Sleep away camps that are Covid careful

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have sent kids to two sleepaway camps during Covid. In 2020 and 2021 there were a lot of precautions. In 2022 there were very few, and a lot of Covid cases, also (especially among counselors). One camp had a Covid bunk for positive kids rather than sending them home. I think unless the camp has a focus on medical needs it will be hard to get what you want. The camp has an incentive to not want to know if asymptomatic kids are testing positive. (And as long as the kids feel good, I think most parents feel similarly).

I posted above about my child's camp that was covid cautious, despite not having a medical focus. There were no covid cases all summer. It is possible, with a minimum of care.

I do think it’s possible (my kid’s camp managed to have no cases in 2020). But I also think some camps were not forthcoming this summer, or refrained to test sick counselors. I heard some stories this summer from some kids who were counselors.

[Anonymous]

Most of the expensive several week sleepaway camps did exactly what you are wanting this year: tested prior to camp, again on arrival, kids wore masks when indoors with people other than their bunk mates, re-tested day 5 of camp…pretty sure this was the protocol for many camps this yr. Some had a Covid cabin for the few cases that came up, some made you pick up kids.

But I don’t think any camp will be doing all this (again and again) next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of the expensive several week sleepaway camps did exactly what you are wanting this year: tested prior to camp, again on arrival, kids wore masks when indoors with people other than their bunk mates, re-tested day 5 of camp…pretty sure this was the protocol for many camps this yr. Some had a Covid cabin for the few cases that came up, some made you pick up kids.

But I don’t think any camp will be doing all this (again and again) next year.

To clarify, wore masks until cleared at the day 5 of
Camp

[Anonymous]

I think the issue your going to have is that the camps won't make their 2023 Covid decisions until the spring of 2023. A lot of them were waiting for the American Camp Association to release their guidelines.

Since no one knows the long term impact of having Covid I think you are right to be concerned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the issue your going to have is that the camps won't make their 2023 Covid decisions until the spring of 2023. A lot of them were waiting for the American Camp Association to release their guidelines.

Since no one knows the long term impact of having Covid I think you are right to be concerned.

No need to be concerned, if your kid hasn’t had Covid yet they will by the time summer is here. There is no escaping Covid or the “long term effects” which are likely nothing for the vast majority of people