Coronavirus cases are expected to continue...

...rising in Massachusetts in the coming weeks, according to projections, but the predicted increase is not expected to cause an influx of hospitalizations due to our high vaccination rates. "This is the first time we’re going to test in winter conditions how well vaccines are protecting the more highly vaccinated states," said Dr. David Rubin, director of the PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. "The hope is there will be some resilience in these areas, you’ll see a lot of transmission but not an exponential rise in the hospitalizations."