Liam HalawithMaroon Echoes Editor-In-Cheif Mount Pleasant Community School District Superintendent John Henriksen sent a letter to parents explaining the Iowa Department of Public Health’s new guidelines for close contact exposure.
The new guidelines state that if both the positive person and the person in close contact are wearing face masks, the person in close contact will not have to quarantine. The guidelines also specify that if both persons are wearing a face mask that tightly covers the mouth and nose they will no longer have to quarantine if they come in close contact with an infected person. The new guidelines specify that if a student or other person is wearing a face shield without a mask or a neck gaiter they would still have to quarantine for 14 days. The person in close contact would be encouraged to self monitor their symptoms and the district will still be informing students who come in close contact with infected students. The letter also stated that if a student’s family member or some other person in their household is positive and they are in close contact with them, they would have to quarantine for the required 14 days. Dr. Caitlin Pedati, the state medical director, acknowledged that the state's new recommendations are not in line with the CDC guidelines.
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