I’ve gotten a lot of questions about if Montgomery County’s rapid drop in positive Covid cases are actually representative of what is happening on the ground. Some have questioned if the case dropping is due to an increase in availability of rapid tests. But I’m going to explain how thatContinue Reading
Cases and Hospitalizations with Vaccination Status Here is the full chart and then we’ll break it down with analysis piece by piece. Data is from 7/19/2021 to 8/15/2021. I would love to see this publicly available and updated regularly for everyone to see – it is the most important informationContinue Reading
Why is there so much confusion over mask policy in Montgomery County, Maryland? It is not simple at all. Read further to understand everything that happened this week, what it means, and what the future holds regarding masks in MoCo. Deferring Language on Face Coverings Here is the most recentContinue Reading
This is a recent Covid and Vaccine news roundup instead of the usual sharing of single links. I hope you like it Learning Disabilities Lead to Higher Risk Study shows people with learning disabilities at higher risk of death due to Covid. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-learning-disability-deaths-vaccine-b1796604.html Reliable at home covid tests coming This hasContinue Reading
As with most things these days, there is a lot of conflicting information going around regarding vaccine efficacy as it pertains to new variants. This article aims to provide some clarify. Continue Reading
Link to PDF of notes (includes linked table of contents) Full official slides: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/BVYM7659CD8F/$file/Opening%20Schls%20Recovery%20Ed%20201203%20PPT.pdf Unofficial notes repository from all meetings:Continue Reading
Here is the link to the full new order: https://montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/Resources/Files/health-officer-directive-AM-201124.pdf Link to updates guidance from county: https://t.co/LbAV4QG2xX New amended masking order 11/24/2020: Wording on previous order on 11/23/2020: Previous Wording before both of these:Continue Reading
Over the past few weeks, we keep seeing that our County’s number of positives per day keeps increasing and I’m sure many are wondering what that means and what the current detailed stats (as of 11/08/2020) reflect for Moco. When this page first started we were doing daily analysis ofContinue Reading
For the full Unofficial notes and links visit: https://moderatelymoco.com/unofficial-notes-11-06-2020-mcps-boe-meeting-opening-schools-in-recovery-of-education-student-progress-update/ We’ll drop some screenshots here of charts as we get them. Missed some here maybe ? Missed some here?Continue Reading
A vote on new restrictions / updated executive order postponed until Tuesday. At the County Council meeting now they are discussing the changes in the document here: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/Resources/Files/agenda/col/2020/20201105/20201105_2A-3-2B.pdf On the reasoning for looking at shutting down late night takeout, Maryam Shahzad reports on Twitter references to involving underage drinking andContinue Reading