RED level requirements at BACDS dances

This web page is based on the policy adopted by the BACDS Board at the March 2022 meeting and updated at the August 2022 meeting. The Board will monitor the situation and change policy as needed.

At red level attendees at BACDS events (dancers, organizers, callers, musicians, sound, observers) must:

• Bring a negative COVID test result taken within six hours before arrival at the dance event. This could be with an antigen at-home rapid test or NAAT test (a PCR test, if it can be processed quickly enough, would also be acceptable). Attendees should bring their negative test, or a time-stamped photo of the negative test, to the dance. (Note that testing supplies are not considered medical waste when the test is negative and may be thrown in the trash).
• Show proof of full vaccination (initial vaccination + at least 1 booster (bivalent booster required as of February 1 2023)). (Organizers may retain a list of who has provided vaccination documentation and not require them to keep doing it).
• Answer each checklist question at each BACDS dance, be able to attend according to those criteria, and agree to follow BACDS procedures and to notify BACDS if they become infected (tests positive or shows symptoms) within two days after attending that dance.
• Wear a KF94, KN95 or N95-comparable mask at all times in the dance space, stepping outside the dance space even to drink water. Musicians on a stage well-separated from the crowd may wear lesser masks designed to allow playing instruments.
  

In late February 2022 the CDC released a new set of color-coded maps with three tiers to convey varying risk levels. California Department of Public Health has deferred to the CDC's color-coded risk tiers, so BACDS is basing its reopening requirements on these risk tiers (green, yellow, red).

This link explains the tiers and general CDC recommendations for safety at each tier.

This link preselects a California view; the map shows relevant Bay Area county levels.