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What do respect, you guys missing the point. The point here if you have symptoms and you're not sure what it is, please don't expose other people do it specially around holiday time. We all suspicious of a person, and I did not wanna disclose it via email.
I requested a phone call to see how close I was to that person, because I'm suspicious of who has it.
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<div>I do respect everybody's privacy, but this is a lesson learned for people to be considerate.</div>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Dec 17, 2022, at 11:17 AM, BASIL MAURICE via Massachusetts-NFB <massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">Hi Shara:</span> <br>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">I agree with you. An open forum like this is not a good place to be discussing a particular person's health status. I respect anyone who comes forward and voluntarily discloses whether they have covid
or not. One does not have to disclose that fact. They should not be compelled to do so because of peer pressure. In most cases, especially employment, for example, it is not legal to disclose this information unless the individual involved consents to it.
If this member chooses to remain annonymous, that is their right and none of us sould be judging them. </span>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">Thank you for letting me share my thoughts and I hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New year. </span>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">P. S. by the way, I wanted to let you know that Carol Ann And I have already booked our train and hotel for the Washington Seminar. We will be leaving Springfield on Saturday January 28, 2023 and returning
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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy Holidays Everyone!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I hope everyone is happy and keeping healthy. We know for sure that we have at least one member who tested positive for Covid, let’s keep this person in our prayers. A stomach virus, the influenza and many other bugs are all around us.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Each of us, when entering any public event are at risk of catching any of these and even more undesirable things from the people we encounter. Those who are at high risk, do not usually expose themselves at all.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Currently the CDC nor the state of Massachusetts is requiring that anyone prove their COVID status, their vaccination status or to wear a mask. We the NFB, are following these standards of practice.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We have many other members with serious medical issues, dealing with family loss and tragedy, and going through many very difficult times. I ask that we all practice compassion, understanding, and patience with each other.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The most important thing that we can give each other, is kindness, empathy, love and understanding.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Anyone who was at the Cambridge Holiday party was exposed. Thankfully, as soon as this person knew of their positive status, they reached out, to ask us, to let everyone know that they were exposed. There is not one of us in that room
that was more exposed than any other. I happen to know that this person and some others did wear masks during the gathering. Therefore, it is not likely that any of us got the virus. Again, if it had been a server, an Uber driver or someone else, none of us
would know that we were absolutely exposed. Our member was gracious and responsible enough to let us know. The identity of the person is irrelevant and revealing their identity is an invasion of privacy.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I opened this list so that everyone could post about NFB matters and other events that might be of interest to this community. However, if debating, squabbling, name calling or anything unpleasant occurs, we will be forced to make it an
announcement list only again. I don’t want this to happen, because I like that we can all post about things that are important to us.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So if you have an issue, please contact your chapter president, a member of the board or me privately to discuss the matter. I believe in all of you and I feel strongly that we are all capable of being respectful, kind and mature. This
doesn’t mean that our emotions are not important, because they are, but this list is not the place to display them.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We do not require vaccination or testing before you come to our events, but both are suggested. Anyone who is experiencing COVID-19 symptoms should test themselves, and if positive cancel their plans to join us. If you begin to experience
symptoms and /or test positive, or if you just aren’t feeling well, we kindly ask that you do not join us, so that we all may stay healthy and we can continue to meet in person.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I hope each of you have a fantastic Holiday Season and we will see you in the New Year!!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Warmly,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">President, National Federation of the Blind of Massachusetts</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">617-600-8130</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="nfbma.org">Visit NFB MA Website for more information</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="nfb.org">Visit the NFB website for more info</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/National-Federation-of-the-Blind-of-Massachusetts-1593379944322253">Visit us on Facebook</a></p>
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