Covid Tracker – November 24-26

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By Benjamin Gamson, Eli Weiss, and Molly Litvak
November 28, 2020

The Boiling Point is conducting a Covid-19 tracking project to watch how Covid cases are progressing not only at school but among friends, family and personal acquaintances of Shalhevet community members. The survey is not scientific, but every week when there is a Town Hall, a new one is posted afterwards and community members including students, faculty and staff have until midnight the following night to respond.

The latest poll was posted (and linked on Schoology and in other school chats) Nov. 24- 26. There were 98 students and staff who responded. Results are below.

While the earlier polls had shown two community members had contracted the coronavirus, in this week’s tracker, that number changed to three, though the number of people who responded dropped from 134 to 98.

Also rising was the percentage of students and staff who said they had been exposed to coronavirus. That percentage rose from 14.2% (19 people) as of Nov. 18 to 20.4% (20 people) as of Nov. 26.

The percentage of students and staff who responded that someone in their own household had had Covid-19 also rose, from 6% (8 respondents) to 10.2% (10 respondents).

The percentage of community members who know someone who has contracted Covid-19 increased between these two polls from 74.6% (100 out of 134) people to 78.6% (77 out of 98).

The percentage of people who said they knew personally someone who had died from the illness increased from 16.4% (22 of 134) to 17.3% (17 of 98). This compares with 40 students and staff who knew someone who had died when the Boiling Point Covid Tracker was initiated Oct. 13- 14. That poll had 143 respondents.

Click on the gallery below to see answers to all Nov. 24-26 Covid Tracker questions.

Type “Covid Tracker” in the search box for information on previous time periods.

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Meet the Writer

Benjamin Gamson, Editor-in-Chief

Benjamin Gamson, 12th grade, is in his second year as an Editor-in-Chief of the Boiling Point, having served last year as only the second junior to hold that post himself. Benjamin joined the Boiling Point during his freshman year as a staff writer and became Polling Director during the second semester. As News Editor in his sophomore year, Benjamin managed and edited the Community, Torah and Outside News sections.

Benjamin has authored over 70 articles and podcasts and won awards from organizations including AJPA, JSPA and NSPA. Outside of Boiling Point, he is a member of the Model Congress team and an active participant in the Just Community. When not in school, Benjamin enjoys following politics, current events and baseball, and listening to music.

Eli Weiss, Senior Editor

Eli joined Boiling Point in his first semester as a freshman. Quickly becoming involved, he became assistant web editor in his second semester, during which he helped redesign the website and get the Boiling Point to become a SNO Distinguished Site for the first time.

Besides web design, Eli does design and takes photographs for the Boiling Point. Outside of Boiling Point, Eli is a programmer of the Shalhevet robotics team, guitarist with the band and a grade representative to the Agenda committee. When not in school, Eli enjoys playing guitar, harmonica and listening to music.