In light of this week’s changed CDC guidelines regarding masking and the increasing rates of COVID transmission rates in Waldo County, the Vestry has affirmed the following changes to our protocol at St. Margaret’s:  

• We recommend that all people wear masks in church (those who have a leadership speaking role can remove their masks while performing their role).
• We will maintain a list of those in attendance.

Why these changes?  In a nutshell, this past week the Federal CDC began recommending that allpeople, both unvaccinated and vaccinated, wear masks in indoor settings where COVID transmission rates are “substantial” or “high.”  Waldo County presently is classified as “substantial.”  The Maine CDC is following the federal guidelines.

We encourage you to look at these two links for background information, which will help explain the rationale.

From the U.S. CDC.

From the Maine CDC.