Question: How can churches and other faith based organizations protect staff and members from illness and slow the spread of COVID-19 ?

Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: FAQs for Administrators and Leaders at Community- and Faith-Based Organizations
section_headers: Substantial spread of COVID-19 in the local community
What steps should my organization take to protect staff and members if there is substantial spread of COVID-19 in the local community?
section_content: If there is substantial spread of COVID-19 in the community, you should:

Follow the directions of your state and local authorities.
Cancel in-person community and faith-based group events or gatherings of any size.
Continue to encourage everyday preventive actions.
Clean and then disinfect surfaces daily.
Develop ways to continue essential services for clients or members, such as meal, mental and spiritual and health, and social service programs.
Consider closing the facility or limiting access to the facility by non-essential visitors and limit non-essential services.

For more information related to group activities or events, read CDC guidance
on community
events.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Answer gives guidance on what to do regarding gathering size, disinfecting, and continuity of services provided. Answer is rather short and there are links to more information regarding preventive actions and disinfection proceduresl
Provides clear information on preventing the spread of COVID19 and briefly explicitly mentions churches

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: FAQs for Administrators and Leaders at Community- and Faith-Based Organizations
section_headers: Get Prepared
How can my organization lower the chance that staff and members will get sick?
section_content: The best way to prevent COVID-19 is to avoid being exposed to the virus. Start
by encouraging your staff and members to use everyday preventive
actions (such as washing hands often, avoiding close contact with
people, and covering coughs and sneezes with a tissue or the inside of the
elbow). Be sure you have supplies on hand (such as such as soap, hand
sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol, tissues, trash baskets) for your
staff, volunteers, and those you serve. CDC has posters with messages you can
post in your facility for staff about:

Staying home when sickpdf icon;
How to avoid spreading germs at workpdf icon.

CDC also has information for members, including:

Health promotion materials;
Information on proper handwashing technique; and
Tips for families to help children develop good handwashing habits.

To help limit the spread of the virus, you should also develop flexible sick-
leave and telework
policies so that staff (and volunteers) can stay home when they
are sick, when they need to care for a sick household member, or to care for
their children in the event of temporary school
dismissals. You may also consider replacing in-person
meetings with conference calls, video conferencing, or web-based seminars and
postponing non-essential meetings and travel.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Answer could be used for any workplace but at least there is information regarding telework (which could be applied towards services if it is a church) and links for how to handle hygiene if people do need to be present at the facility.
Gives good advice on preventing infection spread that applies to most large employers/gathering places.

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Excellent

Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: FAQs for Administrators and Leaders at Community- and Faith-Based Organizations
section_headers: Get Prepared
Where can my organization find out if the virus has spread to the local community?
section_content: You can get up-to-date information about local COVID-19 activity by keeping in
touch with your local and state public health officialsexternal
icon, and keeping up-to-date
with the CDC website.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Doesn't explicitly address churches and doesn't even provide generic guidance on slowing infection spread
Very vague answer that could be given to anyone: healthcare professionals, organizations, nursing homes, lay-people. Answer is insufficient and clicking on links may be a waste of time since they are far too vague and open-ended as well.

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Could be Improved