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I don't think I agree with this. I also live in MA, and I think, in general, the state has done a pretty good job. But we all live within our own bubbles. 5 yea

I don't think I agree with this. I also live in MA, and I think, in general, the state has done a pretty good job. But we all live within our own bubbles. 5 years in Boston and I never heard a "boston" accent outside of Fenway Park. Does my experience represent, at all, the whole of MA? Probably not. And with open borders to neighboring states (with weakish quarantine rules) I'm not surprised it's been unable to contain this thing. At a glance, Plymouth is doing poorly. Probably driven by beachgoers and travelers. Shrug. This is hard.

lsllc 6y ago
As I'm sure you know, there's a been a travel order here in MA for a number of months now with $500/day fines for not quarantining. Not sure how well it has been enforced ... it excludes certain other states (e.g. most of New England) and states where their rates are low enough. MA actually just got put on the CT & NY "must quarantine" lists because of our now-higher rates (not not vice-versa, in fact Baker just today called NY/CT out on it but they didn't give in any on it). I'm sure though that probably travelers through the airports might be problematic ... then again, air traffic is down very very significantly (source: live under a Logan approach and it's been absolutely quiet since late March). I don't really know how else MA would enforce cross border quarantine short of police checkpoints at every crossing which would be both expensive and likely unconstitutional. As for Plymouth ... it's kinda cold now, I'd have expected that back in the summer, but not so much now (although the Plimoth Plantation is in fact open which I'm a bit surprised at!).