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    Melissa Mauer
    Participant

    With the pandemic (COVID) still in play, what are camps doing with any camper or staff member who develops URI symptoms (even mild) such as cough, sore throat or sniffles/congestion. If they are vaccinated, do we assume it is a cold and treat symptoms accordingly? As long as they don’t have a fever, do we let them remain in their communal cabin? If they are unvaccinated and have any cold like symptoms (fever or not), do they need to be isolated immediately and for how long?

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    Jill Raisman
    Participant

    This is a great question. Will you have rapid antigen tests available? My concern is about break through infections and if there are unvaccinated individuals coming and going from camp (its not a bubble). Also, the JJ vaccine is not as efficacious. I am looking forward to reading others’ thoughts on this.

    #42707
    Mary Marugg
    Member

    At the ACA / ACN / CDC Town Hall last week Commander Erin Sauber-Schatz from the CDC did address this. She indicated that if there are COVID-like symptoms, you do have to prove that it is not COVID. The symptomatic individual should be tested and quarantined. Vaccinated people who were exposed to this individual do not need to be tested or quarantined if they are asymptomatic. Unvaccinated people who were exposed to the individual do need to be tested and also quarantined until you can prove that it is not COVID. Here is a link to some of the other FAQ’s from the Town Hall. Great questions!
    https://www.allianceforcamphealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CDC-COVID-Guidance-May-28.pdf

    #42708

    Melissa:

    Mary is right on target. Please take a few minutes and review the CDC guidance from May 28, 2021. I think this is helpful information as you think about your interventions for the summer.

    As Mary mentioned, anyone who shows up with illness symtpoms will need to be treated as “COVID suspect” until proven otherwise. That means it will impact the individual and the close contacts.

    Review your communicable disease plan for your camp and validate your processes for what to do if you have illness (or an outbreak) at camp.

    Take care
    Tracey

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