Day 191: School Daze

Tennessee has surpassed Massachusetts in coronavirus cases, taking our briefly-held #12 spot. Next up are #14 South Carolina, #15 Virginia, and #16 Ohio, all of which hit (or will hit) 100,000 cases today. Here in Massachusetts our cases are up a quarter of a percentage point today.

Despite research from the UK indicating that students don't spread coronavirus, our own well-past-the-peak status, and the governor's objections, Massachusetts cities and towns are mostly announcing remote or hybrid plans for the beginning of the school year:

• Boston is going hybrid, at least partly for the sake of deep-clean-theater.
• Lowell is going remote [PDF] with an in-person opt-in (with a deadline likely to be missed by unsuspecting parents).
• Somerville is going fully remote.
• Springfield is starting fully remote.
• Revere is starting fully remote.
• Wayland is starting fully remote.
• In an unexpected hint of sanity, Cambridge is letting preschoolers through third grade attend in person. Everyone else will be remote.