COVID FAQs

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Do I have to test negative for COVID-19 before attending any wedding events?

Answer

Yes. If traveling to Colorado, we recommend taking a test the day of your travel, before leaving home. Regardless, please test before attending each wedding event, including the Welcome Party, Wedding, and Brunch.

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When do I have to take the test?

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Please take the test immediately before attending each wedding event. At-home rapid tests are okay. If taking a rapid PCR administered in a testing site, please ensure that your test and negative result can take place on the same day that you plan to attend a wedding event.

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What type of test do I need to take?

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You may take an at-home rapid test (available at most retail pharmacies) or a rapid PCR test administered at a testing site ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT YOU ARE ATTENDING. If using a testing site, please ensure that you will be able to take the test AND receive the result on the same day as the wedding event you will be attending.

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If I don't feel well or I have a sore throat, but I am testing negative, can I still come?

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Unfortunately, no. If you are symptomatic at all, please do not attend any events. Because new variants of COVID-19 are not detectable on tests for longer periods of time than previous variants, you cannot trust that a negative COVID test means that you do not have COVID.

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Do I have to wear a mask on the shuttle or at the wedding?

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No, but feel free to do so if you would feel more comfortable! No judgment here. On May 26, Boulder County and the Denver Metro Area community COVID-19 level shifted to HIGH, per CDC guidelines. The move from the medium to high COVID-19 community level indicates that the risk of COVID infection is significant in our community. As a result, everyone should practice enhanced prevention measures and be aware of their own risk factors for contracting the disease, including use of masks during indoor events. Outdoor events: Welcome party, wedding ceremony and cocktail hour, farewell brunch Indoor events: Shuttles to the wedding, wedding reception, rehearsal dinner (for immediate family and wedding party)

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I recently got a COVID vaccine or booster, OR I recently had COVID. Do I still have to test?

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Yes, testing is still important. If you recently had COVID, please see the question below for further details.

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I've had COVID in the last couple of weeks and feel better, but am still testing positive. Can I come?

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If you are still testing positive, please do not come.

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I have been recently exposed to COVID but am testing negative. Can I come?

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If it has been 5 days or less since your exposure, please do not come regardless of your test result. If it has been more than 5 days since your exposure, you may come if you are asymptomatic AND testing negative. PLEASE WEAR A MASK WHEN NOT EATING OR DRINKING.

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How do you define "exposure?"

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The CDC defines exposure as being a "close contact" of someone with COVID-19, as follows: A close contact is someone who was less than 6 feet away from an infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period. For example, three individual 5-minute exposures for a total of 15 minutes within one day would mean you are exposed. If you have completed at least 5 days of isolation after being exposed, and are asymptomatic AND testing negative, please feel free to come but wear a mask when not eating or drinking.

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I have another question. Who do I ask?

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For questions not addressed here, please email Liz Gipson, Master of Public Health: lizgipson@gmail.com