Despite the very sharp drop in wastewater numbers in the Boston area, daily covid deaths are ticking up towards last winter's peak. What can we learn from elsewhere? Well let's compare with the UK, which is a little further along the epidemic curve 1/n 
I pick the UK not only because it's where I was born, but because the population is about 10x that of MA, meaning it's easy to do the math in your head, look at this 2/n
So per capita, MA is seeing roughly twice as many daily covid deaths as the UK right now. Lots of possible reasons for that, but this one is important. About 36% of the population in MA is boosted (from mass.gov/doc/daily-covi…) 3/n
And in contrast... (from @ONS ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati… note this is 'modeled' which will account for some of the difference but not all of it) 4/n
MA is one of the best vaccinated states in the country. But it is still important to get boosted, especially if you are older in an a group otherwise more vulnerable to severe illness. And imagine what we can expect in less well-vaccinated places 5/end
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