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State launches new 'interactive' Covid-19 dashboard, which promptly disappears
By adamg on Mon, 01/04/2021 - 10:21pm
Update, 10:45 a.m., Tuesday: Dashboard is now working.
If you try to access the new Massachusetts Covid-19 dashboard, all you're likely to see right now is:
PLEASE NOTE: Due to high volumes of web traffic, some users have experienced difficulty accessing today’s COVID-19 Dashboard. We are working quickly to address this issue and we expect to re-post the dashboard soon. We thank you for your patience.
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Comments
It's up now.
The usual "everyone logs in for opening day" overload, I presume.
One possibility
Another is that something worked in small scale testing but not for any sort of simultaneous use situations.
The most obvious answer
DPH is about 10 years behind on IT because of luddite managers and cost cutting measures by the legislature.
A couple years ago they were struggling to replace my friend's XT machine by scrounging up a Windows 7 box.
It worked just now
Around midnight.
hmm
and they changed how the provide the underlying data.... again.
Almost like they don't want a useful record of things.
It's totally not mobile friendly.
I don't have a computer, and it's useless on a tablet.