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DIDC Respiratory Virus Guidelines

Updated November 8th, 2024

CORE PREVENTIVE MEASURES

As part of the guidance, CDC provides active recommendations on core prevention steps and strategies:

  • Get vaccinated against respiratory viruses, such as influenza, and COVID-19.
  • Practice good hygiene, such as washing your hands often and avoiding touching your face.
  • Take steps for cleaner air like bringing in fresh outside air, purifying indoor air, or gathering outdoors.
  • Stay home and away from others (including people you live with who are not sick) if you have respiratory symptoms that aren’t better explained by another cause.
  • Seek treatment and health care right away for testing and/or treatment if you believe you may have a respiratory virus and you have risk factors for severe illness.

Guidelines provided by the CDC.

ADDITIONAL PREVENTION STRATEGIES
  • Wear a mask to help lower the risk of respiratory virus transmission.
  • Putting physical distance between yourself and others can help lower the risk of spreading a respiratory virus.
  • Testing for respiratory viruses can help you decide what to do next, like getting treatment to reduce your risk of severe illness..

Guidelines provided by the CDC.

ADDITIONAL PREVENTION

Layering prevention strategies can be especially helpful when:

  • Respiratory viruses are causing a lot of illness in your community,
  • You or those around you have risk factors for severe illness,
  • You or those around you were recently exposed, are sick, or are recovering.

Guidelines provided by the CDC.

WHEN YOU CAN FINISH ISOLATING

You Do Not Need to Quarantine If:

  • You have been fever-free for at least 24-hours without the use of fever-reducing medication.
  • Your cough or other symptoms have improved.
  • It has been at least 5 days since your symptoms started

Guidelines provided by the CDC.

Household contact is

any person who lives or sleeps in the same indoor shared space as another person diagnosed with COVID-19 leading to exposure to the person with COVID-19. This includes sleepovers.

You are considered up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccinations if

you have completed a primary COVID-19 vaccine series (the single-dose J&J vaccine, or a 2-dose series of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine) AND any booster (if eligible). 

Per the CDC, booster shots are recommended for ages 12+, thus those who are eligible for a booster must receive it in order to be considered fully vaccinated.

Additional Notes

All our guidelines will be continuously updated with new information from the CDC, state, and local health departments. We reserve the right to offer additional safety precautions outside government guidelines to best protect our dancers, families, and staff. Thank you for doing your part to keep our studio community healthy and we look forward to seeing you in class.

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