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By. Kirk Boxleitner kbox/eitner@masoncounty. com Health Officer Dr. Daniel Stein is on track to va- cate his position with Mason County Public Health at the end of the year, but he’ll still be here to oversee the public health challenges posed by the Thanksgiving holiday. Stein is passing on the public advice compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has categorized prospective Thanksgiving activities into three tiers of safety, with the green, yellow and red-light designations of “Safe,” “Less Safe” and “Unsafe.” ' p The safest strategy of all, according to the CDC, is to celebrate Thanksgiving in your own home, pre- paring dishes with members of your household. The “Safe” option is not without opportunities for broader socializing — the CDC points out that you can share photos of your home’s holiday decorations online, and have a virtual dinner with friends and relatives who are celebrating in their own homes. Many households already take in the day’s pa- rades, sporting events and movies from their TV‘ and computer screens at home, so to complete the Thanksgiving experience while staying safe, all one would need to do is forego the, in-person lines on Black Friday in favor of shopping online, as a number of bargain-hunters already choose to do on V Cyber Monday.“Less Safe” is a gathering outside your household, but the CDC still has tips on how you can lower your risk by keeping such gatherings small and local. For gatherings outside your home, the CDC ad- vises staying outside if possible, and ensuring prop- er ventilation if you must go indoors, while wearing masks when not eating or drinking and practicing proper social distancing of 6 feet either way. Because Mason County is in Phase 3, such gath— erings should be limited to 10 or fewer people from outside your household, and Mason County Public Health-suggests that you ask your guests to bring their own meals, rather than sharing. The CDC urges attendees of such gatherings to wash or sanitize their hands and frequently used surfaces regularly, especially before eating, and to avoid contact with nonattendees for 14 days, before Shelton oops get mobile internet By Gordon Weeks gordon@masoncounty. com Shelton police officers soon will have continuous Wi-Fi capabilities in their vehicles. The Shelton City Council voted unanimously at ' its regular meeting Nov. 17 to purchase Cradlepoint wireless routers, which will provide the power of LED and 5G for bulletproof connections to all de- partment hardware, said City Manager Jeff Niten. The cost is $35,797. The payment will come of a recent vehicle insurance reimbursement of $55,053, Niten said. Anaconda Networks is the sole provider of the hardware, he said. No one spoke during the public hearing on the proposal. Council member Joe Schmit said the purchase “makes our community more safe and efficient.” , “I believe this is a strong, worthwhile investment for law enforcement It’s definitely something of need for law enforcement, Schmit said. Schmit said he recently rode along with a police sergeant on a night shift. “If you’ve never been inside a police car, it’s a mo- bile office, a jail cell and everything else,” he said; “There’s a lot that goes on in there.” val-m4.» . . . .. .V ._ filll‘ l _ J. wran "5‘ . i». WWWT'fi’ Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020 - Shelton-Mason County Journal Page A—13 Experts share Thanksgiving tips to avoid COVlD-19 and after such gatherings. The CDC has outlined a list of criteria by which each prospective social gathering can be judged, in- cluding the community levels of COVID-19 in the gathering location and the locations where each at- tendee is coming from, as well at the potential for exposure to COVID—19 during travel to and from the gathering. ' The CDC also asks prospective attendees to con- sider the safety of the gathering site’s conditions, the planned duration of the gathering, the numbers and crowd density of gathering’s attendees, and the behaviors of those attendees, both prior to and dur- ing the gathering itself. The category of what the CDC considers. “Un- safe” includes large gatherings, especially indoors, with shared foods such as potlucks or buffets, espe- cially at crowded locations such as stores, parades and sports events. ' Spadeslafelimited,call ‘ .ii'iE-Wr mil Mention Code: 20DecTiny 36023364098 .ISO'me i5 ‘. purchases. Fits up to a 35 db less. Offer Expires 12/10/20 ‘ 'i’mnmnpwmmim ’ ’ AudloionaPrc b One of theme .. stontroi’led’ . :OmMorecThinsk “ w . . . arts of the “attrition inc-inflow: gm: a i‘irhiiiar voice, so pint. bring in Spence. to member. or friend with you; can usrtodagmaonflmyour appointment-thug, . , . 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