A note from the COVID-19 Task Force. Dallas County Health and Human Services raised its COVID-19 risk level to orange, signifying the public to proceed with extreme caution as it relates to COVID-19. Using its own criteria, the Centers for Disease Control raised the...
COVID-19 Task Force update, July 2022. Dallas County Health and Human Services raised its COVID-19 risk level to yellow on July 6, signifying the public to proceed cautiously as it relates to COVID-19. Using its own criteria, the Centers for Disease Control raised the...
A word of caution on COVID - Linda Garner, Parish Nurse. As the parish nurse at Wilshire, one of my primary concerns is the health and wellness of our congregation, and while I know we are all tired of hearing about COVID, we need to remember that it is still...
Masks optional for all In consultation with the COVID-19 Advisory Task Force, Wilshire is expanding its “mask-optional” policy to include all ages, regardless of vaccination status. Not long ago we declared masks to be optional for vaccinated people, while...
As Wilshire’s COVID-19 Advisory Task Force met Wednesday evening to review weekly COVID data and trends, the decision to move from recommending to requiring masks for everyone age 2 and older was unanimously agreed upon.
What if I was sitting near someone who tested positive for COVID? Because of the contagious nature of the Delta variant, our community is witnessing an increased number of positive cases of COVID-19 among both the fully vaccinated and unvaccinated. Wilshire is no...
April 2021 COVID-19 Advisory Task Force Update What a joy it was to see each other and gather on Palm Sunday and Easter. We were encouraged by the great turnout for these in-person opportunities that provided a safe way to begin transitioning back to corporate...
March 2021 COVID-19 Advisory Task Force Update Where We’ve Been – A look back at our congregation’s COVID-19 journey: As we mark the one-year anniversary of the county-wide COVID-19 quarantine, we recollect on the development of the Wilshire COVID-19 Task Force in...
November COVID-19 Advisory Task Force Update. Wilshire’s ministry ideally begins with meeting people where they are. That’s been challenging in the pandemic. When our community shut down in the initial response to COVID-19, Wilshire focused on improving and expanding...
October COVID-19 Advisory Task Force Update The COVID-19 safety trends in our community are not good, as Dallas County’s recent move back into the red threat-level zone indicates. But there are causes for hope and progress is being made, especially in treatments for...