents
by
race
and
ethnicity,
in
kind
of
two
different
time
periods
from
march
to
june
middle
june
and
then
middle
of
june
to
october,
and
what
you'll
see
is:
we've
greatly
been
able
to
increase
the
number
of
folks
getting
tested.
A
Every
population
has
seen
an
increase
of
folks
getting
tested
more
in
the
black
african-american
community,
more
in
the
latinx
community,
obviously
more
in
the
white
community
as
well,
and
we've
continued
to
increase
testing
across
the
board.
As
a
reminder,
this
is
unique
individuals
getting
tested,
so
we're
continuing
to
make
sure
that
more
folks
are
getting
tested
than
early
on
in
the
pandemic.
A
Next
slide,
you're
going
to
see
our
rates,
the
boston
covered
rates
per
100,
000
residents
by
race
and
ethnicity,
and
this
gives
you
a
sense
of
the
cases
that
are
here
still
we've
seen
a
disproportionate
impact
in
the
earliest
part
of
the
year
in
the
black
african
american
community,
4
300
cases
in
those
first
the
first
time
period,
and
then
that
has
greatly
gone
down.
A
Even
though
testing
has
increased,
but
that
has
gone
down
on
the
black
african-american
community
and
I
think
the
focus
by
the
community,
the
focus
by
the
health
department
and
vpc
and
all
of
us
trying
to
bring
down
those
rates
in
the
black
community.
I
think
we've
seen
some
progress
on
that,
but
again
in
the
latinx
hispanic
community
we've
seen
a
much
larger
percentage
continue
to
be
high
and
climb
across
the
board,
and
so
we
see
the
race
per
hundred
thousand
residents
still
be
much
higher
in
this
second
time
period.
A
Next
line
is
going
to
show
you
the
rates
for
100
000
residents
by
race
and
ethnicity,
that's
broken
by
age
in
the
in
the
earlier
part.
Until
june,
you
saw
obviously
the
you
see
the
black
african-american
race
by
by
age,
highest
65,
plus
per
100
000
residents,
obviously
still
disproportionately
black
and
african
american,
and
if
you
look
at
our
june
15
to
october
22nd
time
period,
much
more
focused
in
the
latino
community
as
well
in
terms
of
the
age
range
of
how
this
is
broken
down.
A
Again,
not
you
know
want
to
show
you
this
data,
but
it
continues
to
show
us
some
disproportionate
impact
by
population
across
the
city
and
again
when
we
saw
much
higher
rates
of
65
and
over
earlier
on
in
terms
of
the
cases
sort
of
has
spread
out
quite
a
bit
from
june
15
to
october.
A
22Nd
next
slide
gives
you
a
little
bit
of
an
indication
ongoing
of
looking
at
the
mortality
rates
per
hundred
thousand
the
mortality
rates
in
the
african-american
community
very
high,
although
234
deaths
more
depth
in
the
white
community,
but
by
population
I'm
disproportionate
for
the
black
african-american
community,
and
that
has
continued
to
be
disproportionate,
even
in
the
june
15
to
october
22nd.
A
So
although
the
latinx
case
rates
have
been
much
higher,
the
latinx
death
rate
has
been
much
lower.
That's
a
younger
population
in
the
latino
community
testing
positive
in
the
in
the
past
several
months,
but
again
continuing
to
monitor
this,
but
it
shows
you
that
the
mortality
and
the
and
the
impact
in
the
black
community
has
been
disproportionate
in
terms
of
who
has
unfortunately
passed
from
coven
next
slide.
A
A
A
But
again
we
still
see
that
spread
out
a
little
bit
more
as
you
get
65
and
older,
but
the
under
65,
much
more
heavily
focused
in
the
black
and
latinx
community
next
slide
and
we're
going
a
little
click
on
the
slide.
The
the
data
here.
But
we
want
to
make
sure
that
people
will
have
access
to
the
information
about
what
we're
seeing
these
are
by
neighborhoods.
A
A
The
black
community
in
almost
every
neighborhood,
is
the
hardest
hit
community
at
this
time,
and
so
there
was
definitely
a
disproportionate,
a
little
different
in
certain
neighborhoods,
but
you
see
that
with
the
orange
bar
across
these
neighborhoods
rates
per
hundred
thousand
residents
and
the
next
slide
you're
going
to
see
that
shift
somewhat
to
the
purple,
which
is
the
latinx
hispanic
community.
A
So
we
show
you
this,
because
it's
not
just
one
neighborhood
or
just
one
area,
but
it
has
cut
across
all
of
our
neighborhoods
in
many
different
ways
and
we
sort
of
are
looking
at
this.
I
think
this
has
been
really
essentially
important
to
us
to
target
initiatives
and
target
outreach
and
target
efforts
within
specific
neighborhoods,
which
has
been
key
for
this
work.
Next
slide
is
so
based
on
the
data
that
we
see
there
and,
based
on
what
we've
seen
two
quick
things
before
we
jump
into
the
enhanced
response.
A
There's
no
question
that
there
has
been
some
progress
made.
We've
been
able
to
contain
covet
into
the
summer.
We
brought
down
positive
rates.
We
brought
down
mortality
together
as
a
community
we've
seen
progress
in
the
black
african
american
community
in
terms
of
the
number
of
new
infections
and,
however,
still
much
work
work
to
be
done
with
the
increase
in
the
latino
community
and
also
we've
been
very
focused.
As
I
know,
you
will
know
on
the
vulnerable
populations,
our
older
bostonians
and
our
long-term
care
facilities,
as
well
as
our
folks
who
are
unsheltered.
A
So,
while
we've
learned
a
lot
about,
what's
worked,
hospitals
are
more
prepared
than
they
were
today.
We
have
much
more
testing
access
than
we
did.
We
are
now
on
the
edge
where
we
start
to
see
an
increase,
and
so
as
we're
seeing
this
increase,
we
we
have
an
enhanced
response
to
this
increase
that
we're
really
focused
on
over
the
next
60
days,
covet's
going
to
be
with
us
much
longer
than
60
days,
but
we
tackle
this
into.
What
are
we
going
to
focus
on
over
the
next
60
days?
A
So
on
the
next
slide,
you're
going
to
see
us
and
we're
going
to,
I
think,
actually
go
to
two
slides
on
the
next
slide.
You're
going
to
see
us
talk
about
some
specific
buckets
so
sustain
and
expand
testing
availability
across
the
city.
We're
not
going
to
talk
about
too
much
of
these
next
two
slides,
because
this
is
what
we
talked
about
every
day:
we're
trying
to
make
testing
accessible
with
our
health
centers,
our
mobile
testing,
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
that.
A
We
are
expanding
health
center
mobile
testing
over
the
next
week
or
so
to
include
testing
within
our
bha
housing
developments
and
in
specific
neighborhoods,
where
testing
access
needs
to
increase,
including
in
hyde
park
and
in
matapan,
as
well
as
our
mobile
testing
unit.
That
continues
to
make
testing
accessible.
It's
also
getting
cold.
Today
is
like
no
no
day
right.
It's
snowing
today,
so
we
know
that
we
still
need
to
get
people
tested,
even
when
it
gets
cold
and
the
weather
gets
back.
A
So
we're
going
to
sustain
and
expand
our
testing,
which
is
really
important
on
the
next
line,
though
you're
going
to
see
that
usage
is
just
as
important
to
us
as
making
it
available.
So
we
know
that
many
of
you
next
slide.
Many
of
you
covered
yesterday
the
take
the
play.
The
testing
pledge.
That
was
there.
Can
we
go
to
the
next
slide
yeah,
so
you're
gonna
see
that
the
increased
testing
usage
is
important
right.
So
you
saw
get
the
test
boston
pledge
that
the
mayor
spoke
about
yesterday.
A
That's
an
important
pledge
to
make
sure
folks
are
taking
advantage
of
it.
We
are
exploring
and
have
started
to
try
to
tie
testing
sites
to
already
existing
programs
or
services.
Certain
partnerships
in
the
community
are
tying
flu
clinics
to
potential
testing
sites
so
that
we
can
create
greater
access.
We
are
also
increasing
the
number
of
or
the
method
of
outreach,
using
different
forms
of
social
media,
using
different
methods
to
try
to
connect
with
folks
from
individual
level
outreach
and
neighborhoods
and
communities,
as
well
as
ensuring
that
frontline
essential
workers
continue
to
have
low
barrier
access.
A
Next
week,
we're
meeting
with
some
of
the
local
unions
to
talk
about
ensuring
that
employees
have
access
frontline
staff
and
essential
workers
and
how
we
can
support
that,
for
example,
we're
partnering
with
east
boston,
neighborhood
health
center
in
the
in
the
next
week,
or
so
to
make
sure
they
can
create
access
for
airport
workers
who
are
living
in
east
boston
in
a
facility
close
to
them
as
well.
So
we're
really.
We
want
to
create
access,
which
is
important,
but
we
need
to
increase
usage,
which
is
also
just
as
important
to
contain.
The
spread.
A
Next
slide
is
going
to
show
you
that
we
are
expanding
contact,
racing
efforts
and
data
usage.
We're
continuing
to
work
with
our
contact
racing
partners
at
the
state
to
ensure
folks
are
connected,
and
we
can
trace
that.
We're
monitoring
lab
results
receipt
times,
and
you
see
this
on
here
because,
as
things
get
busier,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
time
between
when
someone
gets
tested
and
when
they
get
notification
and
then
we
get
notification
isn't
longer
than
the
70
in
72
hours
and
so
we're
working.
A
If
that
becomes
an
issue,
we
will
continue
to
work
with
the
state
and
our
lab
partners
to
address
that
and
and
talk
with
the
labs
about
that
availability.
It's
very
important
that
it
not
take
as
long
as
it
has
taken.
A
Sometimes
when
it's
gotten
busier
in
terms
of
usage,
we're
also
going
to
start
to
create
a
bi-weekly
report
report
might
be
a
fancy
word
for
saying,
update,
but
a
bi-weekly
update
on
case
investigation
information
to
indicate
specific
issues
under
themes
of
how
and
where
people
are
being
exposed,
which
is
a
really
important
part
that
we're
continuing
to
to
focus
on
you
have
to
test.
But
you
also
have
to
make
sure
that
we're
tracing
and
what
are
we
learning
from
the
tracing,
which
I
think
has
been
important?
A
I'm
going
to
pause
here
for
a
second,
dr
lowe
only
has
a
couple
minutes
left,
but
I'm
going
to
pause
here,
dr
lo,
I
was
just
wondering
at
a
high
level.
You
know
we're
seeing
things
around
our
contact
racing
that
are
important.
I
was
wondering
if
you
might
be
able
to
provide
a
bullet
or
two
for
for
folks
in
the
press,
about
what
are
some
of
those
scenarios
that
we're
seeing
in
our
contact
racing
or
case
investigations
of
where
people
are
getting
exposed
just
at
a
high
level.
So
people
can
understand
that
jen.
C
Yeah
no
problem,
so
I
the
the
stories
that
have
been
coming
from
our
case.
Investigations
really
indicate
people.
They
are
trying
to
adhere
to
the
the
recommendations
of
of
staying
within
small
groups,
so
they
might
have
a
lot
of
the
cases
that
we
see
that
that
potentially
could
be
spreaders
to
others.
They'll
have
small
groups
of
people
gathering
three
to
four
people,
but
then
what
will
happen
is
they
might
have
groups
gatherings
every
day
of
the
week.
C
So
three
to
four
people
on
monday,
tuesday,
wednesday
and
thursday
generates
and
friday
generates
25
contacts
and
that's
similar
to
having
one
party
with
25
people
having
20
one
person
having
25
contacts
so
that
repeated
social,
social,
social
activity.
I
mean
we're
we're
human
and
we
want
to
have
social
activity,
but
those
repeated
exposures
can
exponentially
increase
the
number
of
positive
cases
from
one
one
positive
person
in
workplace
settings
our
partners.
C
Our
workplaces,
have
been
very
consistent
in
terms
of
of
trying
to
adhere
to
the
guidelines
about
social
distancing
and
masking
and
whatnot
the
the
some
of
the
the
point.
The
areas
that
need
to
be
reinforced
are
around
break
room
gatherings.
Again.
We
are
social
people
and
we
we
have
to
eat,
we
have
to
take
breaks,
and
so
people
going
to
the
break
room,
removing
their
mass,
maintaining
six
feet
of
distance,
but
you
know
eating
without
their
mass
on
for
an
extended
period
of
time.
C
That
seems
to
be
another
common
area
of
where
contacts
can
occur.
So
those
are
just
some
some
highlights
that
we've
seen
over
the
last
couple
months
and
so
we're
going
to
continue
to
try
and
identify
themes
and
behaviors
so
that
we
can
share
with
you
that
information
and
the
public.
Thank
you.
A
Thanks,
dr
lowe,
and
and
just
for
for
everyone,
I
think
that's
that's
important
right.
I
mean,
I
think
so
much
of
this
is
we
we
wish
there
was
just
one
reason
or
there
there
was
just
one
thing
that
we
could
fix
and
solve
and
it
would
go
away,
but
it
isn't.
There
are
some
things
that
are
happening
in
different
different
situations
where
people
are
getting
covered.
A
We
want
you
to
know
that
that
is
one
of
the
reasons
that
people
are
getting
coveted
based
on
what
we're
finding
out
as
we
do
this
this
work.
So
I
just
wanted
her
to
share
that.
Thank
you,
dr
lowe.
Another
piece
on
the
next
slide
of
our
enhanced,
coveted
response
based
on
this
uptick
is
isolation.
Support
we
need
to
ensure
availability
of
isolation
still
exists.
I
know
you
all
know
this.
We've
done
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
for
our
unhoused
population
and
lifted
up
a
lot
of
isolation
support
for
them.
A
We
have
available
at
a
hotel
in
everett
that
we're
partnering
with
the
state
on
so
that
there's
current
access
and
availability,
and
we
are
also
starting
emergency
planning
efforts
for
potential
larger
isolation,
support
that
may
be
needed
so
hear
this
now
we
don't
think
we
will
need
this
and
we
hope
we
won't
need
this,
but
we
are
starting
the
effort
to
plan
for
the
need
where
we
may
need
to
have
folks
who
have
space
to
isolate
somewhere
outside
of
their
home.
So
we're
starting
the
planning
efforts.
A
We
didn't
never
actually
put
away
those
planning
efforts,
but
we
actually
are
picking
up
some
of
that
work
to
make
sure
that
if
we
need
it,
it's
available
and
last
but
not
least
in
this
area,
home
kits
for
families
needing
to
isolate
safely
at
home.
We're
gonna
for
distribution
at
health
centers
and
through
bphc
lots
of
folks
get
it
and
then
go
home,
as
dr
lo
said,
and
unfortunately
give
it
to
their
family.
And
so
we
need
to
make
sure
people
understand.
A
We've
done
a
lot
of
outreach,
but
now
what
we're
going
to
do
is
try
to
create
some
home
kits
for
distribution
through
health,
centers
and
other
locations.
So
people
understand
concretely
not
just
what
they're
being
told,
but
some
tools
and
resources
that
will
help
them
on
the
next
slide
is
related
to
the
hospitals.
And
what
we
think
is
an
important
piece
is:
not
only
are
we
doing
prevention
all
that
work,
but
if
people
get
covid,
we
have
to
really
make
sure,
in
terms
of
isolation,
that
we're
also
providing
support
needed
to
their
hospital.
A
So
we're
staying
closely
connected
to
our
hospitals
to
make
sure
that
the
support
they
may
need
about
whether
it's
ppe
supply
community
messaging.
If
there
ends
up
being
a
need
for
a
field
hospital,
we
are
having
those
conversations
with
them.
On
monday,
I
believe
the
mayor
and
leaders
from
bphc
were
talking
with
hospital
ceos
to
check
in
with
them
on
where
they're
at
and
we
are
going
to
be
regularly
convening
the
boston
hospitals
to
develop
an
action,
steps
and
strategies
to
address
real-time
capacity
issues
to
help
them
prevent
reductions
in
their
services.
A
You
may
remember,
for
so
often,
during
the
initial
peak
we
were
telling
people
don't
go
to
the
hospital
stay
away
from
the
hospital,
because
hospitals
need
to
take
care
of
those
with
kovid.
Now,
what
we're
doing
in
partnership
with
the
state
will
be
to
convene
the
hospitals
to
make
sure
that
they're
prepared
to
address
any
capacity
issues
that
may
come
up.
This
uptick
is
showing
us
there's
more
activity
in
the
hospitals
and
we
need
them
to
not.
A
A
The
next
slide
here
is
going
to
show
you
there's
a
couple
different
buckets,
but
increased
targeted
population
and
neighborhood
outreach.
We've
been
doing
a
lot
of
this
work,
but
we're
going
to
expand
it,
expand
or
outreach
to
really
focus
on
39
and
under
in
many
buckets
we're
continuing
to
see
based
on
current
data
based
on
efforts
around
our
cases
and
what
we're
seeing
that
39
and
under
continue
to
be
the
population.
That's
testing
higher
in
this
latest
uptick.
A
So
we're
going
to
be
looking
to
expand
our
use
of
public
health
prevention
messages,
social
media,
small
businesses,
text
alerts.
Dare
I
say
it
dating
apps?
We
are
going
to
go
where
younger
people
are
at
and
continue
to
express
and
expand
that
messaging
about
the
risks
associated
with
what
what
we're,
seeing.
A
Also,
in
addition
to
that,
we're
going
to
continue
to
partner
with
our
community
based
organizations
but
contin,
but
doing
initial
additional
investments
related
to
the
focus
on
black
african,
american
and
latinx
communities,
with
ongoing
information
to
access
testing,
public
health
strategies
and
in
partnership
with
those
organizations
in
key
neighborhoods.
A
One
of
the
partnerships
that
we're
working
to
get
off
the
ground
is
a
partnership
with
mira,
the
mass
immigrant
and
refugee
association
to
identify
immigrant
health
care
workers
to
serve
as
ambassadors
for
some
of
the
messaging
out
into
the
community
as
well.
So
we're
going
to
be
really
focused
on
on
that
piece
on
the
outreach
next
slide.
In
addition
to
the
increased
targeted
population
and
neighborhood
outreach,
the
next
slide's
going
to
show
you
that
enforcement
continues
and
you've
heard
some
of
this
already.
A
But
I
want
to
just
give
you
a
little
bit
more
detail:
the
inspectional
services
and
partnership
with
boston
police,
the
health
commission,
neighborhood
services
and
parks.
We
are
responding
to
issues
of
informal
gatherings
in
public
spaces
parks,
private
homes
that
are
really
violating
public
health
guidelines.
A
We
have
started
tracking
problem
areas
or
problem
addresses
and
we're
working
to
prevent
those
activities
from
occurring,
as
well
as
we've
started
to
find
homeowners
for
violating
public
health
orders
of
ongoing
gatherings
and
to
continue
to
do
that
to
be
real
specific
about
those
issues
that
are
in
play,
even
for
example,
this
weekend
for
halloween
inspectional
services,
we'll
have
inspectors
out
in
the
community
in
areas
that
we've
had
some
concerns
and
making
sure
that
businesses
and
any
informal
gatherings
that
should
not
be
happening,
that
we
can
call
attention
to
them
and
make
sure
that
anything
that's
coming
into
the
bpd
party
line
is
being
connected
back
to
inspectional
services,
so
we
can
track
trace
and
understand
what's
happening.
A
We
know
people
want
to
live
and
socialize
and
do
those
things,
but
it's
incredibly
important
that
we
limit
these
public
gatherings
that
have
been
creating
some
of
the
activity.
That's
going
outside
of
our
public
health
orders.
You
know,
hopefully
the
snow
that
I'm
looking
at
outside
today
will
keep
people
from
being
outside
and
in
those
gatherings.
But
unfortunately,
those
gatherings
can
also
happen
in
homes,
which
is
a
little
trickier
to
do.
But
we've
been
trying
to
tighten
that
up.
A
In
addition
on
enforcement
work,
the
licensing
board
is
working
to
raise
awareness,
we've
already
started
doing
calls
with
businesses
and
key
neighborhoods
to
ensure
that
businesses
are
are
following
sort
of
the
guidelines
that
have
been
laid
out
and
we
will
issue
fines
if
needed,
based
on
those
violations
to
continue
to
restrict
some
of
the
issues
that
we
may
be
seeing
from
our
local
businesses,
who
are
all
working
so
hard
to
stay,
open
and
survive,
but
who
we
need
to
make
sure,
follow
those
restrictions
and
then
we're
going
to
reaffirm
the
mask
order
to
push
for
universal
mask
wearing
in
the
city
of
boston.
A
And
what
we
mean
by
this
is
working
to
just
affirm
the
requirement
in
public
buildings
and
spaces
and
work
with
businesses
to
reaffirm
the
requirements
that
many
of
them
have
that
people
must
wear
masks
when
they
walk
into
a
business
that
employees
have
face
coverings
and
that
they're
actually
wearing
them
over
their
mouth
and
their
nose
and
that
those
are
available
and
accessible.
You
know
we
don't,
and
I
think
members
of
the
press
know
this.
You
know
the
mayor.
A
Doesn't
believe
that
we
can
or
should
do
an
enforcement
piece
of
mask
wearing.
We
think
there's
a
lot
of
equity
issues
about
how
a
mask
gets
and
mask
wearing,
gets
enforced
and
a
lot
of
concerns
of
what
that
would
look
like
what
it
doesn't
mean
is
that
we
can't
continue
to
stress
that
everyone
should
wear
a
face
covering
when
they
when
they're
indoors
and
cannot
socially
distance
distance
themselves,
and
so
we're
going
to
continue
and
we're
going
to
reaffirm
that
with
more
messaging
coming
into
the
next
couple
weeks.
A
What
does
that
look
like
and
how
do
we
continue
to
make
sure
people
are
wearing
facial
coverings
and
then
the
next
slide
is
rated
to
restrictions
on
reopening.
So
these
are
recommendations
and
of
things
that
we're
considering
in
public
health
and
health
and
human
services,
as
you
know,
we're
fully
remote
for
bps
right
now.
The
plan
is
to
stay
in
that
until
we
can
see
two
weeks
of
sustained
decrease
in
average
number
of
cases
we
haven't
seen
decreases
in
cases
in
quite
some
time.
A
So
we're
still
watching
on
that
and
again
that's
an
important
piece
we're
looking
at
and
these
other
pieces
that
are
here.
These
are
things
that
we're
considering
we're
considering
a
potential
reduction
of
indoor
gathering
capacity
back
down
to
10
people.
We
are
considering
potentially
pausing
indoor
dining
for
a
duration
of
time
and
we're
also
considering
the
reduction
of
capacity
of
outdoor
gatherings
to
25
people,
with
fines
for
organizers
of
more
than
25
people
in
terms
of
events
or
gatherings.
A
You'll
see
the
you'll
see
that
I
continue
to
say
we're
considering
these
things,
because
it's
important
right
now
when
we
see
this
uptick,
we
have
to
do
all
the
prevention
stuff,
that's
in
front
of
us,
but
we
also
have
to
consider
how
might
we
tighten
restrictions
on
some
of
the
reopening
efforts
and
how
might
we
partner
with
the
state
to
be
able
to
do
that?
The
mayor
has
been
so
committed
that
while
we
live
with
kovid,
we
we.
A
That
means
we
also
have
to
have
business
businesses,
opening
and
sort
of
the
financial
and
economic
lifeline
that,
as
our
businesses
and
our
restaurants
and
those
entities,
they
need
to
survive.
And
so
we
need
to
do
them
both
at
the
same
time,
but
while
we're
seeing
these
increased
in
cases,
we
are
definitely
considering
these
potential
timing
of
restrictions,
because
more
indoor
activity
with
more
people
is
going
to
continue
to
spread
covet,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
looking
at
all
these
that
are
possible.
A
So
none
of
these
are
set
in
stone
and
none
of
these
are
ready
to
be
implemented.
But
we
are
considering
these
types
of
restrictions
on
our
reopening
efforts.
While
we
try
to
get
covid
more
under
control
and
have
it
be,
you
know,
as
we
continue
to
look
at
where
we're
at
and
focus
on
it
and
last
but
not
least,
and
then
we're
going
to
open
this
up
for
questions
that
people
may
have
last
slide
is
modifying
data
calculation
and
reporting.
A
This
is
more
about.
How
do
we
make
sure
that
we're
digging
into
every
piece
of
data
that
we
have
we're
looking
to
better
track,
covet
activity
and
case
rates?
Looking
at
how
we
use
the
total,
unique
individuals
tested
each
week
to
calculate
citywide,
positive
test
rate,
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
just
better
make
sure
that
we
are
calculating
and
understanding
the
spread
of
covet
in
the
community
and
so
we're
looking
at
how
we're
calculating
our
data.
A
We
have
close
to
50
percent
of
bostonians
have
been
tested,
50
of
unique
folks,
which
is
great,
but
we
need
to
make
sure
that
more
people
are
getting
tested,
not
just
for
a
first
time,
but
people
are
getting
tested
regularly
if
needed,
based
on
their
experience,
so
we
want
to
double
down
on
making
sure
we're
we're
tracking
the
coveted
activity
in
case
rates.
A
We
are
going
to
start
looking
at
the
ability
to
report
race,
ethnicity
and
age
by
neighborhood
weekly,
we're
not
there
yet,
but
that
is
our
plan
over
the
next
couple
weeks
to
be
able
to
better
understand
who's
being
impacted.
You
saw
some
of
the
historical
data
in
the
earlier
slides.
Our
goal
is
to
be
able
to
start
to
present
that
data
to
to
have
a
better
handle,
some
of
that
information,
that's
being
shared
in
the
community.
A
A
So
you
know
you
know
we'll
stop
the
slides
now,
but
the
the
piece
that
I
want
to
just
make
sure
is
clear
for
folks
and
we
can
open
this
up
is
that
we've
seen
increased
activity
you
heard
rita
and
dr
lowe
sort
of
share
with
you,
the
you
know
some
of
the
progress
we've
made
since
we
were
in
our
peak
in
april
and
some
of
the
things
that
we've
been
able
to
sort
of
address
and
focus
on
in
the
equity
lens
we've
taken
to
all
this
work,
which
has
been
important,
but
now
we're
in
you
know
the
beginning
of
november
and
we're
starting
to
see
this
uptick
that
we've
seen
now
the
last
six
weeks
or
so,
and
we
are
taking
this
enhanced
response
approach.
A
That's
going
to
focus
not
only
on
all
those
prevention
pieces
we
mentioned,
but
also
on
them.
You
know
making
sure
folks
have
the
care
that
they
need,
but
as
well
as
our
what
are
are
we.
Where
do
we
need
to
tighten
restrictions?
Where
do
we
need
to
ensure
we're
strengthening
enforcement
and
how
do
we
make
sure
we
continue
to
follow
covid
data
as
closely
as
we
can,
so
we
continue
to
monitor
everything
we're
seeing
across
the
community.
A
So
that's
where
we
currently
are,
I'm
going
to
stop
there
and
open
it
up
for
any
questions.
People
may
have.
If
you
had
a
question
for
dr
lowe,
she
unfortunately
didn't
need
to
run
to
another
presentation.
She's
doing
we
can
follow
up
on
that.
But
again,
rita
is
also
here
and
reid,
and
I
are
glad
to
take
any
questions.
People
might
have
so
we'll
stop.
D
There,
hey
chief,
it's
sean
cotter
at
the
boston
herald.
You
mentioned
that
the
city's
thinking
about
pausing,
indoor,
dining
and
reducing
gathering
size.
What
goes
into
those
considerations?
What
what
benchmarks
are
we
seeing
if
we
hit
or
what
else
goes
into
those
factors.
A
A
That
number
was
in
the
you
know
the
30s
about
seven
eight
weeks
ago,
and
so
what's
going
into
it
is
we're
looking
at
all
of
the
metrics
that
we're
monitoring
our
daily
number
of
cases,
our
positive
test
rate,
what
we're
seeing
in
the
hospital
and
what
we're
seeing
in
terms
of
some
of
the
issues
that
we're
seeing
across
the
board,
as
well
as
what
we're
learning
from
our
contact
racing.
Where
are
people
getting
covered?
Where
are
people
being
exposed
to
it?
A
A
You
know
made
any
of
those
firm
decisions,
but
what
we
will
do
is
consider
the
restrictions
that
are
there
and
make
sure
that
if
we
need
to
pull
something
back
because
we
see
cases
increasing
continuing
to
increase
or
we
see
them
increasing
in
that
area,
we
will
pull
back
on
those
areas
if
necessary.
So
there's
not
a
there's,
not
just
one
number
or
one
one
kind
of
metric.
It's
a
combination
of
the
increased
activity
that
we're
seeing
that
we
want
to
make
sure
to
stay
on
top
of.
D
A
Close,
are
we
to
that
so
yeah,
it's
hard,
it's
hard
to
say
to
be
honest
with
you
right,
I
mean
you
know:
we've
seen
this
increase,
we've
seen
our
rate
increase
and
are
we
here
today?
Are
we
here
tomorrow?
No,
but
you
know
we
have
data
that
comes
out
every
single
day
and
as
that
data
comes
and
more
cases
are
coming,
we're
going
to
have
to
continue
to
monitor
and
make
sure
that
we
stay
on
top
of
it.
We're
not
going
to
wait
months
and
months
and
months
until
we
see
ongoing
increase.
A
A
When
the
state
went
to
10
people
at
a
table
about
a
month
ago,
we
didn't
we
stayed
at
six
people
per
table
in
a
restaurant,
because
we
didn't
believe
that
that
was
the
right
time
for
us
to
do
that
here
in
the
city
of
boston.
So
we're
going
to
continue
to
monitor
that
and
look
for
all
signs
and
do
what's
needed
to
keep
people
safe.
E
Hi,
this
is
catherine
carlock
from
the
boston
business
journal.
First,
thank
you
for
this
overview.
It's
it's
very
helpful
marty,
I'm
wondering
if,
if
the
consideration
is
to
limit
10
people
to
indoor
gatherings,
would
that
also
extend
to
offices
and
workplaces,
and
would
it
be
a
certain
number
of
people
per
office
per
floor
per
building?
How
you
would
think
about
how
that
would
that
would
shake
out
for
for
commercial
offices.
A
Yeah,
it's
a
it's
a
great
question
and
they,
the
the
10
person
restriction
that
had
been
put
out
initially
by
the
state,
had
been
about
gatherings
and
there
are
separate
restrictions
based
on
workplaces
and
both
essential
businesses
and
their
workplaces
in
general.
For
us,
what
we
want
to
be
able
to
do
is
you
know
there
are
still.
A
A
So
we
know
a
lot
of
people
are
working,
but
right
now
the
if
we
think
about
those
10
people
restriction,
that's
really
about
gatherings
and
making
sure
that
there
is
more
tighter
restrictions
on
the
number
of
people
that
can
gather
in
a
place
whether
it's
through
an
event
whether
it's
through
some
sort
of
meeting,
whether
it's
through
some
sort
of
people
coming
together
indoors,
as
well
as
looking
at
what's
happening
outdoors
but
from
a
workplace
standpoint.
You
know
we
really
want
to
work
with
folks.
A
We
know
the
business
community
needs
to
have
folks
coming
into
the
office
for
a
variety
of
reasons,
and
we
want
to
be
able
to
continue
to
support
that.
So
that
is
the
10
percent
is
really
for
us
about
one
time,
sort
of
events
or
gatherings
or
meetings
and
not
really
what
that
has
been
about.
But
again,
I
would
encourage
folks,
you
know
employers
to
think
about
them.
A
If
folks
don't
need
to
be
coming
into
the
in
into
the
workplace,
we
encourage
you
to
think
about
the
ability
for
folks
to
still
work
remotely
it's
important
and
the
more
we
can
do
to
sort
of
have
less
people
interacting
indoors.
The
better
right
now.
F
Hi
marty:
this
is
craig
lemak
from
gbh
radio.
Dr
lowe
addressed
some
of
the
information
from
contact
racing
and
what
we
know
from
outbreaks
a
little
bit
earlier,
but
I
wanted
to
just
ask
sort
of
a
follow-up.
F
We
got
more
information
from
the
state
this
week
than
we've
had
in
the
past
about
some
of
the
the
sources
of
of
clusters,
and
you
know,
there's
been
a
lot
of
talk
up
till
now
about
about
social
gatherings
and
and
how
young
people
were
getting
together
and
that
that
was
really
the
source
of
the
problem.
But
the
vast
majority
of
clusters
are
coming
from
households.
On
the
the
data
I
mean
it's
2707
compared
to
11
for
social
gatherings,
and
I
just
want
to
ask
about
that.
F
I
mean
you
know
it
does
raise
a
question.
I
mean
a
cluster.
It
could
be
just
you
know
a
couple
people
in
a
family
right,
but
the
question
is:
where
did
that
one
person
get
it?
You
know
the
social
spread
of
it
and
how
is
it
getting
into
those
households?
Did
you
just
sort
of
address
that,
and,
and
also
anything
regarding
you
know,
does
it
say
anything
about
disparity
in
terms
of
how
you
know
how
crowded
some
of
these
households
may
be
in
some
communities.
A
Yeah,
so
quick
that
that's
a
that's
a
great
question
and
I
think
that's
part
of
the
challenge
right
I
mean,
I
think
part
of
the
challenge
is
that
both
where
do
people
get
covet
and
then
do
people
bring
it
home
and
sometimes
the
cases,
and
you
saw
that
in
the
state
data.
But
we
see
it
as
well.
It's
about
you
know:
multi-generational
households,
for
example,
in
communities
where
people
are
living
with
more
than
two
three
different
folks
within
their
family,
giving
it
to
each
other.
A
So
that's
why
you
saw
a
little
bit
in
our
own
strategy
about
how
to
make
sure
people
are
prepared
to
be
home
with
covid
and
keep
others
safe
in
their
household,
because
that's
one
one
area.
We
need
to
sort
of
try
to
intervene
in
this
spread.
A
I
think
the
second
thing
that
we've
also
seen,
though-
and
I
think
you
heard
dr
lowe
talk
about
this-
it's
not
just
the
households
getting
family
members
being
infected
from
each
other,
but
also
the
the
really
informal
casual
we're
not
going
to
call
it
a
gathering,
but
I'm
going
to
call
it.
You
know
craig
and
three
friends
get
together
and
watch
a
game,
and
these
are
people.
A
He
knows
well
and
he's
sure
they're
fine
and
you
know
and
they're
doing
the
best
they
can,
but
one
of
them
ends
up
getting
coveted
and
they
have
the
rest
of
them
end
up,
potentially
getting
coveted,
and
then
that
brings
it
to
their
home.
So
part
of
it
is
also
about
these
informal.
I
even
hesitate
to
you
we're
gathering
because
lots
of
times
people
don't
see
those
as
gatherings,
but
they
are
those
informal.
A
I
got
together
with
three
people
in
my
house
and
that's
also
part
of
what
we're
starting
to
see
from,
especially
when
we
look
at
the
you
know,
39
and
under
we
sort
of
started
to
see
that
as
part
of
it
as
well.
But
that's
why
so
much
of
this
enforcement
plays
one
role.
A
But
so
much
of
this
is
about
folks,
individual
activity
and
people,
understanding
the
messaging
that's
out
there
about
how
to
keep
themselves
safe
and
what
they
can
best
do
to
ensure
that
they're
not
spreading
covet
to
others,
which
is
a
difficult
thing
to
do
right
now,
especially
as
it
gets
cold,
especially
as
we
get
to
holidays,
especially
as
we
get
to
the
time
that
people
want
to
be
interacting
and,
as
dr
lowe
said,
be
social.
A
We
really
want
to
stress
that
there's
a
lot
individuals
can
do,
and
I
will
say,
bostonians
have
done
so
much
of
it.
That's
why
we've
had
we've
made
some
really
great
progress,
but
we
just
need
folks
to
double
down
on
it
and
do
the
very
best
they
can
to
not
be
around
too
many
people
too
often,
but
the
case
investigations
and
the
tracing
that
we're
doing
is
showing
us
that
there's
not
one
reason.
There's
not
super
spreader.
A
All
these
super
sweater
events
that
you
see
in
other
places,
but
there's
a
lot
of
small
little
scenarios
that
are
happening.
That
is
really
increasing
the
spread,
especially
you
know,
in
in
different
neighborhoods,
in
in
in
different
communities,.
G
Hey
chief,
it's
danny
mcdonald
from
the
boston
globe,
I'd
like
to
ask
you
about
house
parties.
If
I
could,
I
know
the
mayor
the
other
week
talked
about
cracking
down
on
house
parties.
What's
the
status
of
that
conversation?
Is
the
city
going
to
be
fining
people
for
halloween
parties.
A
Yeah,
so
good
good
thanks
thanks
for
asking
that
danny,
I
mean
the
situation
with
that
right
now
and
something
that
we
even
hadn't
done
even
a
month
ago
is.
I
think
you
probably
know
this
that
if
folks
are
concerned
about
a
house
party,
they
can
call
the
bpd
party
line,
and
the
bbd
party
line
call
will
likely
either
get
officers
to
come
by
to
that
party
line
or
potentially
a
community
service
officer
is
able
to
come
by
to
that
house
to
address
it.
A
What
hadn't
happened
was
that
that
information
then
wasn't
being
conveyed
in
a
in
a
kind
of
an
aligned
way
to
inspectional
services,
and
the
reason
that's
important
is
just
like
we
do
with
problem
properties.
You
know,
I
think
you
probably
know
this.
We
have
a
list
of
properties
that
there
are
some
concerns
with
that.
If
you
end
up
on
this
list,
you
can
get
fines
and
it's
a
repeated
number
of
times
that
you're
on
that
list.
A
So
we're
not
putting
these
properties
on
that
list,
but
what
we
are
doing
is
making
sure
that
inspectional
services
has
the
information.
So
if
a
house
is
getting
called
on
multiple
times
and
multiple
issues
around
gatherings
or
parties,
especially
right
now,
when
we
have
a
public
health
crisis
in
front
of
us,
then
inspectional
services
can
not
only
visit
that
house
they
in
partnership
with
the
police
department,
but
they
also
can
contact
the
homeowner
if
it's
not
the
owner,
but
it's
renters.
They
can
find
the
owner.
A
In
that
scenario
as
well,
and
that's
part
of
why
not
only
are
we
looking
to
have
inspectors
out
for
halloween,
but
we're
also
looking
to
look
at
the
problem.
Property
are
the
party
houses
that
have
come
in
through
the
party
line
for
this
weekend,
specifically
so
that
we
can
make
sure
to
try
to
prevent
some
of
those
gatherings,
but
you-
and
I
both
know
well,
prevention
is
one
piece
of
it
right.
How
do
we
prevent
those
is?
A
Is
something
we're
trying
to
do,
but
it's
also
the
messaging
we're
really
trying
to
lean
into
that
messaging,
that
a
party,
even
a
small
one,
around
halloween,
there's
no
social
distancing,
and
there
may
be
it's
inside
it's
going
to
be
cold
or
cool
that
night.
That
puts
you
at
risk
and
it
puts
anyone
else
around
you
at
risk.
So
it's
really
really
important
that
we
keep
that.
We
keep
that
in
mind
and
then
we
encourage
folks
to
do
that.
A
So
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
make
sure
that
we
can
lean
into
the
fact
that
we
want
to
prevent
these
parties,
but
we
also
want
people
to
think
about
what
they're
doing
to
prevent
themselves
from
being
in
those
situations.
So
enforcement
is
part
of
it.
We're
trying
to
tie
it
together,
a
little
bit
better
in
partnership
with
bpd
inspectional
services
and,
of
course,
the
health
commission.
G
A
Yeah
so
great
great
question
I
mean
we
hope,
there's
not
a
need
for
a
field
hospital
and,
as
you
know,
the
work
we
did
last
time
to
lift
that
up
was
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
in
partnership
with
our
hospital
partners
and
the
state
and
the
city
and
through
the
mayor's
leadership.
So
we
are
again
we
are
convening
the
hospital
leadership
on
monday
to
learn
more
from
them
about
the
issues
that
they're
encountering.
A
We
are
convening
them,
also
to
be
planning
around
their
services
and
their
capacity
and
potential
surge
issues,
and
so
we
hope
there's
not
a
need,
but
we
are
not
going
to
act
as
if
there
isn't
so
we
are
going
to
start
some
initial
conversations
about
what
it
might
look
like
and
what
the
needs
might
be
to
be
prepared
in
case
we
get
to
that
situation,
our
hospital
numbers
to
be
clear.
Just
to
give
you
some
sort
of
comparison.
A
I
think
I
showed
this
yesterday
we
had
about
110
folks
in
boston,
hospitals
that
are
covered
positive
right
now,
at
our
peak
we
had
about
1500
in
our
hospitals,
so
we're
not
we're.
No
nowhere
near
where
we
were
during
our
peak,
it
doesn't
mean
that
we
don't
want
to
be
prepared
to
do
it,
but
I
will
tell
you,
I
think,
it'll
be
a
larger
challenge
to
create
a
field
hospital
now
than
it
was
in
our
peak,
because
there
was
so
much
effort
and
everyone
was
working
to
make
that
happen.
A
H
Hi
this
is
alexi
with
the
boston
herald.
I
just
have
a
question
about
bps
and
the
threshold
needed
to
get
the
kids
back
in
school.
I
know
last
week
when
the
switch
to
remote
happened.
It
was
stated
that
you
know
five
percent
could
start
having
the
high
needs.
Kids
come
back,
but
I
noticed
on
your
previous
slide.
It
said
two
weeks
of
decreased
spread,
so
I'm
just
wondering
which
metric
is
it
and
what
other
factors
are
going
to
be
going
into
that.
A
Yeah,
it's
a
great
question,
so
the
the
metric
is
a
five
percent
positivity
and
for
sustained
two
weeks
of
time.
In
order
to
get
to
the
positivity,
we
have
to
see
decrease
in
cases
right.
So
this
is,
you
know.
A
In
order
to
begin
the
conversation
about
in
person,
we
need
to
see
two
weeks
of
sustained
cases
to
be
able
to
start
to
have
the
conversation
about
what
that
can
look
like
right
now,
all
those
metrics
either
the
positivity
and
the
cases
are
moving
in
the
wrong
direction,
so
we're
nowhere
near
those
places
right
now.
But
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
make
sure
we
monitor
the
data
across
the
board
and
that
we're
really
digging
into
the
information.
That's
there.
A
So
sustained
cases
is
what
will
get
us
to
decrease
positive
test
rate,
and
that
is
the
key
piece
that
we're
looking
at
in
terms
of
a
metric,
but
again
that
five
percent
over
sustained
period
of
time
is
an
important
metric
that
we
continue
to
monitor,
as
we
think
about
students
coming
back.
I
Yeah
just
to
be
cautious
on
time
that
we
have
to
jump
up
in
five
minutes.
We
probably
have
question
time
for
one
more
question
before
we
head
out.
D
If
nobody
else
has
won,
you
mentioned
the
this
is
sean
cotter
with
the
herald.
Again
you
mentioned
the
city
was
looking
at,
creating
or
at
least
planning
for
a
larger
isolation
facility.
Could
you
detail
that,
at
all.
A
A
So
if
we
get
to
a
place
where
either
our
hospitals
or
individuals
need
to
isolate,
we
are
also
planning
and
having
conversations
in
partnership
with
the
state,
in
partnership
with
our
community
partners,
to
look
at
the
ability
to
lift
up
an
isolation
space
if
needed.
So
again,
we
hope
we
won't
need
to
be
there.
A
We
actually
didn't
you
that
was
sort
of
one
and
the
same
boston
hope
did
that
for
many
folks
in
the
at
the
peak,
and
so
we're
hoping
we
don't
need
to
be
there,
but
because
of
the
increased
activity
of
what
we're
seeing,
we
are
going
to
start
having
some
conversations
about
what
that
might
look
like
and
what
the
need
might
be
if
we
get
to
that
place.
But
again,
we
hope
that
we're
now
we're
nowhere
near
those
numbers
and
we
won't
need
it.
E
Well,
and
on
that
line,
this
is
catherine
with
the
bbj
there's
the
the
presentation
said
that
there's
current
isolation,
support
available
at
an
everett
hotel
is
that
encore
or
which
hotel
is
that.
A
So
we
we,
we
won't,
provide
you
the
specific
information
about
the
which
hotel
it
is,
but
it's
a
partnership
that
we
have,
in
collaboration
with
the
state
that
provides
isolation,
support
to
folks
who
are
coveted
positive,
who
cannot
isolate
at
home.
So
it's
a
partnership
that
we
work
through
and
we
currently
place
folks
there,
but
due
to
private
privacy
concerns
we
don't
we
don't
release
the
name
of
the
hotel
or
where,
specifically,
it
is.