After weeks of uncertainty surrounding overnight children’s summer camps, the New York State Department of Health made the decision on Friday to prohibit overnight children’s camps for the 2020 season, due to COVID-19 concerns.
The department of health says overnight camps are “a difficult setting to manage social distancing and face covering and infection control practices.”
Day camps in New York State have been cleared to open on June 29.
New York State’s Department of Health fears that a single positive COVID-19 case in a camper or staff member could, “overwhelm camp health personnel that may not be able to handle a serious infectious outbreak of this nature.”
New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said, “While infection rates are declining, we need to proceed with caution and take every step possible to avoid undoing all the progress New Yorkers have made in bending the curve and reopening the state safely and responsibly.”
The health department says the decision to prohibit overnight camps was “based on data rather than emotion.”
Many Chabad camps, such as Oholei Torah’s YKK and YSP Morristown have relocated to different states where restrictions have eased so as to be able to operate this summer.
Why doesn’t Parksville open as a day camp for local kids, or kids that have a place to stay nearby?
I believe day camps are far more dangerous than overnight ones. People are coming and going to day camps, after having been exposed to ‘the outside world’, whereas overnight camps can be controlled better (after ensuring of course, that anyone who comes in is tested first).
Day camps are by far worse. Sad that parksville can’t open
What’s the ratio of Jewish overnight camps in NY to non-Jewish?
This feels very targeting, but I may be wrong..
all other camps cancelled long ago
only camps pretty much hoping to still open were Jewish camps
They should open as a protest camp. These democrats will have no way to do anything
Protests are aloud to happen with who knows how many people, but camp, with 10 girls in a bunk can’t?
Children are less at risk and cooping them up with Parents for a summer isn’t the answer
What if we write BLACK LIVES MATTER on their suitcases?
Simply déclare overnight camps part of the autonomous country of Zumar (summer). We don’t abide by Cuomo and DeBlasio, we’ll take care of ourselves
Howard Zucker is the imbecile responsible for the bloodbath in New York nursing homes. Why does this guy still have a job?
Except when the same people rain down mandates and restrictions that effect YOUR children’s lives in such a profound way e.g the ability to participate in camp and school then all the sudden their reasoning , data and motives are questioned and rightfully so. This is the position of many families of vaccine injured children were put in last year.