According to one health expert, dispensing candy from a distance, whether by throwing it at trick-or-treaters from your doorway, or firing it from a T-shirt cannon, is: 🎃 Low risk for spreading COVID-19 💀 High risk for projectile injuries
Spooky season may have arrived, but thanks to the pandemic, many of Halloween’s most time-honored traditions are off limits this year, from crowded costume parties to screaming in terror inside haunted houses, according toBut what about trick-or-treating, objectively the most vital component of our kiddified, commercialized, modern-day interpretation of All Hallows’ Eve? Unfortunately, the CDC advises against the “higher risk” activity of conventional door-to-door trick-or-treating, as well as...
As you peruse this list, it’s important to note that there is no one blanket consensus, and there is no version of trick-or-treating that is risk free. While fomite transmission — that is, spread via contaminated surfaces such as candy — is possible and should be guarded against, the greatest risk comes from close proximity to people who exhale infectious droplets,.
Moderate risk. Too many kids crowded together passing one another on the streets. Parents are outside with all of these kids and will be interacting with one another.Coming into close proximity to a large number of people is a high risk activity. There is quite a bit of variability in how people wear their mask, so improper mask wearing would pose a higher risk.Moderate risk. Safer for the homeowner, same issue for kids who are crowded together and the adults out with them.
Leaving a bowl of candy outside for trick-or-treaters, accompanied by a hand sanitizing station and instructions for everyone to sanitize their hands before reaching into the bowlModerate risk. Assuming kids are wearing gloves , the risk is no different than the bowl alone. Setting up hand sanitizer slows the progress from the crowded bowl back to the street. Faster is better. Save the sanitizer.
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