The New Normal Team has made recommendations that:

1. All members should be vaccinated.
2. Vaccinated individuals can safely attend small groups.
3. In-person services should resume when the number of new cases in the Jacksonville metropolitan area is less than 10/100,000 per day and the percent of positive tests is less than 5% for two weeks. On 10/14/21 the number of new cases was 14.7 per 100,000 (down from 115/100,000 on 8/1/21), and the test positivity was 5.1%.
4. All persons attending UUCJ activities must wear masks and practice social distancing.
5. Unvaccinated members should attend meetings, services, and other activities virtually until the incidence of COVID 19 infections are minimal (less than 1/100,000 new cases per day) in our area. (This low level may not be achieved any time soon).
6. Persons who are sick should not come to UUCJ activities, should get tested for COVID-19 and if infected should isolate for at least 10 days.
7. A contact tracing system should be set up. Leaders of small groups would be responsible for recording attendees and contacting them promptly if they have been exposed to COVID-19. Attendees at large services or other events should sign in, and the leader of that event would be responsible for contacting all attendees exposed to COVID-19.