I think it's reasonable to let folks vote with their feet for now; Since no-one in the group has particularly specialized information (AFAIK) there seems no strong reason for any subset of us to recommend a course to any other subset.

That said, I am very keen that no one feel pressured to show up to make up numbers.

Once this discussion has run its course a bit I will also check in with both churches and see if they have guidelines they need us to follow.

I do think Emily and I are expecting to stay away for the time being as we both interact often enough with potentially vulnerable people that we're uncomfortable with the risk of coming in. While I sincerely hope that Ken's note on community spread not happening in Boston is correct I am not confident that we are doing enough testing to be confident we'd notice it if it happened.

Stay safe all,

Dale

On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 11:02 AM Ken Olum <kdo@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu> wrote:
Hi, all.  In my opinion it would be prudent to follow the CDC
guidelines, but there is no need to go beyond them.  As I understand
them, these guidelines depend critically on whether or not there is
community spread, meaning people who are turning up sick with no
connection to any known case.  In that case it is probably appropriate
to cancel most events.  Otherwise CDC recommends only ordinary
precautions (handwashing etc.)  At the moment, Massachusetts has
community spread only in the Berkshires, so it seems that we can go on
with our lives here at least for now.

                                        Ken

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