[CASL-L] REALM test #4

[Elaine Shapiro]

An alternative point of view:
>From what I understand, the key is not "is there a detectable amount of
virus" but "is the virus that remains in a transmissable form?"  Some
studies find remnants, little bits of RNA, but that doesn't mean it is
cohesive, intact, and capable of causing infection.  Kind of like finding a
spider's leg - sure it's from a spider, but can it bite you?   Touching
surfaces is the lowest risk; the higher risk is breathing the air, even
with masks on.   I am less worried about books, than I am about the number
of (masked) staff who parade in and out of the library to use the copier
and chat with each other, at closer than 6 ft, children whose masks fall
down, and the fact that to hear quiet children speak, I have to get very
close to them.  I don't have room to leave books flat. They will be in
piles for 3 days, and then reshelved.  Students will use hand sanitizer
before and after book browsing, and staff will wash hands after handling
books.  The one good thing I can say about the masks is they do keep your
hands off your face!

Elaine

On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 8:46 PM Jenny Lussier <jlussier at rsd13.org> wrote:

> That's what I'm thinking too - spread them out as much as you can. I think
> I'll have room to do that too.
>
> Thank you for sharing Barb!
>
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 7:00 PM Barbara Johnson <bajohnson at colchesterct.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Only if they are stacked, Shannon.
>> Without students in the library, I have room to lay them down.
>> Barb
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2020, 6:48 PM Shannon McNeice via CASL-L <
>> casl-l at mylist.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Is anyone revising their guidelines from 72-hours in quarantine to
>>> longer based on the Realm 4 results?
>>> Thanks!
>>> Shannon McNeice
>>> *Library Media Specialist*
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>>> “Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading.” - Rainer Maria
>>> Rilke, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
>>> <https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/314321> (Thanks to Anne Bogel
>>> <https://modernmrsdarcy.com/> for the quote!)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 12:30 PM CASL President <president at ctcasl.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/test4-results.html?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=REALM+Project+Test+4+results+announced&utm_campaign&utm_term=REALM+Project+Email+Updates&fbclid=IwAR0rBgl8_zZv2H6ha3pbiwdGeBetnuB5VBC57uFcGeEEkxzTe_IL-MFLH3I
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>>>> Stacking books prolonged virus detectability.
>>>> Barb
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