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Here's a description of what Strathmore has implemented (concert venue in Rockville), just so you can compare. DD plays her concerts there because she belongs to MCYO, Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras.

Every concert-goer above 2 years of age has to provide proof of vaccination or negative PCR test within 72 hours of the concert time. Anyone concert-goer entering the building over 2 years of age must wear a mask.

For MCYO kids and conductors and all the students and staff coming into the building (they have other instrumental, voice and chorus groups), masks worn must be N95, KN95, or KF94, and/or any specialized singing, woodwind and brass masks and PPE covers for blown instruments. No surgical or cloth masks allowed. They must all show proof of vaccination (or have negative PCR tests within 72 hours of showing up for rehearsal), and for the 5-11 group, they will start asking for proof of vaccination in January.

On top of that, the building is disinfected regularly and ventilation was upgraded to something really powerful that recycles all the inside air in 15-20 minutes (I forget the name).

Strathmore has had practically no cases of Covid since the beginning of the year, thanks to these draconian measures.

I know some of these things cannot be implemented in public schools, but I just wanted to share what kind of measures are needed to keep Delta at bay. Omicron is much more transmissible, so we'll see whether we can still keep going next year.

I think the N95/KN95/KF94 mask selection could be implemented in public schools, though, if public school systems bought a stock for students and staff - publics in our area are well-funded and can well afford them! The presence of barely protective cloth or surgical masks in crowded school settings contributes to spread.

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We have had several positives from MCYO and they don’t clean more than normal.  The venue is large so people could space out but most did not.  The had the kids packed together when they were not playing.  They try to a point but you have a false sense of security.

And, younger kids are not fully vaccinated and at this point it means nothing.  [/quote]

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