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Last year we attempted to identify and separate the exposures, which was so very challenging in the camp environment. This year, our policy says we will not isolate exposures nor test them. We are approaching it differently this year and it has been working incredibly. We test when the symptoms warrant and they would go home if positive as Shelly said. Otherwise, the remainder of the cabin is not tested. We switched to communicable disease instead of covid centric so we are having a ton more strep this year, not covid. We keep these in isolation x24hrs for the antibiotics to work and to be fever-free. For staff if possible we send them home for quarantine or have some additional housing on site they can stay at. It’s not pretty but it provides housing for them while they recover. Good luck!