'The last thing that I would ever want is for summer camp to be looked back on in history — or in the fall — as part of the reason that we have a second outbreak.'
, camp operators will need to screen staff and campers for the common symptoms of COVID-19 on a daily basis and should consider requiring them to wear cloth face coverings.Monday also recommend that campers and staff be separated into smaller groups for the duration of each session, treating each cohort as its own"household." Members of the group can remain in close contact with each other but should practice social distancing from other groups at camp.
"I feel like if they have a choice, then they really should choose to not gather children together during a pandemic," Joel Van Egbert, camp director at the Cal-Wood Education Center in Jamestown, Colorado, told BuzzFeed News.Girls build a tower out of straws at the Crisis Center of West Texas' annual Wondergirls STEM Empowerment Summer Camp in 2018.
"It makes me worried for kids... but in all honesty it makes me really nervous for the institution of summer camp," he said."The last thing that I would ever want is for summer camp to be looked back on in history — or in the fall — as part of the reason that we have a second outbreak." Baskin said that along with following the guidelines issued by the camp association and the state of Texas, his staff will follow a set of protocols he has been developing with the guidance of epidemiologists and public health experts. He expects to start welcoming campers on June 7.
"Trying to get an 8-year-old boy or girl to wash their hands and wear a mask, and count on that happening is a fool’s errand," he said.In addition to implementing strict distancing and cleaning protocols at camp, Baskin said parents will be expected to keep their children under a home quarantine for at least two weeks after camp.
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