COVID case at summer camp, not DS' group - pull him out?

[redheadbaker]

TL;DR: summer camp is 90% outdoors. Kids are divided into groups; groups don't mingle. A child in another group tested positive for COVID. Would you send your child back to camp? 

More details: 
As I said, camp is 90% outdoors. They go indoors for art, and to change before/after swimming. They do multiple temperature checks daily, and sanitize hands frequently. 

This past Wednesday, they closed early for bad weather. A child in another group felt fine, passed all the temperature checks. Developed a fever that evening. Has not been back to camp, just got test results back. 

One of us wants to pull DS; one of us is on the fence about it. WWYD? 

[krystee]

Is the whole group he was in quarantined, or will DS be in contact with them at some point? If the former, I’d send him. If the latter, keep him home.

[joy]

I would. The point of the groups that don’t interact is so those groups can continue if there’s a positive elsewhere.

I’d stress that this is why minimal contact needs to be maintained between groups during common area times and ensure that your son has been doing that. If so, then yes, I’d return.

[redheadbaker]

Aug 15, 2020 18:22:25 GMT -5 krystee said:

Is the whole group he was in quarantined, or will DS be in contact with them at some point? If the former, I’d send him. If the latter, keep him home.

The letter stated that all children and counselors in that group would be quarantining but they didn't mention if any staff members had contact with the child and if so, if they would be quarantining. I'll follow up with them and find out. 

[jackie011]

I work for a community center, but not for the camp. This summer a counselor tested positive, and since they kept the groups in cohorts, they quarantined just that group (and issued refunds) per the county health department. Even siblings of those campers could return, which was very controversial amongst parents, but the direct advice of the health department.

[sent]

I would not pull him. This is the whole point of the groups/pods. Are the parents/doctors now sure the kid has COVID? I thought the tests still had a lot of false positives.

[redheadbaker]

Aug 15, 2020 18:35:16 GMT -5 sent said:

I would not pull him. This is the whole point of the groups/pods. Are the parents/doctors now sure the kid has COVID? I thought the tests still had a lot of false positives.

I don't know. They didn't identify the kid, just said he had a fever for two days and got a positive test result. 

[isabel]

I would send him. As others have said, this is the point of doing pods. I am expecting to be in a similar situation in a couple of weeks when DS1 goes to school. He will primarily stay with his class. If a child in another class gets sick and they quarantine the class, I won't keep DS1 home. Presumably, he won't have had contact with a kid in another class, so I would feel comfortable sending him.

[redheadbaker]

Thanks, everyone. We're going to send him.