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broad agreement that s the task at hand. let s get some insights and expertise from the executive vice chairman of emergency medicine at massachusetts general hospital in boston. grateful for your time. does the government need to change the standard, if you will, somehow redefine high transmission as the cdc or set some other standard that helps mayors and governors decide you need a mask, do you need a mandate? that s a great question and this is the time to start asking it. the first graph you showed was fantastic. as you said, most of the country is actually looking better than it did a week ago. but the second graph is really key. the cdc defines high transmission as more than 100 cases per 100,000 people. or 10% test positivity. the fact that the entire country is still in that state says we re not there yet. but we need to think about using prevalence data, transmission data, hospitalization data, as we start thinking about how we can come out of this. so it s the right time

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