This is the letter I got in reply to mine: When we started requiring this information be collected, it was with the idea that it was for the purpose of turning it over to local health authorities or governments for them to use in contact tracing if required/requested. Not the SCA itself doing contact tracing. People with privacy concerns have been repeatedly assured that this is its purpose and the SCA will not use their information for any other purpose.
If someone reports that they have tested positive for COVID, then that information can certainly be shared via web pages, Facebook groups, etc. without giving the identity of the individual. An announcement can be made along the lines of "We've learned that an attendee at the fighter practice held on July 24 at such and such location has reported testing positive for COVID; if you were in attendance you may have been exposed and should take appropriate precautions." It does need to be phrased that it's been reported that someone tested positive; not that it's a certainty, because we can't confirm that. We also cannot require that anyone inform us of this.
The local health department should also be informed. In at least one instance the health department's response was to tell the SCA official informing them that they should contact everyone who had been in attendance; in that case that's certainly what should be done, since that's the directive from the local health authority or government entity. We will, of course, always fully cooperate with local governments and health agencies.
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When we started requiring this information be collected, it was with the idea that it was for the purpose of turning it over to local health authorities or governments for them to use in contact tracing if required/requested. Not the SCA itself doing contact tracing. People with privacy concerns have been repeatedly assured that this is its purpose and the SCA will not use their information for any other purpose.
If someone reports that they have tested positive for COVID, then that information can certainly be shared via web pages, Facebook groups, etc. without giving the identity of the individual. An announcement can be made along the lines of "We've learned that an attendee at the fighter practice held on July 24 at such and such location has reported testing positive for COVID; if you were in attendance you may have been exposed and should take appropriate precautions." It does need to be phrased that it's been reported that someone tested positive; not that it's a certainty, because we can't confirm that. We also cannot require that anyone inform us of this.
The local health department should also be informed. In at least one instance the health department's response was to tell the SCA official informing them that they should contact everyone who had been in attendance; in that case that's certainly what should be done, since that's the directive from the local health authority or government entity. We will, of course, always fully cooperate with local governments and health agencies.
In service,
Lis Schraer
(Elasait ingen Diarmata)