Covid-19

At Camp Chateaugay, we follow the Centers for Disease Control COVID-19 recommendations on vaccinations. Recent data suggest COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness at preventing infection or severe illness wanes over time, especially for certain groups of people, such as people ages 65 years and older and people with immunocompromise. The emergence of COVID-19 variants further emphasizes the importance of vaccination, boosters, and prevention efforts needed to protect against COVID-19. Data show that an mRNA booster increases the immune response, which improves protection against getting a serious COVID-19 infection.

CDC recommends everyone stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines for their age group. Talk to your healthcare or vaccine provider about the timing for the 2nd dose in your primary series.

Vaccination Status:

We are requiring all of our campers and staff to be vaccinated but have made exceptions on a case by case basis. 

Yes, you are fully vaccinated even if you haven’t gotten your booster yet. The definition of fully vaccinated does not include a COVID-19 booster. Fully vaccinated, however, is not the same as having the best protection. People are best protected when they stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations, which includes getting a booster when eligible.

Pre-Camp Testing: 

We plan on testing campers and staff upon arrival to camp with COVID-19 rapid antigen tests. 

COVID-19 quarantine at camp: 

Infected campers and/or staff will be quarantined at camp for 5 days. After their 5 day quarantine, they will be allowed back into the community while masked. Infected campers will spend the night in the quarantined housing until they received 2 consecutive negative rapid antigen tests or 5 additional days has passed (whichever comes first.)

Staff training: 

Staff are trained to monitor campers for COVID-19 and report suspected cases to our camp director and health staff.