You can also add the Sacramento Country Dance Society. We have an
exception rule for wind players and such that requires an observed test
immediately before entering the hall specifically on the principle that
if the viral load is beneath the test threshold, the three hours of the
dance will
I think you can add all the BACDS camps and dances in the SF Bay Area to the
vax(and boosted)+mask = no spread so far list.
(We bump up to also requiring tests within six hours of the start of the dance
if CDC level is read.)
-- Alsn
From: Julian
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
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
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
I'd like to suggest that, perhaps orgs should consider a second change (for
those that don't already):
When a positive case is reported to a dance org a few days after a dance
(and thus in a contagious window) perhaps _all dancers_ should be
encouraged to rapid test, and not merely people who
Thanks Penelope, so far so good(ish).
Regarding the language, I plan on revising our policy to specify a deadline
of 4 hours before the event start time - hopefully sufficient to find
alternative talent in case of a positive result yet support timely data.
-Don
On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 3:15 PM
And this is (part of) the insidious problem with an often symptomless disease.
Of course if we test as a pro forma, we expect a negative result. Don, I hope
you come through quickly at remains a mild case.
From: Don Veino via Organizers
Sent: Tuesday, December
