This May, the CDC issued guidance for summer camps which included encouraging all attendees (over 12) to get vaccinated, and requiring those who refuse to quarantine for two weeks beforehand and to provide a negative COVID test 1-3 days before admission.
But a lot of camps, Christian summer camps in particular, did not follow that guidance. And it has not ended well.
The latest? Dozens of COVID-19 cases across 17 states have been tracked back to a rural Christian summer camp in Transylvania County, North Carolina, called “The Wilds.” Kids, staff, and counselors came for a “funtastic” adventure combined with daily worship and serving the Lord and came back serving up a contagious virus instead. COVID, not vampirism — though we’d probably have a better chance of convincing the unvaccinated that vampires exist and are preying on children at summer camps than we would convincing them to believe that COVID is real and they need to get the vaccine. Especially if they are working at a crowded summer camp. …