When the number of cases of Covid-19 in Massachusetts began to increase rapidly, Governor Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency. That was March 10. It seemed a sensible precaution, as the virus was new, and predictions about the fatality rate were mere guesses.
Now there is a great deal of data about Covid-19. And the good news is that there is no reason to panic. The numbers show that the overwhelming majority of people do not have any significant risk of dying from Covid-19, as Dr. Scott W. Atlas, a physician and fellow at Stanford University, pointed out recently in The Hill.
