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Re: [PLEASE READ] Masking Survey Results and Policy Change
Sorry to be back in your inbox so soon...
The COVID wastewater levels are solidly in the 600s
(https://www.mwra.com/biobot/biobotdata.htm). Per the survey, masking will
be mandatory until the levels drop below 500 units.
Sam and Kat
On Aug 26, 2023 at 11:38 PM -0400, Sam Ratliff <sratliff118 gmail com>,
wrote:
> Hello again!
>
> Given that the wastewater levels
> (https://www.mwra.com/biobot/biobotdata.htm) have fallen to around 400
> units, masking will be optional as of today. The levels are still moving
> around, and historically, covid has been worse in the fall and winter,
> so we will keep an eye on the data and see what comes of it. Hopefully
> levels stay low this year!
>
> Cheers!
>
> Sam and Kat
> On Aug 18, 2023 at 11:51 PM -0400, Sam Ratliff <sratliff118 gmail com>,
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > The COVID wastewater levels (data from here:
> > https://www.mwra.com/biobot/biobotdata.htm) have been fluctuating
> > between 450 and 550 units for the north system over the last two
> > weeks. As a point of reference, at the end of June when we sent out
> > the masking survey, levels were below 100 units. In accordance with
> > the results of the survey, masking will be mandatory until levels are
> > consistently below 500 units. This will go into effect starting August
> > 26th.
> >
> > Sam and Kat
> > On Jun 25, 2023 at 9:23 PM -0400, Katarina Whimsy via
> > Boston-change-ringers <boston-change-ringers cosmos phy tufts edu>,
> > wrote:
> > > Hey folks,
> > >
> > > Sam (Tower Captain: Advent) and I (Tower Captain: Old North) took
> > > the time
> > > to go through the survey results in order to make an Official
> > > Decision
> > > about masking during tower bell ringing. (we are not qualified to
> > > speak
> > > towards masking at handbell ringing on account of it having to
> > > adhere to
> > > MIT policies)
> > >
> > > Firstly, we'd like to thank everyone for your thoughtful and
> > > compassionate
> > > input. We received 33 survey responses and almost as many comments
> > > --I've
> > > attached an anonymized summary of the survey data at the bottom of
> > > this
> > > email. The brief summary is that ~66% of people prefer a
> > > mask-optional
> > > policy and ~75% of people prefer the windows to be open when weather
> > > permits.
> > >
> > > Secondly, we will be changing the policy as follows:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *Masks will be optional in the tower when...the windows are
> > > open...the
> > > covid wastewater levels (https://www.mwra.com/biobot/biobotdata.htm
> > > <https://www.mwra.com/biobot/biobotdata.htm>) are below 500 "Copies
> > > of
> > > COVID-19 RNA per milliliter of wastewater"*
> > >
> > > Additionally, if you are experiencing symptoms of respiratory
> > > illness, or
> > > have had a recent covid exposure, please wear a mask (or don't
> > > attend).
> > > This is true even if you have had a negative test --we don't want to
> > > spread
> > > flus or colds throughout the tower either!
> > >
> > > We will give one week's notice if/when masks become required again,
> > > and the
> > > officers reserve the right to change the policy even if the
> > > wastewater
> > > number has not reached 500 (eg, if the government re-institutes a
> > > state of
> > > emergency)
> > >
> > > This policy will go into effect starting on *Wednesday, July 5th*.
> > > At that
> > > point, masks will be optional but still welcome/encouraged. Please
> > > do not
> > > harass any ringer for wearing or not-wearing a mask during times when
> > > masking is optional.
> > >
> > > Thirdly, we had a few comments about getting air filters for the
> > > towers.
> > > That will not immediately affect the policy, but we think it's a
> > > good idea
> > > and would like to move forward with figuring out how to do that
> > > (including
> > > asking the churches for permission to store, finding funds, etc)
> > >
> > > Thank you again for your input. A link to the survey data is below:
> > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kzuaXEdywNB-12Q_lekfVpWAMS7PORfQlueYs6x507I/edit?usp=sharing
> > >
> > > ~Kat and Sam
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