The same way you protect your computer to get affected by malware or viruses, it is recommended to install an antivirus application. We are approaching our ANTI-COVID Prevention protocols the same way.
In the case of COVID, we still are not certain how it exactly spreads, or what’s the best way to prevent from getting it, without a complete 24/7 isolation regiment.
Through the maze of all the information, we get from officials, medical, and scientists. We must conclude that after 6 months most protocols are still very contradictory and so making it hard to have some kind of consensus or waterproof ANTI-COVID protocol.
So we have opted to develop our own ANTI-COVID protocol, based on most of what we understand as reasonable recommendations. We try in all fairness to consider all aspects of reason vs personal health responsibility. By no means protocols should contradict the facts, be misleading, unlogical, unreasonable, or causing disproportional side effects. Whether it is psychological, economical, socially, physically, or even worst deadly.
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YOUR HEALTH IS YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY
- If you, as a customer, or someone close to you have or feel the slightest health complaints such as the common cold, cough, fever and /
or shortness of breath, please do not risk it, and cancel the class. - As a customer, if you had one or more of the following (mild) complaints in the past 24 hours or at the moment: nose cold, cough, shortness of breath and/or fever (from 38 degrees Celsius), if so please cancel the class.
- I case you belong to one of the risk groups, consider on your own whether it is (medically) responsible that you book a class.
- When you feel uncomfortable interacting with anyone because you fear this VIRUS will kill you or you may potentially kill someone. Please isolate yourself completely, just to be sure.
- If you, or someone close to you, are currently in quarantine or isolation, why the heck are you even booking a class?
- If you have recently tested because you had symptoms, but tested negative. Please wait another 2 weeks before you book a class.
- Before every class sanitizing hands is mandatory. This should be more than enough to have killed/eliminated any COVID virus you may or may not have on our hands.
- If you, as a customer, or someone close to you have or feel the slightest health complaints such as the common cold, cough, fever and /
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OUR RESPONSIBILITY
- We think it is not our business, to ask you questions about your health, movements, or violate any other privacy right you have. But if by any chance we get contaminated we will practice contact tracing, and notify you to prevent further spreading.
- If the class is indoors, we will keep surfaces sanitized, and do everything we believe is required to keep COVID outside.
- During indoor classes wearing mouth masks over the nose and mouth is mandatory for the instructor.
- When the class is in the studio, we will frequently clean and sanitize the airconditioning filters.
- Before every class sanitizing hands is mandatory. This should be more than enough to have killed/eliminated any COVID virus you may or may not have on our hands, before entering the class.
- We will prevent talking close to your face and maintain a proper distance to prevent droplets from reaching one another.
- When dancing less than 1,5 meters we prevent talking and if there’s a need for explaining things while within 1.5 meters distance the instructor will wear his mouth mask.
- If the class is outdoors we believe natural ventilation should be the safest possible way to give a class. Making mouth masks not mandatory outside.
- If our instructor feels uncertain about his health he will take no risk and postpone the class.
- During this period, indoor classes we only accept a maximum of 4 people. We will not differentiate whether you live under the same roof or not. We ask each individual to consider and respect our pointers mentioned above in article 1. By limiting the amount to 4 we comply with the current gathering prohibitions.
- During this crisis, group classes with more than 4 people are only given outdoors. And couples are dancing in mandatory distances of 2 meters.
- During the class, we will not change partners.
- Since we only work by appointments during this period. We don’t see the need to mark walking directions
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- If you don’t have a dancing partner living under the same roof.
- We believe if both you and your dance partner assume proper personal health responsibility described in article 1, and we keep our responsibility promise. It actually should not matter whether you live under the same roof or not. But if you nevertheless feel uncomfortable because of your line of work or any other reason. Will respect your position and give the class at a proper distance.
- Is wearing a mask mandatory?
- There are many contradictories about wearing mouth masks. Whether it’s quality-related, who really is protected, the counter effects it may or may not have on your health.
Shield masks seem to have the most reliable results so it seems. Wearing them during class is entirely up to you. - We recommend you to wear a mask during indoor classes at the studio. If at your own space the Instructor will mandatory wear his Mouth Mask during the entire class.
- Classes in the open air where there’s a lot of natural ventilation, we don’t recommend wearing a mask.
- There are many contradictories about wearing mouth masks. Whether it’s quality-related, who really is protected, the counter effects it may or may not have on your health.
- How to dance salsa while keeping a safe distance.
- Keeping a safe distance is only applicable when there’s more than one person in the same space for a class.
- We do not allow more than 4 people simultaneously in the studio.
- It’s highly recommended for couples living under the same roof, or with frequent contact to participate as dance partners.
- Partners will not be rotated during group classes, not indoor nor outdoor classes.
- Groups classes with more than 4 persons will only be held outdoors, where there is enough natural ventilation. We will maintain a distance per individual of 1,5 meters and 2 meters per couple. We will adapt our dance class accordingly to prevent the need for full contact dancing.
- If you don’t have a dancing partner living under the same roof.
Our protocols may change accordingly in time. We do hope you respect our views as we respect yours.
For us, there must be a way to continue with what we love to do, but in a respectful and responsible manner.
We hope to see you soon dancing, enjoying life, your body, music and SALSA!