I know of several people (youngish) who were diagnosed with pneumonia in February. Shouldn't they be tested for antibodies?

Do we have an antibodies test on island?

Climbing? Seriously we should be thanking our selectmen for their actions which have tamped down a potential outbreak here. Look at the maps all over the USA and we are very fortunate. Keep it that way. stay home

All the time out of work, money lost and isolating to date is about to be undermined by prematurely removing the construction moratorium to soon. Massachusetts is on fire with the virus right now with the third most confirmed cases in the country and 2,360 deaths > https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html Removing the moratorium will only incentivize day workers and second home owners to start pouring in, then its all down hill from there. Four weeks later or sooner after that and we will be right back where we started but much worse off. Buckle up people, it’s going to be a long painful ride! Quote of the day “ As several states — including South Carolina, Tennessee and Florida — rush to reopen businesses, the sudden relaxation of restrictions will supply new targets for the coronavirus that has kept the United States largely closed down, according to experts, math models and the basic rules that govern infectious diseases. “The math is unfortunately pretty simple. It’s not a matter of whether infections will increase but by how much,” said Jeffrey Shaman, a leading epidemiologist at Columbia University. Closing America was hard. But it came with one simple instruction: Everyone stay at home. There are no easy answers for the phase that comes next, especially with a continued lack of testing, contact tracing and detailed guidance from federal health agencies, disease experts said. Instead, every state will conduct its own improvised experiment with thousands of lives in the balance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/22/reopening-america-states-coronavirus/

We are doing very, very well. Of those who got tested, 95% came back negative. Even if 100% had tested negative, that still would have meant 98% of the island wasn't infected. Yes, there are issues of lack of testing, but overall the picture is that the island is not being ravaged by corona virus. Let's keep it that way!

Great job everyone...,stay home ... stay safe....has anyone given thought how we are going to handle the summer season?

From an article in today’s Gazette I quote, “Cuttyhunk’s decision to delay opening the harbor is designed to protect the island community from outside infection, Mr. Isabel said.” (He is the Harbormaster in Cuttyhunk) “I hate to tell people they can’t come in, but all it takes is one innocent person that doesn’t know they’re infected,” he said.“ We on the Vineyard should take our lead from them! Suggestions: 1. Take temperatures of all passengers boarding the ferry 2. No day laborers of any kind allowed on ferry to work on the Island or to join Island crews 3. Fast response Testing of all passengers as soon as it’s available If we don’t take control of this situation the virus will take control of us.

I think you left some important data out of your article...yes it was a the largest single day increase...but you neglect the fact that it was the largest single day of testing we have had...so it was actually the lowest percentage of positive tests since the end of March. Study after study is finding way more people have had this virus than any "expert" thought was the case..up to 50-80x. Seems like an agenda driven headline to me...