Anyone pulling kids out of camp this week because of Delta?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We chose an all outdoor camp that requires masks, distancing and hand sanitizer as well as a negative PCR test for day 1. (Day camp). I feel like sending our 9yo was the best balance of giving them some
normalcy and respecting there is a pandemic going on.

Which one?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We chose an all outdoor camp that requires masks, distancing and hand sanitizer as well as a negative PCR test for day 1. (Day camp). I feel like sending our 9yo was the best balance of giving them some
normalcy and respecting there is a pandemic going on.

That’s seriously impressive. Our camp doesn’t even take temperatures!🙄

[Anonymous]

We thought about keeping her home from camp but we’re not going to keep her home from school and I doubt much will change by the end of the month.

Temp checks, masks, hopefully distancing. We’re doing our best to live with this virus.

[Anonymous]

As much as they want to advertise it and tell you its happening, strict mask wearing and social distancing is not happening at any camp. Kids get up in each others faces with masks on and when they’re down to eat, swim, whatever

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m debating whether to send mine the rest of the week.

Delta is just covid that spreads faster. Your kids are at no greater risk than they were before.

Why are you so certain of this? I keep reading articles that say most scientists now believe it’s likely to be more dangerous. You seem awfully confident they are wrong.

[Anonymous]

I truly want to shelter my kids from my anxiety, and I do not want them to be nervous about being around other people especially with the new school year starting. I don’t know if my risk-mitigation thoughts should win out here and pull them from the rest of their week of camp, potentially giving them more anxiety about this pandemic, or just pray for the best and let them do the next four days of camp. It’s a mix of indoor and outdoor, masks the whole time but they do swim and eat maskless.
-OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m debating whether to send mine the rest of the week.

Delta is just covid that spreads faster. Your kids are at no greater risk than they were before.

Why are you so certain of this? I keep reading articles that say most scientists now believe it’s likely to be more dangerous. You seem awfully confident they are wrong.

regardless of how virulent it is, kids are in fact at greater risk of catching covid, because people with this strain carry higher loads in the respiratory tract and it takes a lower dose to cause infection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m debating whether to send mine the rest of the week.

Delta is just covid that spreads faster. Your kids are at no greater risk than they were before.

Why are you so certain of this? I keep reading articles that say most scientists now believe it’s likely to be more dangerous. You seem awfully confident they are wrong.

Could you post some links?

[Anonymous]

No - still doing half day camp with snacks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We chose an all outdoor camp that requires masks, distancing and hand sanitizer as well as a negative PCR test for day 1. (Day camp). I feel like sending our 9yo was the best balance of giving them some
normalcy and respecting there is a pandemic going on.

That’s seriously impressive. Our camp doesn’t even take temperatures!🙄

It’s 100 degrees out. You think those touch less thermometers are anything more than theater?

[Anonymous]

Who cares about temp checks and hand sanitizer?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I truly want to shelter my kids from my anxiety, and I do not want them to be nervous about being around other people especially with the new school year starting. I don’t know if my risk-mitigation thoughts should win out here and pull them from the rest of their week of camp, potentially giving them more anxiety about this pandemic, or just pray for the best and let them do the next four days of camp. It’s a mix of indoor and outdoor, masks the whole time but they do swim and eat maskless.
-OP

You shouldn't worry too much if:
1. They mask indoors at all times.
2. They swim and eat outside, and aren't elbow to elbow while doing it.

But we should all pressure our schools to have the students eating lunch outdoors, otherwise we risk closing schools with the explosion of positive cases we're going to get.

[Anonymous]

Not pulling but not signing up for more after Friday.

[Anonymous]

Still doing a 2 hr a day art class. Indoors, masked, no food. I hope it works out OK but school with twice as many kids and a meal starts next week, so it's hard to feel too worried about it this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We chose an all outdoor camp that requires masks, distancing and hand sanitizer as well as a negative PCR test for day 1. (Day camp). I feel like sending our 9yo was the best balance of giving them some
normalcy and respecting there is a pandemic going on.

That’s seriously impressive. Our camp doesn’t even take temperatures!🙄

Yeah. This sounds fine. Ours was an indoor performance camp with masks optional, so we yanked