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Thinking about Halloween during a pandemic on air

I spoke with Annette from Magic 101.9 about how parents are coping this pandemic with back to school. What is the transmission risk associated with typical Halloween activity? I think a lot depends on our local transmission of coronavirus on the big day, but since most Halloween encounters are brief and outdoors, if we mask, clean our hands and avoid crowds maybe we’ll be OK? How should we approach making holiday travel plans with so much up in the air? Again there are no easy answers, but hopefully by discussing the facts we can guide parents to make safe decisions. I shared some of my tips from my book too about how to incorporate testing to decrease your isolation time before seeing a high risk loved one. Have a listen here.

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Everything posted is my opinion and doesn’t represent the opinion of my current or prior employer. All patient references in stories are fictionalized (new gender, different issue, etc) to protect privacy. Recommendations are made in a generic way intended for education. The ideas I have may not fit every child or every family. Parents should use their judgment and ask their own doctors if they feel something doesn’t make sense or may not be safe in their specific situation. I am not your child’s doctor, and this is not medical advice.

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