BIDA had seven reports of people testing positive after the 2022-05-01 dance, which was the last one before which we switched to requiring N95/KN95/KF94/etc <https://blog.bidadance.org/2022/05/requiring-high-filtration-masks.html>.
(Though a bunch of the ones testing positive carpooled together from ~2hr away) Jeff On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 10:48 PM Julian Blechner via Organizers < [email protected]> wrote: > Dances with vax+mask policy I know offhand with no reported spreads, > despite a culture of "please test if you feel ill, please tell us, and we > will tell dancers": > > Greenfield, MA > BIDA, MA > Concord, MA > Downtown Amherst Contra, MA > Rainbow Contra in Western Mass > Pioneer Valley's ECD > Montpelier, VT (I believe?) > Glen Echo, MD > Pinewoods camp weeks that had this policy, at least masking and testing > for 3 days > Albany Contra, NY (I am pretty sure) > Portland, ME's new series > > Unsure about CDNY, but I am pretty sure too. > > -Julian > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 10:17 PM Joe Harrington via Organizers < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I know we all hate them, but some dances are still requiring masks. Has >> there been documented spread at a dance where everyone is in a (K)N95 or >> better, like a Breeze 99? How about vax+mask or vax+test+mask? I think we >> all know that vax+test-mask=spread, from numerous events this past summer >> and since. >> >> I'd also be interested in a professional opinion on whether our gyrations >> mean anything if we're not also masking full time when we're out and >> about. I know the theory, dance is more breathing and close up for a long >> time, but the new variants are so infectious that I wonder if that >> matters. If you're getting 10x the infectious dose in the grocery store, >> protection during a dance wouldn't matter much. It's like locking the >> doors and leaving all the windows open. But, maybe it's 0.1x the >> infectious dose at the grocery, and our measures do matter. I'm only >> interested in data, not speculation. Does anyone have any? >> >> --jh-- >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 4:37 PM Heitzso via Organizers < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> My wife got covid at Roanoke Railroader last summer and I got it from >>> her. >>> I researched then (so relevant to variants then, not necessarily current >>> variants) >>> and most transmission occurs 1 to 2 days before testing to 2 to 3 days >>> after testing. >>> I don't know if that is relevant to this discussion because ... >>> I assume most people test when they start to feel different from normal >>> health ... >>> which might explain the "1 to 2 days before testing" transmission >>> and that's different from a "test regardless of how you feel to dance" >>> testing policy. >>> But, I do not know that. That just happens to be the data. >>> >>> Turkey Quicky, a mini-weekend, fortunately escaped covid spread though >>> someone tested positive Saturday morning after dancing Friday night. >>> (most dancers were unmasked) >>> A KY weekend dance before TQ had a roughly 20% covid >>> spread with a recent negative test and a negative test on entry policy. >>> >>> I'm not saying what policy should or should not be enacted to >>> prevent the spread of covid. I'm just noting one official statistic >>> and two recent weekend dances data points. >>> >>> -Heitzso >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Organizers mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Organizers mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > Organizers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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