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lanlady

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12. I agree with you Maru K

Reply to Maru Kitteh (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2020, 12:56 PM

Jul 2020

People are seated close together in the middle and back rows. Everyone is wearing masks but even so... the optics are bad. And then you have speaker after speaker going up to the same microphone. There is no plexiglass, no one is wearing gloves. Lord help us if any of the attendees get the virus. I fervently hope not.

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I JUST DON'T LIKE all these people sharing an unsanitized podium and microphone, [View all] Maru Kitteh Jul 2020 OP

They sanitize and wipe down the podium after each speaker. jrthin Jul 2020 #1

It's still indoors and sanitizer requires time to work, and they are in far too Maru Kitteh Jul 2020 #7

👆this Docreed2003 Jul 2020 #15

I have to think that all precautions are in place. secondwind Jul 2020 #2

The latest information is that the risk of getting the virus from surfaces The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #3

Indoors, laughing and singing. And these are surfaces shared by many. It's about viral load. Maru Kitteh Jul 2020 #8

You make a good point. The mic should be sanitized between speakers still_one Jul 2020 #4

I thought that too, at first FoxNewsSucks Jul 2020 #5

They are sanitizing between Srkdqltr Jul 2020 #6

Just saw that, thanks still_one Jul 2020 #14

I would not want to be up there after the singer either..nt helpisontheway Jul 2020 #9

In Michigan Gov Whitmer has prohibited any indoor gatherings more than 10 people MichMan Jul 2020 #10

It worries me too. 😳 SaveOurDemocracy Jul 2020 #11

I agree with you Maru K lanlady Jul 2020 #12

They're sanitizing the microphones and podium between speakers StarfishSaver Jul 2020 #13