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walkitoutWaPo coverage (sample — you can find lots of articles about this):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07/31/georgia-children-covid-outbreak/
The report can be found here:
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6931e1.htm
I will henceforth refer to this camp as Camp C19.1.
In Georgia, tested everybody ahead of time.
“Camp A adhered to the measures in Georgia’s Executive Order* that allowed overnight camps to operate beginning on May 31, including requiring all trainees, staff members, and campers to provide documentation of a negative viral SARS-CoV-2 test ≤12 days before arriving.”
Please insert locking the barn door jokes here.
OK: masks on staffers yay, no masks on kids, boo, did not open windows and doors (yeah, see, the HVAC thing really does matter, and I get that Georgia in June is miserable beyond belief and that is why we need UVC in the HVAC). Daily vigorous singing and chanting. Yep. That’s summer camp, all right!
It is the timeline, however, that is absolutely astonishing:
“During June 17–20, an overnight camp in Georgia (camp A) held orientation for 138 trainees and 120 staff members; staff members remained for the first camp session, scheduled during June 21–27, and were joined by 363 campers and three senior staff members on June 21.”
I know, you are like, what is so astonishing about that?
“On June 23, a teenage staff member left camp A after developing chills the previous evening. The staff member was tested and reported a positive test result for SARS-CoV-2 the following day (June 24). Camp A officials began sending campers home on June 24 and closed the camp on June 27. On June 25, the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) was notified and initiated an investigation. DPH recommended that all attendees be tested and self-quarantine, and isolate if they had a positive test result.”
So, ya got a symptomatic staffer on 22 (left on 23), and DPH is notified on 25. No way that is not 48 hours later than it should have happend, but there is a positive test result on 24, and the notification happens on 25.
Really.
And we are sticking to the kids do not get it / transmit it theory?
Enjoy this bit!
“A total of 597 Georgia residents attended camp A. Median camper age was 12 years (range = 6–19 years), and 53% (182 of 346) were female. The median age of staff members and trainees was 17 years (range = 14–59 years), and 59% (148 of 251) were female. Test results were available for 344 (58%) attendees; among these, 260 (76%) were positive. The overall attack rate was 44% (260 of 597), 51% among those aged 6–10 years, 44% among those aged 11–17 years, and 33% among those aged 18–21 years (Table). Attack rates increased with increasing length of time spent at the camp, with staff members having the highest attack rate (56%). During June 21–27, occupancy of the 31 cabins averaged 15 persons per cabin (range = 1–26); median cabin attack rate was 50% (range = 22%–70%) among 28 cabins that had one or more cases. Among 136 cases with available symptom data, 36 (26%) patients reported no symptoms; among 100 (74%) who reported symptoms, those most commonly reported were subjective or documented fever (65%), headache (61%), and sore throat (46%).”
Remember: in this report, _they still do not have tests on everyone_.
I would also like to note that when this camp occurred, (1) I _visited Georgia_ (stayed a night in Savannah and (2) available statistics at the time for various places around the country made the choice to get on those flights and spend time in Georgia and SC look pretty reasonable.
There are obviously a lot of things that people are planning on doing differently to reopen physical schools. (No singing, for one thing!) But it is still hard to get kids to wear masks (who am I kidding, it is not easy to get adults to wear masks) and the HVAC problem remains as yet unmitigated.
ETA:
Indiana school opened, had a case on its first day, plans on staying open until it hits about 20% absentee rate.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/01/us/schools-reopening-indiana-coronavirus.html
And in Connect the Dots — which has done an amazing job getting its numbers down — teens are partying with predictable results.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/31/nyregion/greenwich-ct-coronavirus-covid-parties.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07/31/georgia-children-covid-outbreak/
The report can be found here:
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6931e1.htm
I will henceforth refer to this camp as Camp C19.1.
In Georgia, tested everybody ahead of time.
“Camp A adhered to the measures in Georgia’s Executive Order* that allowed overnight camps to operate beginning on May 31, including requiring all trainees, staff members, and campers to provide documentation of a negative viral SARS-CoV-2 test ≤12 days before arriving.”
Please insert locking the barn door jokes here.
OK: masks on staffers yay, no masks on kids, boo, did not open windows and doors (yeah, see, the HVAC thing really does matter, and I get that Georgia in June is miserable beyond belief and that is why we need UVC in the HVAC). Daily vigorous singing and chanting. Yep. That’s summer camp, all right!
It is the timeline, however, that is absolutely astonishing:
“During June 17–20, an overnight camp in Georgia (camp A) held orientation for 138 trainees and 120 staff members; staff members remained for the first camp session, scheduled during June 21–27, and were joined by 363 campers and three senior staff members on June 21.”
I know, you are like, what is so astonishing about that?
“On June 23, a teenage staff member left camp A after developing chills the previous evening. The staff member was tested and reported a positive test result for SARS-CoV-2 the following day (June 24). Camp A officials began sending campers home on June 24 and closed the camp on June 27. On June 25, the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) was notified and initiated an investigation. DPH recommended that all attendees be tested and self-quarantine, and isolate if they had a positive test result.”
So, ya got a symptomatic staffer on 22 (left on 23), and DPH is notified on 25. No way that is not 48 hours later than it should have happend, but there is a positive test result on 24, and the notification happens on 25.
Really.
And we are sticking to the kids do not get it / transmit it theory?
Enjoy this bit!
“A total of 597 Georgia residents attended camp A. Median camper age was 12 years (range = 6–19 years), and 53% (182 of 346) were female. The median age of staff members and trainees was 17 years (range = 14–59 years), and 59% (148 of 251) were female. Test results were available for 344 (58%) attendees; among these, 260 (76%) were positive. The overall attack rate was 44% (260 of 597), 51% among those aged 6–10 years, 44% among those aged 11–17 years, and 33% among those aged 18–21 years (Table). Attack rates increased with increasing length of time spent at the camp, with staff members having the highest attack rate (56%). During June 21–27, occupancy of the 31 cabins averaged 15 persons per cabin (range = 1–26); median cabin attack rate was 50% (range = 22%–70%) among 28 cabins that had one or more cases. Among 136 cases with available symptom data, 36 (26%) patients reported no symptoms; among 100 (74%) who reported symptoms, those most commonly reported were subjective or documented fever (65%), headache (61%), and sore throat (46%).”
Remember: in this report, _they still do not have tests on everyone_.
I would also like to note that when this camp occurred, (1) I _visited Georgia_ (stayed a night in Savannah and (2) available statistics at the time for various places around the country made the choice to get on those flights and spend time in Georgia and SC look pretty reasonable.
There are obviously a lot of things that people are planning on doing differently to reopen physical schools. (No singing, for one thing!) But it is still hard to get kids to wear masks (who am I kidding, it is not easy to get adults to wear masks) and the HVAC problem remains as yet unmitigated.
ETA:
Indiana school opened, had a case on its first day, plans on staying open until it hits about 20% absentee rate.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/01/us/schools-reopening-indiana-coronavirus.html
And in Connect the Dots — which has done an amazing job getting its numbers down — teens are partying with predictable results.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/31/nyregion/greenwich-ct-coronavirus-covid-parties.html