Friday, May 8, 2020
Leaked CDC decision Tree for Reopening Faith Communities
Leaked CDC decision Tree for Reopening Faith Communities
H/T to Rocco Palmo
SHOULD YOU CONSIDER HAVING IN PERSON GATHERINGS
Is the facility in a community no longer requiring significant mitigation?
Will reopening be in compliance with state and local orders?
Will you be ready to protect staff and congregants at higher risk for severe illness
ANY NO DO NOT OFFER IN PERSON GATHERINGS
ALL YES, then
ARE RECOMMEND ED SAFETY ACTIONS IN PLACE?
Promote health hygiene practices such as hand washing and wearing a cloth face covering
Intensify cleaning, disinfection and ventilation
Ensure social distancing such as no large gatherings, increased spacing, no holding hands, off additional , smaller services.
Limit sharing of items such as worship aids and collection trays.
Offer virtual services if possible
Train all staff and congregants on safety practices
ANY NO’S THEN MEET SAFEGARDS BEFORE OFFERING IN PERSON GATHERINGS
ALL YES, then
IS ONGOING MONITORING IN PLACE?
Encourage staff and congregants who feel sick to stay home
Plan for staff and congregants who get sick at facility
Regular communicate with local authorities, staff, congregants
Monitor staff absences and have flexible leave policies
Be ready to cancel in person gathering if there are increased cases.
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That decision tree looks like a lot of common sense. It's spooky that The Don doesn't want to get out in front of the folks he hs targeted as fall guys even with plain common sense.
ReplyDeleteCommon sense is to Trump as Superstring Theory is to a normal person.
DeleteA friend of mine, a Libertarian believe it or not, has been regularly posting info about social distancing/masks. He is a Libertarian but he also has a PhD and is one of the smartest people I know. AND, he has a pacemaker, had heart surgery at age 4, and has diabetes. He is only 59 - but he is smart, and he is non-suicidal! Some of his Libertarian friends give him flak about his PSA posts. He posted one today that gives really detailed information on modes of transmission. Great illustrations of a restaurant and open office that became hot spots. It's a longer than normal read but well worth it. Especially for you folk who are getting anxious about church reopenings.
ReplyDeletehttps://erinbromage.wixsite.com/covid19/post/the-risks-know-them-avoid-them
I don't think libertarians can't act for the common good. They just don't want government dictating what that is. True libertarians aren't lawless rogues, in fact, they rely on constitutional laws to defend their rights to be libertarians. It strikes me that there are a lot of scofflaws who claim to be libertarians.
DeleteJean, my brother-in-law, who has heart disease and is 75,is a Libertarian, as are his two sons and his wife. He recently referred to the "lockdown Nazis" in an email. He has conceded that he wears a mask to do his grocery shopping, but refused to honor a ban by the county where he has a second home to stay out of the county. Only full-time residents allowed. He was gleeful that he got there and back without being stopped by a cop. I don't know how the cops would know anyway, as he lives in the same state unless the license plates have some kind of county stickers. He is former military officer, and he said that if he gets sick he would ask to be treated with hydroxychloroquine at a military hospital since apparently it's been banned as a treatment in his state. Not sure they would honor his wish either, given that it was a study of VA patients that finally got Trump to stop pushing the drug.
DeleteHe and his wife just got tested for anti-bodies - he was hoping they had been among the symptom-less infected and thus would be able to go out and about without worrying. Not a surprise that their tests came back negative. Their doc had done 120 antibody tests by then, but only 30 results back. Of those 30, only one patient tested positive.
Thank, Anne. Very educational. I was wondering what the required viral load was. 1000 particles, though just an estimate. Nice to have numbers and some empirical evidence. I thought that breathing the same air simultaneously or serially was the worst scenario. Doesn't look good for my primary recreational activity, dancing, as I expected. We don't breathe directly in each others faces but over each other shoulders. Poor businesses based on dancing. I'm not sure there will be any dance venues after this is over
DeleteMy only point is that libertarians may attract selfish people who use that political ideology to do whatever the hell they want. The same way people without a lot of ambition might use socialism as a way to demand a nice wage without having to work much.
DeleteA heart patient who wants hydrochloroquine doesn't sound very smart ...
Woo hoo. I just scored a package of five KN95 masks. Not cheap. But supposedly very effective. Not as comfortable as the one I sewed from a damask dinner napkin with a filter, not as nice looking, either. But I'm sure they work better. I'm assuming they can be re-used with a 3 or 4 day waiting period.
ReplyDeleteOur churches here are not opening yet. In Omaha some are, with limiting. The directives I read are that you shouldn't try to go to a parish you don't attend, but should wait until your own opens. The cathedral parish is taking online reservations (for their parishioners), and people will be seated by ushers in designated seating. Makes me think of the old practice of "pew renting". That wasn't in my lifetime, but families had their own pews.