Re: [tg] berks covid policy, reprise

Testing every day would be my first choice too. It is so much easier to just say "test every day before coming" and get people in the habit of doing that.

In fact, for a different weekend dance, early this year, not related to Berkshires, we were discussing whether one test was enough or every day. For that group, I also said one test was not enough for the entire weekend, but I could accept Friday evening and Sunday morning. That group also decided that plan was too complicated; it was easier to require every day. Nobody balked at that, nobody complained about the "expense" of testing, and nobody expected the dance organizers to provide the test. It was not a problem.

Since we required testing every day last year, that will be the default assumption. Let's stick with that.

Sue

On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 2:41 PM Alex Dehnert <adehnert mit edu> wrote:

I feel like it's simplest to just say "test each day", and saving one test
for some people isn't worth the complexity.

On Mon, 1 Jul 2024, Cally Perry via tg wrote:

> Agree, but also, agree with David's point that people are going to want to test before they travel to Western Mass for no apparent reason.
> How about if we ask people to test on Saturday, unless they tested after 5PM on Friday?
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> On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 1:43 PM Sue Curtis via tg <tg cosmos phy tufts edu> wrote:
> If we're going to skip the Saturday covid testing, then I prefer we put some constraints on the Friday test. Perhaps something like
> Attendees must do a rapid test on Friday shortly before attending (say, 5pm or later) and again
> on Sunday morning. We will have a few on hand. Obviously, attend only if
> the test result is negative, and if you are feeling well.
>
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 12:05 AM Kathy Godfrey via tg <tg cosmos phy tufts edu> wrote:
> I like Eric's wording about masks, and I think David's right that if you're not requiring vaccination, there's
> no particular point in mentioning it. (According to what I've read, at this point pretty much everybody in the
> country's either been vaccinated or infected, or both, at least once.)
>
> A reminder that I have a bunch of extra tests I picked up in the last spate of library freebies, all of them good until
> at least November 27th. I can certainly donate a dozen to the dance.
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> >>Kathy
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> On Sun, Jun 30, 2024 at 3:55 PM Judy Anderson via tg <tg cosmos phy tufts edu> wrote:
> I have gathered opinions. I like the "Saturday morning test is kind of
> stupid since you just tested on Friday night" idea, so only testing two
> times, Friday and Sunday. Then I feel like the dance can buy a couple
> dozen which I have found at $3.50/test online so that we will have some
> for those who forget and or feel aggrieved about the whole idea, and it
> won't break either our bank or other people's banks. Here is some text
> that I'm thinking of including:
>
> -----------------
> COVID POLICY
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> We plan to use a modified Covid policy from the previous time:
>
> Attendees must do a rapid test on Friday prior to attending, and again
> on Sunday morning. We will have a few on hand. Obviously, attend only if
> the test result is negative, and if you are feeling well.
> ------------------
>
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> Last time we also said "Masks are encouraged, but not required.
> Vaccination is not required." I could maybe just leave that out, or I
> could include it.
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> Opinions?
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