CAUSE FOR CONCERN, AS CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS SLOWLY RISE IN MASSACHUSETTS. >> IT’S NOT A SPIKE. IT’S A CREEP. AND IT’S A SLOW CREEP. BUT IT’S A CONSISTENT CREEP -- CREEP. >> THE STATE STILL LOOKING INTO WHAT’S CAUSING THE TREND, BUT SAYS SOCIAL GATHERINGS ARE AT LEAST PARTLY RESPONSIBLE. >> THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF CLUSTERS FROM LARGE GATHERINGS AND ACTIVITIES WHERE FOLKS WERE NOT TAKING PROPER PRECAUTIONS. >> AMONG THEM, A LIFEGUARD PARTY IN FALMOUTH AND A HOUSE PARTY IN CHATHAM, AN AUTHORIZED FOOTBALL CAMP IN SOUTH WEYMOUTH JUST LED THE TOWN TO CANCEL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. EXPERTS SAY GATHERINGS LIKE THESE CAN EASILY CAN TURN INTO SUPERSPREADERS. >> LARGE GATHERINGS REALLY CAN SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE. THINK ABOUT THE BIOGEN EVENT THAT SOME PEOPLE REALLY KICKED IT OFF IN MASSACHUSETTS. >> THE GOVERNOR HAS WARNED IF THIS KEEPS UP, HE MAY ROLL BACK SOME REOPENING RULES. >> THAT COULD MEAN GATHERING SIZES COULD BE REDUCED OR WE COULD MAKE SOME OF OUR BUSINES REGULATIONS MORE STRICT. >> EPIDEMILOGIST DR. SHIRA DORON SAYS GIVEN WHAT SHE’S SEEN, HUMAN BEHAVIOR IS REALLY WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE. >> AN ANALOGY THAT KEEPS COMING TO ME IS WHEN YOU’RE STUCK IN TRAFFIC AND IT FINALLY OPENS UP , SO YOU START GOING 90 MILES PER HOUR. YOU CAN’T HELP IT. YOU’RE JUST SO EXCITED TO BE FREE. >> MASSACHUSETTS IS JOINING FORCES WITH OTHER STATES TO BUY RAPID COVID TESTS. THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE’D LIKE TO DO RAPID TESTING FOR SCHOOLS WHEN THE TIME