From NPR, 9/8/20 (read story here):
Headline: “Sleep Away Camps Offer COVID-Free Bubbles For Remote Learning”
Story: “Many summer camps were closed due to COVID-19 but some sleep away camps found ways to successfully operate. Some plan to offer COVID-free bubbles where students can live and attend classes remotely.
“More than 80% of sleepover camps for kids did not open this summer because of the pandemic. Some camps … used the isolated nature of camping to their advantage. They created COVID-free bubbles where kids could forget about face masks and social distancing … offering those who can afford it a refuge from the virus where students can live and attend classes remotely. …”
Er, wait … kaff kaff … ‘scooz me while I clear my throat … uh, something’s coming in over the wire … um, uhh …
From NBC news, 10/29/20 (read story here):
“A coronavirus outbreak raged through an overnight school retreat in Wisconsin during the summer, beginning with one student before ultimately infecting more than 90 percent of the teens and the counselors …. The six-week faith-based camp had required all attendees … to be tested and quarantined for the week prior to the retreat, which ran from July 2 to Aug. 11. However, shortly after arriving at the camp, a ninth grader who had tested negative for the virus at home developed symptoms … [and pretty soon] … 91 percent, or 116, of the 128 students who had not previously been infected with the virus were determined to have Covid-19 …. “After the ninth grader tested positive, he was quarantined with 11 of his close contacts … during the first week of the camp, six of the 11, as well as 18 others, reported a new onset ….”
Photo below: A typical New Zealand summer camp. This photo has nothing to do with this story. So what? Who says it has to? It’s a pretty picture, isn’t it?
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