Really. Massachusetts had one of the highest death rates of COVID 19. Sweden did very little, has millions of more people then Mass and has thousands of fewer deaths, yes thousands. Massachusetts also has the highest unemployment rate in the USA. Lots of businesses going out of business. I wouldn’t follow anything that he has done. The average age of someone who has unfortunately passed from COVID 19 in Mass is 82 years old. This virus is deadly, but if people take precautions, like wash your hands, don’t touch your face. Things would be better.
Sources please. I need to see these numbers as I'm not interpreting the same from the tables I use.
Yes, you can fill it out in advance. It lets you pick today's date and any future date for your arrival...but you can't pick a past date...so definitely fill it out before or on your day of arrival. Every person over 18 has to fill it out, for minors, you add them to one of the adult forms.
just me and hubby! we arrive back Oct 1. and plan on getting tested Oct 2!
You're comparing the entire country of Sweden with the state of MA, however, and the population density is significantly different: Sweden is 25 people per sq.km, and MA is 339.43 per sq.km, and population density absolutely plays a factor in the transmission of Covid-19.
Of course it does. I was just checking the numbers to make sure they were sound to start with.
The vast majority of Sweden is barren land. The majority of the population resides in the bottom 25% of the country. But if population density is what Covid 19 rates go by. The state of Maryland has almost as many people ( 6.0 million people) as Massachusetts (6.7 million people). and density is slightly lower, not much. Massachusetts Covid 19 deaths is 8,488 and Maryland deaths are 3,454. Massachusetts has almost 2.5 times as many deaths as Maryland. This is not good by any means. Going just by population density is an incorrect way to look at it. The state of New York has a lesser population density than Maryland and I don’t think you want me to put their total Covid 19 death toll on here, but here it is 32,847. But how can that be? The state is less dense than Massachusetts and Maryland. This is why you cannot go by just population density. It will give you bad data. The best way to go by is population, not density.
When the company asks someone to come back to work and they say no and they are fired. Guess what, they file for unemployment, because they were just fired. Luckily Massachusetts is like #1 in the US for UI.
If I may ask, do you own a business in Mass? Key words “through no fault of your own”. All people have to do is state it was no fault of their own. The state has made it very easy to file for UI, they will get paid and the company has to fight to stop it, because the state charges the company for UI.
I did not say to "go by just population density." I was saying you cannot just look at population totals, and that you should consider population density. Most importantly, if you want to get specific, you should be looking at the areas where the deaths occurred to look at the population in those areas, population density, number of available ICU beds, % of population with underlying conditions and community spread -- and probably a few other factors.
You do not automatically collect UI in MA when you file. Part of the process of filing includes confirmation with the company that you were not fired; this is partly why there is a couple week delay between when you file and when you start collecting is so the UI department confirms your eligibility and the amount you should receive. If you were fired, companies will inform the UI department as they don't want to pay for it; they will contest it. MA makes it very easy to file your UI claim and easy to collect UI, but that doesn't mean they don't also make it easy for businesses to contest it.
