Vaccine Discussion with Dr. O’Malley

Feb 5

Today’s call explores the impact of vaccines on reopening strategies among this community of retreat centers. We're concerned about the health and safety of all the constituents represented at our centers, including staff, guests, the communities to which our guests return, and the communities within which our centers are located.

In this call, our guest expert, Dr. Anna O'Malley, MD, shares a presentation on mRNA vaccine design and function, herd immunity and "community immunity," ethics and related resources. The remainder of the call is a question-and-answer forum on caution, policies, language-ing, testing, outdoor programming, etc.

Click the video above to get the full conversation.

Takeaway resources:

Dr. O’Malley also gave a talk (a “Community Medicine Circle”) on COVID immunizations that goes further into the science and perhaps better explains details, along with lots of questions and answers around individual considerations. View in a recorded Zoom call format (scroll down to the talk given 1/27/21).
Dr. O’Malley recommends this article on the recent poll of demographics re: immunization acceptance
The CDC has a wealth of guidelines in support of how to safely gather, which augment state and local recommendations
Dr. O’Malley recommends reviewing these considerations re: privacy and ADA regulations in pandemic times
The American Camp Association (ACA) has a helpful field guide for camps and a resource center for camps with relevant information on business, virtual programming, health and wellness, mental health, marketing, human resources and hospitality during the coronavirus pandemic.
Visit the RCC’s Vaccines and Reopening collaborative document from the Community Call on January 19, 2021.
Find and share more resources in our Community Response to COVID-19 Google Folder. This is a great space to share policies, procedures, etc., by uploading your relevant files for others to explore in our shared folder.
The RCC’s Mighty Network is an interactive social platform designed for retreat center leaders to raise questions and share materials in conversation threads. Check out the Topics section on Community Calls.