Coronavirus Next: Mass. considers reducing frequency of COVID reporting

Officials think it may be time to say goodbye to the Massachusetts’ daily COVID-19 reporting dashboard.  State officials said Wednesday that they are considering reducing the frequency of reporting cases, vaccinations, and other data from five days a week to once a week.  Dr. Catherine Brown, a state epidemiologist at the Department of Public Health, said that residents were watching the movement of the pandemic on a “granular” level early in the pandemic. Now, “We’re in a different time. We’re 2½ years later. We have the pharmaceutical tools. We have preventive tools,” like vaccines, antivirals, and monoclonal antibody treatments. Daily numbers aren’t going to affect the recommendations for people to use them, Brown said.