Re: [tg] berks covid opinion poll

Subject: Re: [tg] berks covid opinion poll

From: Kathy Godfrey <kathy godfrey gmail com>

Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:02:30 -0400

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I don't recall any COVID reports from the 2025 Berkshires. In view of that, maybe

it's time to let attendees roll their own for mask-wearing and testing, or at least take a poll.

If you can believe the CDC's data, the number of deaths from flu in 2024 (the last year with reported numbers)

was 45K vs 31K for COVID, and COVID dropped out of the top 10 for causes of death (to 15th). That's a relatively

bad year historically for flu, but that just points up the lesser risk from COVID these days.

>>Kathy

On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 4:42 PM Judy Anderson via tg <tg cosmos phy tufts edu> wrote:

So, we don't have access to free tests this year. Should we still
require testing? Should we require daily testing? Should we pay for
tests?

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