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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
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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.”
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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.
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The CDC warns against hosting or participat-
ing in any in-person gatherings if you or anyone
in your household is feeling even slightly sick, has
been diagnosed with COVID-19, has symptoms of
COVID-19, is waiting for COVID-19 test results,
may have been exposed to someone with COVID-l9
in the previous 14 days or is at increased risk of
severe illness from COVID-19.
If you are an older adult or have medical condi—
tions that put you at higher risk of COVID-19, or
if you live or work with someone at increased risk
of severe illness, avoid in-person gatherings with
people outside your household.
If you are exposed to someone who is confirmed
as positive for COVID-19 -— with exposure'defined
as closer than 6 feet for more than 15 minutes
quarantine for 14 days after your exposure date
and get a COVID-19 test five to seven days after
exposure.
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