No quarantine?
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Anonymous
| Can anyone link to the new travel policy? |
Anonymous
https://coronavirus.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/coronavirus/page_content/attachments/Travel_Guidance_DCHealth_COVID-19_Update_2021.8.6_ForPosting%20%281%29.pdf |
Anonymous
| If there’s essentially no quarantine, why bother testing? |
Anonymous
Because osse considers lunch a spread event. |
Anonymous
| On the other hand, the travel quarantine is very strict. 7 days for any travel outside dmv regardless if test negative. |
Anonymous
Well that’s new and effs up peoples plans to come back 3 days before school and test. Which suggests it won’t be followed. |
Anonymous
Ah but OSSE’s most recent guidance doesn’t have the 7 day thing: https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/page_content/attachments/FINAL_OSSE_Health_and_Safety%20Guidance_for_Schools-COVID-19_Recovery_Period.pdf |
Anonymous
Am I missing something or does it just say it’s “recommended” (so not required) that unvaccinated people quarantine for 7 days after domestic travel? |
Anonymous
Probably there are differences between what’s required by school (OSSE) versus what’s recommended for everyone (DC DOH). I’m going with OSSE for this reason. But yeah the messaging is mangled, per usual for DOH and OSSE. |
Anonymous
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Will I be informed if a contagious child sat in the same room as my child but on opposite ends of the room for six hours for a day or more?
If the school is informed, will I be? Will they only inform the kids sitting within 6ft? Because my own post-graduate scientific background tells me that the most infectious virus in medical history does not care about single digit feet indoor distances and I am about to scream. |
Anonymous
The most infectious virus in medical history??? |
Anonymous
Well, for child care centers, OSSE is referring them to DC Health: As of July 25, 2021, the public health emergency has expired in the District of Columbia. Per Mayor’s Order 2021-097, Resumption of Mask Requirements and Delegations of Authority to the Department of Health and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, Section IV.3 (July 29, 2021), child development facilities must continue to follow the required protocols outlined in the DC Health guidance and any health and safety guidance from OSSE. |
Anonymous
But osse doc is from June…I can’t imagine they really think anyone is quarantining for 7 days after going to neighboring states outside of dmv. |
Anonymous
Are you related fields? Because only the one and only RF is bold enough to make such a preposterously wrong statement about infectiousness. |
Anonymous
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Here it is again. Confirmation. The exemption to the close contact rule (wearing masks…no class quarantine) ONLY APPLIES INSIDE THE CLASSROOM. This DOES NOT apply when students are in the cafeteria.
https://twitter.com/chenderson/status/1426242385147744259?s=21 |