In-Person Covid/Cold/Flu Guidelines for Worship Services:

Face Masks — Anyone who wants to wear a face mask is encouraged and welcome to do so.
When to Stay Home — For the health of the attendees, anyone who has been experiencing symptoms that could be from Covid, cold, or flu – cough, sore throat, difficulty breathing, tiredness/fatigue, chest pain, or joint/muscle pain– should stay home. You are encouraged to enjoy the worship services via Zoom instead of in-person, and you should not attend in person events. Exception – For anyone who may have these symptoms but knows that they are not from Covid, cold, or flu – such as those who have a chronic non-contagious condition — this does not apply.
Informing Board about Accidental Exposure to Covid – Please inform a UU of SCV board member if you come down with Covid shortly after having attended a worship service in-person. And if you come down with Covid shortly after having attended another type of UUSCV event, inform the event organizer. The attendees should be informed so that they can be on alert for symptoms, and, when possible, we will try our best not to reveal your name.
How Long to Isolate from Covid — If you come down with Covid, follow these Los Angeles County Guidelines for how long to stay isolated (ie, not coming to worship services or in-person events):
To count the days:

· Day 0 is the first day of symptoms.

· If you don’t have symptoms, Day 0 is when your first positive test was collected. If you go on to get symptoms, restart with Day 0 as the first day of symptoms.

Ending isolation:

You may end isolation after Day 5* (i.e., between Day 6-10) if:

You have not had a fever for at least 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medicine, AND you don’t have any other symptoms, or your symptoms are mild and improving.
*Note: LAC DPH strongly recommends that you get a negative test for COVID-19 before ending isolation between Day 6-10. (If you do test, it is best to use antigen tests (including self-tests) to lower the risk of false positives.)

If your symptoms of COVID-19 are not improving, you should continue to isolate until your symptoms are improving or until after Day 10.

If you have a condition that weakens your immune system or you were severely ill or hospitalized with COVID-19 you might need to stay home for longer than 10 days. Talk to your doctor about when you can be around other people.

If your COVID-19 symptoms return or get worse after you end isolation, you may have COVID-19 rebound. Take an antigen test. If you test positive, you need to restart isolation at Day 0. Talk to your doctor about your symptoms or concerns.