Hi fellow organizers,
Leaving this here as a resource for other dance organizers to use in
evaluating sickness safety policies, especially for people who focus on CDC
recommendations.
https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVID19-currentlevels.html
CDC recently added a page with trends and a state-by-state map of
wastewater numbers, which it extrapolates wastewater numbers vs historical
data to estimate.
Basically, a state-by-state map of how much there's covid spread.
Since public tracking of infection numbers stopped being required, this can
be an alternate.
Some notes:
- Not all areas test/report wastewater numbers, so usefulness will vary
state to state.
- For what it's worth, this holiday surge has put nearly all of the US
population in "high" or "very high". (mirroring trends of the past 3
holiday seasons)
- Typically wastewater trends up and down 1-2 weeks ahead of hospital
admission trending, due to viral incubation period.
- There's flu
- The CDC is not including any specific recommendations based off
wastewater numbers.
Their recommendations page references hospitalization levels.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.h…
hospitalization levels can be found, per-county:
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#maps_new-admissions-rate-county
In dance,
Julian Blechner
Western Mass dance organizer / caller
Hi all,
There’s been a lot of discussion regarding generational transition and one
of the things that has come up over and over is that to engage young
people, especially young women, dances must be able to deal with any
“creeps” who routinely cause discomfort to targeted others.
Beyond a statement of values, which sets the expectation for behavior at a
dance, what actionable policies has your organization successfully (or
unsuccessfully) implemented regarding this issue?
Looking for:
- reporting policy and organizational response to reports.
- communications with those who violate community values, including
warnings.
- addressing continued unacceptable behavior.
- mistakes organizations can make when forming for executing policies.
- anything else relevant to the topic.
Not a fun discussion, but perhaps a helpful one to have.
Best,
Virginia
