CDC highlights Camp Ramah as proof camping during COVID can be safe

• Author: GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
• Published date: 06 October 2021
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Between June and August, nine Ramah campers tested positive for the virus, out of a total of over 7,000 children and teenagers at nine out of the Conservative movement-affiliated system's 10 camps, the study shows.

"Three of the nine cases occurred in vaccinated staff members and six in unvaccinated campers aged 8–14 years. The three staff member cases were identified before the arrival of campers," the study summary reads. COVID-19 vaccines currently are not offered to children under 12.

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In the words of the 10 Ramah authors, several of them licensed physicians, the study's findings "highlight important guiding principles for school and youth-based COVID-19 prevention protocols." The authors emphasize that a combination of mandatory testing before attending camp, repeated testing while at camp, frequent hand washing and the establishment of "pods," or isolated groups of campers, led to a successful summer.

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