I'm having a pessimistic day. Yesterday RI released information about testing at different sites throughout the state. Wealthier towns are only reporting 3-4% positive rates. The site closest to my house is reporting a 35% positive rate. So while RI looks good overall, high rate of testing with an average of >10% that's masking the devastatingly high rates of positives in poor majority Latino neighborhoods. It's frustrating that even with a really strong public health team that takes health disparities and racism seriously, here we are.
The good stuff is that I had the foresight to move a few blocks from a lovely 427 acre park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted (the Central Park guy). After being closed for about a month, the park is back open and I've seen a little turtle, a huge turtle, a heron, an oriole, a guy walking a hedgehog, a family in star wars costumes doing a photoshoot.
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