(Gainesville, GA, here)
My focus is trying to understand the math.
We'll be able to dance again when our country's herd immunity for CV
is high enough to suppress CV,
i.e. when average number of transmissions, R0, < 1.0.
Wikipedia's article explains it well
I was thinking about this also
Gov Raimondo, as well as Rep Cicilline announced a couple of days ago that
a part of the federal stimulus money will go to people working the gig
economy. No matter what they're receiving from unemployment, they will also
receive an extra $600 per week, so our
to be flooding email boxes with maybe two
messages a week.
-- Alan
From: Jonathan Roveto via Organizers
Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2020 7:37 AM
To: Lisa Sieverts
Cc: A list for dance organizers
Subject: [Organizers] Re: It might be a long time until we dance again
I think
One way to bring dancers and musicians back together, especially if society
begin reintegration in the hot summer months, might be to hold indoor or
outdoor for-pay concerts without dancing.
\Bob Peterson
> On Apr 9, 2020, at 09:22, Lisa Sieverts via Organizers
> wrote:
>
> Organizers,
In Grand Rapids, Lansing, Kalamazoo we each have made the decision to cancel
through Summer. Lansing and Kalamazoo dances run through mid-late June. Grand
Rapids continues through August.
Lansing and Kalamazoo have also discussed having a GALA event in late Summer if
the community threat of
Here are some thoughts from Belfast ME re: Lisa's questions:
Organizers, what are your plans for restarting your dances?
At our most recent (online) board meeting, we agreed that we have no firm plan,
beyond waiting until it seems safe to dance and continuing to reevaluate as
time passes. So
I think waiting for a vaccine is overkill. At some point, you have to let
people make up their own minds. There will be a few things to consider: 1)
At some point, restaurants, sporting events, and schools will all start
back up again. 2) Mass testing and antibody testing will become active. 3)
We are dancing via Zoom, lots of ECD dances being adapted or written for one or
two people. Using recorded music.
Is it ideal? No. But we can see each other moving and it is the best we can do.
It has been lots of fun and a wonderful way to stay connected.
We plan to keep this going until we
Hi,
One thing I'm doing which might be worth sharing: I have started a *new*
e-mail list for sending out information about virtual dances, videos, etc.
Because I think that some people will not be interested, and I don't want
those people to unsubscribe from my main group mailing list for when
Our dance organizers have not had the conversation. But here are the same
thoughts I would express to them if we had that conversation this week.
I think resumption will follow this pattern. Each organizer will make their own
individual decision about when they will be safe to help run a dance.
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