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<p class="MsoNormal">The Town of Ayer has a mask mandate for Town Hall and municipal buildings, though I find that some people (<i>mostly contractors coming in for building permits</i>) are lax in covering their noses, and sometimes take their masks off completely
when talking on their cell phones. Argh…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Given the facts below, I think it’s important to remind everyone to properly mask, even if that means confronting them!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Omicron variant is so transmissible that "even a quick, transient encounter can lead to an infection</b>, <i>CNN</i> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/01/health/us-coronavirus-saturday/index.html"><b>reported</b></a>, "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."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"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," <i>CNN</i> medical analyst Jonathan Reiner <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/01/health/us-coronavirus-saturday/index.html"><b>told</b></a> the
news outlet. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"<b>All these rules are out the window. This is a hyper-contagious virus."<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mark Archambault<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ayer Town Planner <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Danielson, Stephanie via MassPlanners<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 03, 2022 11:33 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> massplanners@masscptc.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Massplanners] Municipal Workplace COVID-19 Mask Mandates<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is an instance where I really am not asking this question for myself, but for a family member who works for another municipality.
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<p class="MsoNormal">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?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Stephanie Danielson, AICP,
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Director of Planning & Economic Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Department of Planning & Economic Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Town of Easton, 136 Elm Street, Easton, MA 02356<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">508.230.0641<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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