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[John Parsons <parsons AT nevis.columbia.edu>]

Hi Gustaaf, all,

	I had a quick glance through your posted slides.  Given all the 
headlines about the ongoing surge due to the delta-variant, and how much 
worse it might still get in the US (which our reviewers will certainly 
have also seen), I would suggest to be a bit more cautious in the 
outlook for this fall/winter.  While the slides seemed fine at the DR 
only 6 weeks ago, by this pint in time we might risk coming across as 
overly optimistic, which could trigger a discussion about whether we are 
considering all the COVID risks.  I give a few concrete suggestions below.
        Regards,
                John

p. 3 - "We have decent control now over operating our labs"; consider 
adding "and hope that the ongoing surge does not lead to further 
restrictions"

p. 26 - "While access to our labs is increasingly reliable, and 
vaccination makes another wave in Fall unlikely, ..." - we are already 
in the midst of another wave, worse (in many states) that in the past. 
AConsider change to "and vaccination hopefully makes another wave of lab 
shutdowns in Fall unlikely..."

p. 31 - "rising lab efficiency"; consider adding "which hopefully 
continues despite ongoing Delta-variant surge"

p. 33 - "high university vaccination rates mean this will now hopefully 
remain"; consider adding "despite challenges of current surge in cases"

p. 36 - "We believe new lockdowns are unlikely," ; consider changing to 
"hopefully unlikely, despite ongoing surge in cases"

p. 37 - add bullet that current surge is a concern, and we hope it does 
not lead to further disruptions

On 8/4/21 11:07 AM, Gustaaf Brooijmans wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On the no covid summary sheet the float table has base floats both with 
> and without the COVID BCPs.  I would suggest to show both.
>
> Best,
>
> Gustaaf
>
> On 8/4/21 4:20 PM, John Parsons wrote:
> > What about the float numbers?  Do we show both with/without COVID?  
> > For LAr, we have lost close to a year in float due to COVID.  If I 
> > show only the "no COVID" float, it will appear very misleading??
> >
> >          John
> >
> > On 8/4/21 7:47 AM, Gustaaf Brooijmans wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > Attached is an updated contingency simulation summary sheet.  Note 
> > > that the file now has two sheets: one where the base numbers include 
> > > the covid BCPs, and one where they don't.  Based on the feedback from 
> > > the director's review, I think we should show the numbers *without* 
> > > the covid BCPs by default, and maybe have the others in back-up.
> > >
> > > I also attach the sheet with all the gory details, for your own perusal.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Gustaaf
> > >
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