Re: [m-hb] MIT Guild cancellation Fwd: Update: COVID-19 & Student Organizations

[Dale Winter <moikney gmail com>]

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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