Q: What's the difference between Quarantine and Isolation? Does anything change if I'm fully vaccinated?

Quarantine is for people who have had close contact with someone who has COVID-19. These individuals have been exposed to the virus and may become infected, even if they do not have symptoms yet. There are two ways to end quarantine:

1.  Quarantine can end after day 10 from the date of last exposure if you do not get tested
2.  Quarantine can end after day 7 if you get tested after day 5 and the test comes back with a negative result

After quarantine ends, you should keep practicing safe behaviors (wearing a mask, washing your hands, avoiding crowds, etc.) and continue to monitor yourself for symptoms until 14 days have passed since your exposure. If you ever start to have symptoms, start isolating.

If you're fully vaccinated, you don't need to quarantine but do need to monitor yourself for symptoms and wear a mask when in public for 14 days after the last exposure.

Isolation is for people who have tested positive for COVID-19 or have symptoms of COVID-19 and have not yet been tested. You can end isolation only when these conditions are true:

You had symptoms:

• 10 days have passed since symptoms started AND
• 24 hours have passed since you've had a fever without the use of fever-reducing medicines AND
• Your other symptoms have improved

If you don't have symptoms: you may end isolation 10 days after the date of your first positive test.

You still have to isolate, even if you are fully vaccinated.

Q: Did the county data dashboard move? I can only see vaccination data; where is the rest?

The county data dashboard has not moved. It is still located in the same place it has been for the past year: schsa.org/coronavirus/stats/

All of the data that were previously on the dashboard are still there, on their own individual pages. There are 3 ways to navigate the dashboard and view each page:

1.  Click on the arrows at the bottom-center of the dashboard
2. Click on the "# of 7" in the bottom-center of the dashboard and select which page you'd like to jump to
3.  Click on the tabs along the bottom of the dashboard

The vaccine page on the dashboard updates every Monday and the rest of the dashboard updates Monday through Friday. 

Q: Is wearing a mask indoors required? What if I'm fully vaccinated?

Yes. Stanislaus County Health Services Agency released a new public health order that will require all residents to wear a mask in all indoor public spaces starting on Saturday, 9/4.

Under the new public health order, all residents must wear a mask indoors, even if they are fully vaccinated.