I understand how isolating this time is, and that people need the library (I certainly do) but so often these articles really fail to understand what the risk IS in a place like the library.https://twitter.com/Trinity_News/status/1360636603140460545 …
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Now, reducing hours does mean that more people will be in the library at once and it will likely be difficult to go at a time when it is less busy (like mid morning).
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But the blanket assumption that libraries are safe do not fully account for how covid spreads.
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Also: you may think, well I'll just be in there for 10 minutes to get stuff and leave. But consider the overworked and underpaid librarians who have been working extremely hard to get us resources.
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Scanning, posting books, putting in book/journal orders, etc. and they must also deal with the risk of physically being on site all day.
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And working in a place like the library is going to be a nightmare for contact tracing. Consider how many students go in and out? The disinfecting, processing books, etc. on top of having to deal with the air literally being a vehicle for infection.
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