Last year, the predominant public health advice before Thanksgiving and other holiday gatherings was simple: don’t go, but if you must, be really, really careful....
, many infectious disease experts cautiously acknowledge that the risks of gathering are generally lower.
Of course, not being vaccinated puts people at much higher risk of severe COVID-19. Unvaccinated adults are about 12 times more likely to end up in the hospital than vaccinated people,It’s also worth considering the safety of children who are too young to be vaccinated or are only partially vaccinated.
Before you agree to attend the Thanksgiving feast, speak to the other guests about whether or not they and their families are vaccinated. “It’s always important to have conversations well in advance with everyone involved about the plan to gather safely,” says Nash. Dr. Jill Foster, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Minnesota, says that if the parent of an unvaccinated child asked her if they should travel, “I think the first thing to ask is where they’re going,” she says. “The number of infections is very low in New York; I would feel very safe taking an unvaccinated child to New York. I’m now in Minnesota, which has some of the highest [daily case] rates in the entire country right now.
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