Meaning will the state not let anyone leave until the quarantine is over?
This game was developed an epidemiologist at U Wisc. https://apl.wisc.edu/beta-testing/zombie-unicorn-outbreak
I started playing it to understand how a quarantine might work, etc. What caught me off guard is playing with the variables dramatically changes the outcome.
Example:
Figure a camp has a low percentage of at-risk people. Based on the ACA model you would want the kids to stick together. Cabins stick together and do not interact with other cabins. However, that model had a 10 times greater infection rate over the never get together model. Obviously, camp would never be neither, so choose mostly and if one carrier arrives in camp at the end of the first week, you have eight infected kids.
What happens if the State Quarantines a Camp?
The next issue that no one has thought about is that I can find in my searching is what is the state going to do if a camp has X cases. Meaning if a camp sends X kids home in one week, what is the state response? At what number of kids going home with Covid-19, will the state quarantine the camp. Not let anyone leave? What happens when a camp is quarantined?
How far reaching will the quarantine go. Will kids be confined to cabins for two weeks like people were confined to rooms on the cruise ships?
What will the results of a quarantine like that be?
Will food be delivered to cabins by kitchen staff? What about laundry? What about exercise? Maybe you can designate times and locations for a cabin to do things?
Think about dealing with parents who are going to insist that they take their kids home? However, I think the state, which will be at the front gate will get to deal with them.
Or will the state just empty the camp and send everyone’s home? I can’t see most states doing this because they will just be spreading the virus out in the community.
Worker’s Compensation
That then leads into the next issue and tomorrow’s discussion, insurance. In this case, Worker’s Compensation. Camp staff will be able to prove they got the quarantine at camp while working. You need to make sure you have coverage for that. See tomorrows article If you are thinking about opening for the summer, before you stock up on PPE, you might check to see if you have insurance coverage. If you get sued by a guest for catching Covid-19 at your business or operation the legal fees to win your case can exceed $100,000.
(We won’t even discuss paying camp staff that can’t leave camp?)
What do you think? Leave a comment.
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