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

[Katarina Whimsy <kdsorceress gmail com>]

I am hoping that bells will still be happening, but that's as a relatively
healthy youngster who turns out to be *very good* at not touching their
face.

I think the nine tailors method of one-rope-per-ringer would be a good
start, possibly mixed with "and wash/sterilize your hands when switching to
a new bell". That being said, like...if I show up at the tower, wash my
hands well, and then do not touch my face at any point, does it really
matter if I switch bells? Do y'all trust me enough to do that? (Do I trust
y'all enough to do the same?). I am loathe to use excessive amounts of
sanitizer, both because I prefer to just wash my hands and because I feel
like it should be saved where possible, but I'd hope we can all just get
our hands clean as we come in and then be good for ringing as normal.

I'm asking around to see if anyone I know knows how to seriously sterilize
natural-fiber rope without damaging its integrity. Does anyone know if the
tower is hemp or jute or....?

~Kat



On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 1:11 PM Dale Winter <moikney gmail com> wrote:

> 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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