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A Twitter post about Island COVID cases reinforced stereotypes about the Island. -George Brennan
A story in Friday’s Boston Globe about the number of COVID-19 cases on Martha’s Vineyard and, specifically, the lack of hospitalizations and deaths set off a Twitter storm over the Memorial Day weekend.
The Globe story quoted an epidemiologist, Michael A. Stoto, with the headline: “Harvard epidemiologist considers how Martha’s Vineyard has managed to avoid the worst of the pandemic.” Essentially, it’s a case of finding the cases, catching them early, and treating them, he told the Globe. “There haven’t been that many cases that have required hospitalizations far fewer than you’d expect, given our numbers,” Stoto was quoted as saying.