[Massplanners] Municipal Workplace COVID-19 Mask Mandates

[Mark Archambault]

The Town of Ayer has a mask mandate for Town Hall and municipal buildings, though I find that some people (mostly contractors coming in for building permits) are lax in covering their noses, and sometimes take their masks off completely when talking on their cell phones. Argh...

Given the facts below, I think it's important to remind everyone to properly mask, even if that means confronting them!

The Omicron variant is so transmissible that "even a quick, transient encounter can lead to an infection, CNN reported<https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/01/health/us-coronavirus-saturday/index.html>, "including if someone's mask is loose, or a person quickly pulls their mask down, or an individual enters an elevator in which someone else has just coughed."
"At the beginning of this pandemic... we all were taught, you have a significant exposure if you're within six feet of somebody and you're in contact with them for more than 15 minutes," CNN medical analyst Jonathan Reiner told<https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/01/health/us-coronavirus-saturday/index.html> the news outlet.

"All these rules are out the window. This is a hyper-contagious virus."

Mark Archambault
Ayer Town Planner


From: MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces at masscptc.org> On Behalf Of Danielson, Stephanie via MassPlanners
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2022 11:33 AM
To: massplanners at masscptc.org
Subject: [Massplanners] Municipal Workplace COVID-19 Mask Mandates

Hi everyone,

This is an instance where I really am not asking this question for myself, but for a family member who works for another municipality.

How many communities require municipal employees to wear masks if the employee is not fully vaccinated, or have returned to masks for all, even if vaccinated in light of the recent surge?

Stephanie Danielson, AICP, Director of Planning & Economic Development
Department of Planning & Economic Development
Town of Easton, 136 Elm Street, Easton, MA  02356
508.230.0641
Easton.ma.us<http://www.easton.ma.us/>

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