South Shore day camp closes for outbreak
A day camp on the South Shore has been shut down because of a Covid outbreak and there are reports of other day camp outbreaks.
If this is happening, what about daycares, kindergartens, grade schools?
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Kate
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Mark Côté 19:19 on 2020-07-22 Permalink
School is more structured than daycamps and they don’t rely on teenagers to try to enforce discipline. Daycares have been open for a while now and I haven’t heard of any outbreaks there.
That said, I think an outbreak or two are bound to happen at some schools. The way they are planning to open schools is more about harm reduction than total risk avoidance, e.g. by having kids restricted to groups of 4-6, so, in theory, an outbreak would hopefully affect only that group at most. It remains to be seen how well this will work, of course.
Kate 22:44 on 2020-07-22 Permalink
Five day camps in the Montérégie now have outbreaks.
Meezly 16:37 on 2020-07-23 Permalink
Day camps and playground re-openings seemed like trial runs for we’d be up against if schools were to reopen in the fall. We signed our kid up for outdoor day camp for 2 weeks in Outremont, which ended on July 10th. Mostly teenagers in charge of the kids, very lax about distancing amongst themselves and the kids. Being with her friend and other kids was really good for her, and for us since we both WFH full-time, so it was a risk. Thankfully we have not exhibited any symptoms, nor heard of outbreaks from that camp. Surprised and relieved. Maybe it’s the luck of the draw. My understanding is that outbreaks are bound to happen. But don’t know what this may entail for schools this fall. I just don’t want to wait for hours lining up to get tested if it comes to that.