Re: Do we have a policy for attendance after Covid exposure (not Covid)?

["Lesh, Kathryn" <leshk union edu>]

To explain Elaine's helpful comment about the Schreiner/Lesh
household....For those who don't know, our daughter Bridget is very ill,
with a poor prognosis, and appears to be extremely vulnerable to Covid. She
snatched it out of thin air this fall even though none of us leave our
apartment without an N95 mask on, and no one (e.g. maintenance) is allowed
to enter our apartment without an N95 mask. Partly as a result, we've
recently upgraded our precautions by buying a fit-test kit and
discontinuing mask-person pairs that don't pass. (I can do this fit testing
for anyone who wants it, by the way.)

Obviously we don't expect our fellow ringers to be slaves to our admittedly
rigid protocols! We understand that we come to ringing at our own risk.

For anyone who does want to go the extra mile: we don't always sign up for
ringing because with Bridget's condition we often don't know until the last
minute whether she can be left alone. So not seeing our names on the
sign-up list doesn't mean neither of us will be there. If you felt moved to
do so, you could send us a private message to let us know that we might
want to stay away (e.g. "I could possibly have been exposed on this day, I
think there's virtually no chance I'm sick but wanted to let you know just
in case you want to play it extra safe....") That would be welcomed but
certainly not expected.

Best regards, and thank you to all our friends for all your support,
Kathryn

_______________________________________
Dr. Kathryn Lesh
Research Professor of Mathematics, Union College
Research Affiliate, M.I.T.
leshk union edu


On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM Sam Ratliff via Boston-change-ringers <
boston-change-ringers cosmos phy tufts edu> wrote:

> Agreed, we don't have a specific policy. A potential path forward would 
> be
> to take some tests, use your judgement based on the exposure that you 
> had,
> and if you're coming to practice because you're asymptomatic and testing
> negative, let people know ahead of time that you were exposed.
>
> Hope that you stay healthy!
>
> Sam
> On Jan 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM -0500, Elaine Hansen <EHansen minlib net>,
> wrote:
> > I (on no authority whatsoever, mind) don't think we have a specific
> > exposure policy.
> > It doesn't actually seem like you *had* an exposure if you were 
> > masked. I
> > think you get to do what makes you feel comfortable (although in your
> > shoes, I'd give the Schreiner/Leshes a wide berth for at least 5 
> > days...)
> >
> > Do feel free to disagree...
> >
> > I've been utterly confused since the 'infecting all of Europe' trip,
> where
> > the positive test results lagged the symptoms by a considerable
> margin....
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 30, 2025, 11:51 Laura Dickerson via Boston-change-ringers <
> > boston-change-ringers cosmos phy tufts edu> wrote:
> >
> > > I did an extra volunteer shift on Tuesday at MGH. One of my 
> > > colleagues
> > > tested positive that night (asymptomatic). I was masked the whole 
> > > time
> I
> > > was in the building. He wasn't. My most recent shot was in December. 
> > > I
> am
> > > hoping I am protected enough by my actions and will be testing daily
> for a
> > > while to be sure. I was negative today. Short-term question -
> presuming I
> > > test negative tomorrow and on the weekend days, do I skip practice on
> > > Saturday or service ringing on Sunday? Do we have a general policy
> based
> > > on number of negative days since exposure?
> > >
> > > Laura Dickerson
> > >
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