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So long as there is just one person on the planet
infected, it is possible they will infect others, and Montana Masonic Foundation
COVID continues to spread. At Work In Our Public Schools

5 - Governments extend their 2020 policies over a few
years to enforce social distancing on the population.
Specifi cally, socializing activities; while education
and employment organizations remain operational,
in some cases, they are reduced, or in some extreme
cases, to cease operation - the hospitality industry is
the hardest hit. Even family gatherings being prohibit-
ed.
6 - Prolonged full or partial lockdown is fi nancially
and emotionally unmaintainable. As soon as the
lockdown is relaxed, the virus continues to infect.
Montana Masonic Foundation
COVID is not the disruptor, Presents Grant to Smith Valley School
but more of an accelerant

Th ere are three possible outcomes:
1 - COVID disappears in six months, and we all get
back to 'how it used to be' - pre-COVID.
2 - COVID takes fi ve years to get under control.
Possibly a mix of herd immunity and vaccine. Th is is
long enough to break a habit; there may well be no
'how it used to be' to go back to. However, some will
be waiting on this scenario.

3 - COVID endlessly mutates, and society as a whole
has to adapt to the new norm. To some extent, society
has started to adapt, and those with a growth mindset Th e Montana Masonic Foundation awarded a Grant
will be the ones who can 'own' the situation and adapt to Smith Valley School the check presented by MMF
and develop to survive. Representative John Heston. L-R: Erik Anderson, WM
Kalispell 42; Mary Noble, Librarian; John Sonderegger,
We will need to maintain No. 42 & No. 152 and John Heston, MMF Representative.
social distancing and
personal hygiene to live
As it took just one infected person, fi rst reported
November 2019, to start what became the COVID-19
Pandemic, it only needs one infected person to infect
others, to start a new wave of infections.
FM4
How do we prepare for Freemasonry v4

If outcome option 1 materializes, then as a
fraternity, Freemasonry will continue to decline in
Freemasonry v3 for the foreseeable future, and we can
all get back to how it used to be. It will not halt the
decline in membership; it will just take a little longer
to transform into FM4.
If the outcome is option 3, and to some extent L-R: Erik Anderson, WM Kalispell 42; Mary Noble
option 2, then there will be a need to transform into Librarian; Laili Komenda, Pprincipal; John Sonderegger
Freemasonry v4. It is not necessarily by choice. Let's of No. 152 & 42 and John Heston, J.G. Steward, MMF
not kid ourselves; Freemasonry v3 membership has Representative.
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