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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-KC-074	Clay County Public Health Center Annual Report 2020 ('In the year of 2020 COVID-19' timeline of public health emergency orders)Official chronology of the Clay County public health emergency orders of 2020	Clay County Public Health Center (Director Gary Zaborac) (report); orders signed by the Director under a county state of emergency declared by Presiding Commissioner Jerry Nolte	Clay County, Missouri (Clay County Public Health Center jurisdiction, outside Kansas City)County	Mar. 1, 2021		Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hours	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SLC-019	Public Health Order for junior high and middle schools (Sept. 23, 2021), as announced on the Department's coronavirus pageSummit County Health Department coronavirus page (capture of Sept. 26, 2021): '(9/23/21) Summit County Issues Public Health Order for Junior…	Summit County Health Department (page); Health Officer Philip Bondurant (order announced)	Summit County, UtahCounty	Sept. 23, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BNA-077	Shelby County Health Department directive requiring universal indoor masking in schools and daycares (August 2021; numbered Health Directive No. 24 in the Department's sequence)School and daycare universal indoor masking order (August 2021)	Shelby County Health Department	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty		2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BNA-078	Shelby County Health Order No. 26Health Order No. 26 (September-October 2021: indoor mask requirements in businesses and schools continued)	Shelby County Health Department	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty		2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-AR-016	ADH order of July 4, 2020 closing Brewski's Pub & Grub, Little Rock, as an imminent threat to public health (news report)KATV, 'Little Rock bar linked to cluster of infections didn't follow health rules, state says' (July 6, 2020)	Arkansas Department of Health (closure order) and Governor Asa Hutchinson (statement of July 6, 2020), as reported by KATV (Little Rock)	ArkansasState	July 6, 2020	2020 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementOperating condition	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-088	Board of Health order requiring all public and private K-12 schools in Montgomery County to provide virtual-only instruction and suspending extracurricular activities and sportsMontgomery County Board of Health order: all K-12 schools virtual, Nov. 23 - Dec. 6, 2020	Montgomery County Board of Health (Chair Michael Laign), unanimous vote of Nov. 13, 2020	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Board of Health)County	Nov. 13, 2020	2020 Q4	Gathering capSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NM-076	Public Health Emergency Order of February 24, 2021 (Turquoise level added) and its March 2021 reissuePublic Health Emergency Order... Amending Prior Public Health Emergency Orders to Impose County-by-County Restrictions Due to COVID-19	Secretary of Health Tracie C. Collins, M.D.	New MexicoState	Feb. 24, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-090	TEA Public Health Planning Guidance for the 2020-21 school year (July 7, 2020; on-campus instruction with masks required; parental choice of remote; attendance-funding flexibility of July 14-17, 2020 for up to eight weeks of remote instruction), and the Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021 public health guidance (mask provision not enforced during the GA-38 litigation)TEA SY 2020-21 Public Health Planning Guidance and 2021-22 updates	Texas Education Agency (Commissioner Mike Morath)	TexasSector regulator	July 7, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-070	Preliminary Guidance for Phased Reopening of Pre-K to 12 Schools (June 3, 2020) requiring a board-approved Health and Safety Plan before any school entity reopensRequirement that every school entity adopt and post a Health and Safety Plan approved by its governing body, consistent with the Secretary…	Pennsylvania Department of Education (Secretary Pedro A. Rivera; Acting Secretary Noe Ortega)	Pennsylvania Department of Education (Secretary of Education); State levelState	June 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Schools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-091	Public Health Emergency Order of August 17, 2021 (masks): face masks required in all indoor public settings, including schools, regardless of vaccination statusPublic Health Order Requiring Face Masks in Indoor Public Settings (Aug. 17, 2021)	Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D., New Mexico Department of Health	New MexicoState	Aug. 17, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-AUS-029	Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules of December 15, 2020Health Authority Rules of December 15, 2020 (face coverings; site rules; continuing through April 15, 2021)	Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Mark Escott)	City of Austin, TexasCity	Dec. 15, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-090	Chester County instruments: COVID-19 disaster emergency declaration (March 2020); intergovernmental agreement to serve Delaware County (approved Mar. 18, 2020; ended July 31, 2021); Health Department school guidance (Aug. 4, 2020) and 2021-22 close-contact, symptomatic and antigen-testing instructions (Aug. 2021); 'Simple Ask: Wear a Mask' campaign (2020); First Amended Declaration of Judicial Emergency of the Court of Common Pleas (2020)Chester County COVID-19 instruments (by category)	Chester County Board of Commissioners; Chester County Health Department (Jeanne Casner, Director, 2020; Jeanne Franklin, Public Health Director, 2021); President Judge of the 15th Judicial District	Chester County, Pennsylvania (Board of Commissioners; Chester County Health Department; Court of Common Pleas, 15th Judicial District)County		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationSchools and child careCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NE-089	Lincoln-Lancaster County Directed Health Measure of August 2021 (indoor face coverings)Lancaster County indoor mask directed health measure, Aug. 26 - Dec. 23, 2021	Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, Health Director Pat Lopez, with Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird	City of Lincoln and Lancaster CountyCounty	Aug. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-086	CDPH, COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for K-12 Schools in California, 2021-22 School Year (July 12, 2021, as later amended)COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for K-12 Schools in California, 2021-22 School Year (universal indoor masking in K-12 schools from July 12…	California Department of Public Health	CaliforniaState	July 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-NE-033	Directed Health Measure Order 2020-009 (statewide) (cross-reference to Ex. NE-008; not re-saved)Directed Health Measure Order 2020-009: the first statewide order and its compliance command	Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer / Director of Public Health Gary Anthone, M.D.	Nebraska (statewide)State	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationOperating condition	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-007	City of Boston announcement of Mar. 15, 2020: public health emergency declared; Boston Public Schools closure from Mar. 17; Licensing Board restrictions on restaurants, bars and clubsPublic health emergency declared, details for BPS, restrictions for restaurants, bars, clubs (boston.gov, March 15, 2020)	Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Licensing Board for the City of Boston; Boston Public Schools	City of Boston, MassachusettsCity	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationCapacity limitSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-156	Public Health Emergency Order requiring masks indoors in K-12 schools (Aug. 12, 2021)Virginia K-12 school mask requirement (Aug. 12, 2021; shifted to a ban Mar. 1, 2022)	State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver, M.D. (Public Health Emergency Order, Aug. 12, 2021)	VirginiaState	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DET-056	Emergency Public Health Order # 20-01Screening protocols for child-care providers caring for children of critical infrastructure workers (daily screening of staff and customers…	Wayne County Local Health Department, Carol Austerberry, Health Officer	Wayne County, Michigan, excluding the City of DetroitCounty	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MI-082	Genesee County Health Department Emergency Order: Masking in educational settings (August 12, 2021), with the Emergency Orders Regarding Masks of September 2, 2021 and School Masking Order Update 1.2 of September 10, 2021Genesee County (Flint) school masking orders of August-September 2021	Genesee County Health Department (Medical Health Officer Dr. Pamela Hackert)	Genesee County, MichiganCounty	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. LA-072	BESE emergency rule of July 14, 2020 - Minimum Health and Safety Standards for the Reopening of Louisiana Schools (2020-2021), as described in BESE's releaseBESE adopts minimum health and safety standards for the reopening of Louisiana schools	Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE)	LouisianaSector regulator	July 14, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NE-009	Directed Health Measure Order 2020-010 (and 2020-011)Directed Health Measure Order 2020-010 (personal-care, club and theater closures; team sports)	Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer	Nebraska (all 93 counties)State	Apr. 9, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-RIV-059	Orders of the Health Officer of March 13 and March 17, 2020 closing all schools, colleges and universities (initially through April 3, then April 30, 2020)School closure orders of March 13 and 17, 2020	Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser	Riverside County, CaliforniaCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-27-002	Interim Guidance for Higher Education During the COVID-19 Public Health EmergencyMandatory reopening plan and operating requirements for every higher education institution in a Phase Four region (capacity, testing…	New York State Department of Health (New York Forward)	New YorkState	June 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-MKE-074	Moving Milwaukee Forward Order #1, COVID-19 Public Health Plan for the City of Milwaukee ('Milwaukee Safe at Home') (May 14, 2020)Moving Milwaukee Forward Order #1 (Milwaukee Safe at Home)	City of Milwaukee, acting through its Commissioner of Health (Jeanette Kowalik)	City of Milwaukee, WisconsinCity	May 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-MKE-075	Moving Milwaukee Forward Order #2, COVID-19 Public Health Plan for the City of Milwaukee (Phase 2) (May 21, 2020)Moving Milwaukee Forward Order #2 (Phase 2)	City of Milwaukee, acting through its Commissioner of Health	City of Milwaukee, WisconsinCity	May 21, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source

Clay County Public Health Center (Director Gary Zaborac) (report); orders signed by the Director under a county state of emergency declared by Presiding Commissioner Jerry Nolte, Clay County Public Health Center Annual Report 2020 ('In the year of 2020 COVID-19' timeline of public health emergency orders) (Mar. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-074)
Summit County Health Department (page); Health Officer Philip Bondurant (order announced), Public Health Order for junior high and middle schools (Sept. 23, 2021), as announced on the Department's coronavirus page (Ex. MET-SLC-019)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Department directive requiring universal indoor masking in schools and daycares (August 2021; numbered Health Directive No. 24 in the Department's sequence) (Ex. MET-BNA-077)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Order No. 26 (Ex. MET-BNA-078)
Arkansas Department of Health (closure order) and Governor Asa Hutchinson (statement of July 6, 2020), as reported by KATV (Little Rock), ADH order of July 4, 2020 closing Brewski's Pub & Grub, Little Rock, as an imminent threat to public health (news report) (July 6, 2020) (Ex. DUT-AR-016)
Montgomery County Board of Health (Chair Michael Laign), unanimous vote of Nov. 13, 2020, Board of Health order requiring all public and private K-12 schools in Montgomery County to provide virtual-only instruction and suspending extracurricular activities and sports (Nov. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-088)
Secretary of Health Tracie C. Collins, M.D, Public Health Emergency Order of February 24, 2021 (Turquoise level added) and its March 2021 reissue (Feb. 24, 2021) (Ex. NM-076)
Texas Education Agency (Commissioner Mike Morath), TEA Public Health Planning Guidance for the 2020-21 school year (July 7, 2020; on-campus instruction with masks required; parental choice of remote; attendance-funding flexibility of July 14-17, 2020 for up to eight weeks of remote instruction), and the Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021 public health guidance (mask provision not enforced during the GA-38 litigation) (Ex. SEC-15-090)
Pennsylvania Department of Education (Secretary Pedro A. Rivera; Acting Secretary Noe Ortega), Preliminary Guidance for Phased Reopening of Pre-K to 12 Schools (June 3, 2020) requiring a board-approved Health and Safety Plan before any school entity reopens (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-070)
Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D., New Mexico Department of Health, Public Health Emergency Order of August 17, 2021 (masks): face masks required in all indoor public settings, including schools, regardless of vaccination status (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-091)
Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Mark Escott), Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules of December 15, 2020 (Dec. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-029)
Chester County Board of Commissioners; Chester County Health Department (Jeanne Casner, Director, 2020; Jeanne Franklin, Public Health Director, 2021); President Judge of the 15th Judicial District, Chester County instruments: COVID-19 disaster emergency declaration (March 2020); intergovernmental agreement to serve Delaware County (approved Mar. 18, 2020; ended July 31, 2021); Health Department school guidance (Aug. 4, 2020) and 2021-22 close-contact, symptomatic and antigen-testing instructions (Aug. 2021); 'Simple Ask: Wear a Mask' campaign (2020); First Amended Declaration of Judicial Emergency of the Court of Common Pleas (2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-090)
Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, Health Director Pat Lopez, with Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird, Lincoln-Lancaster County Directed Health Measure of August 2021 (indoor face coverings) (Aug. 24, 2021) (Ex. NE-089)
California Department of Public Health, CDPH, COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for K-12 Schools in California, 2021-22 School Year (July 12, 2021, as later amended) (Ex. ECO-B-086)
Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer / Director of Public Health Gary Anthone, M.D, Directed Health Measure Order 2020-009 (statewide) (cross-reference to Ex. NE-008; not re-saved) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. DUT-NE-033)
Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Licensing Board for the City of Boston; Boston Public Schools, City of Boston announcement of Mar. 15, 2020: public health emergency declared; Boston Public Schools closure from Mar. 17; Licensing Board restrictions on restaurants, bars and clubs (Ex. MET-BOS-007)
State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver, M.D. (Public Health Emergency Order, Aug. 12, 2021), Public Health Emergency Order requiring masks indoors in K-12 schools (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-156)
Wayne County Local Health Department, Carol Austerberry, Health Officer, Emergency Public Health Order # 20-01 (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. MET-DET-056)
Genesee County Health Department (Medical Health Officer Dr. Pamela Hackert), Genesee County Health Department Emergency Order: Masking in educational settings (August 12, 2021), with the Emergency Orders Regarding Masks of September 2, 2021 and School Masking Order Update 1.2 of September 10, 2021 (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. MI-082)
Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), BESE emergency rule of July 14, 2020 - Minimum Health and Safety Standards for the Reopening of Louisiana Schools (2020-2021), as described in BESE's release (Ex. LA-072)
Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer, Directed Health Measure Order 2020-010 (and 2020-011) (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. NE-009)
Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser, Orders of the Health Officer of March 13 and March 17, 2020 closing all schools, colleges and universities (initially through April 3, then April 30, 2020) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-059)
New York State Department of Health (New York Forward), Interim Guidance for Higher Education During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (June 26, 2020) (Ex. SEC-27-002)
City of Milwaukee, acting through its Commissioner of Health (Jeanette Kowalik), Moving Milwaukee Forward Order #1, COVID-19 Public Health Plan for the City of Milwaukee ('Milwaukee Safe at Home') (May 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-MKE-074)
City of Milwaukee, acting through its Commissioner of Health, Moving Milwaukee Forward Order #2, COVID-19 Public Health Plan for the City of Milwaukee (Phase 2) (May 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-MKE-075)

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