CDC Advice Halloween 2020

 Reposted from the CDC website for information purposes.

Halloween 2020

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/holidays.html 

Wear masks

• Wear a mask at all times when around people who don’t live in your household to reduce the risk of spreading the virus.
• Avoid singing, chanting, or shouting, especially when not wearing a mask and within 6 feet of others.

Do not use costume masks in place of cloth masks

• Do not use a costume mask (such as for Halloween) as a substitute for a cloth mask unless it is made of two or more layers of breathable fabric that covers your mouth and nose and doesn’t leave gaps around your face.Do not wear a costume mask over a cloth mask because it can be dangerous if the costume mask makes it hard to breathe. Instead, consider using a Halloween-themed cloth mask.

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Halloween

Many traditional Halloween activities can be high-risk for spreading viruses. There are several safer, alternative ways to participate in Halloween. If you may have COVID-19 or you may have been exposed to someone with COVID-19, you should not participate in in-person Halloween festivities and should not give out candy to trick-or-treaters.

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More about Trick or Treating and other Halloween activities.

Lower risk activities

These lower risk activities can be safe alternatives:

• Carving or decorating pumpkins with members of your household and displaying them
• Carving or decorating pumpkins outside, at a safe distance, with neighbors or friends
• Decorating your house, apartment, or living space
• Doing a Halloween scavenger hunt where children are given lists of Halloween-themed things to look for while they walk outdoors from house to house admiring Halloween decorations at a distance
• Having a virtual Halloween costume contest
• Having a Halloween movie night with people you live with
• Having a scavenger hunt-style trick-or-treat search with your household members in or around your home rather than going house to house

Moderate risk activities

• Participating in one-way trick-or-treating where individually wrapped goodie bags are lined up for families to grab and go while continuing to social distance (such as at the end of a driveway or at the edge of a yard)
  • If you are preparing goodie bags, wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 second before and after preparing the bags.
• Having a small group, outdoor, open-air costume parade where people are distanced more than 6 feet apart
• Attending a costume party held outdoors where protective masks are used and people can remain more than 6 feet apart
  • A costume mask (such as for Halloween) is not a substitute for a cloth mask. A costume mask should not be used unless it is made of two or more layers of breathable fabric that covers the mouth and nose and doesn’t leave gaps around the face.
  • Do not wear a costume mask over a protective cloth mask because it can be dangerous if the costume mask makes it hard to breathe. Instead, consider using a Halloween-themed cloth mask.
• Going to an open-air, one-way, walk-through haunted forest where appropriate mask use is enforced, and people can remain more than 6 feet apart
  • If screaming will likely occur, greater distancing is advised. The greater the distance, the lower the risk of spreading a respiratory virus.
• Visiting pumpkin patches or orchards where people use hand sanitizer before touching pumpkins or picking apples, wearing masks is encouraged or enforced, and people are able to maintain social distancing
• Having an outdoor Halloween movie night with local family friends with people spaced at least 6 feet apart
  • If screaming will likely occur, greater distancing is advised. The greater the distance, the lower the risk of spreading a respiratory virus.
  • Lower your risk by following CDC’s recommendations on hosting gatherings or cook-outs.

Higher risk activities

Avoid these higher risk activities to help prevent the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19:

• Participating in traditional trick-or-treating where treats are handed to children who go door to door
• Having trunk-or-treat where treats are handed out from trunks of cars lined up in large parking lots
• Attending crowded costume parties held indoors
• Going to an indoor haunted house where people may be crowded together and screaming
• Going on hayrides or tractor rides with people who are not in your household
• Using alcohol or drugs, which can cloud judgement and increase risky behaviors
• Traveling to a rural fall festival that is not in your community if you live in an area with community spread of COVID-19

** Source content:  

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/holidays.html

Last Updated Oct. 19, 2020

Content source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Division of Viral Diseases

Last Updated Oct. 19, 2020

Content source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Division of Viral Diseases

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Getting back to the Roots

 

Growing up, I had incredibly long blonde hair. It was the one thing my mother REFUSED to cut. For me, it was a head ache in more ways than one. I really didn't like having incredibly long hair. 

Somewhere around my pre-teens, I took to a pair of scissors and cut a couple feet off, yep 24". If I would have only taken a foot she probably wouldn't have noticed. She was furious and of course I was in trouble? 

A couple years later I found the scissors again and took another couple feet off. Still long, but way shorter than it was.... I was much happier. 

One very pissed off mother... Yep, in trouble again. 

Eventually I moved out, married and started having kids. 

After having babies and not appreciating my hair being pulled, I found the scissors and went for super short. 

That pissed the hubby off, so I went for broke and practically shaved it all.  With the exception of the tail.... 

Over the course of years... The tail grew and has been completely cut off at least 3 times, only to have it grow back. My hair cutting was a continual ongoing part of my self care routine, as regular as the clay mask and salt soaks.. Flippy's cut daily. 

Compliments came in many forms and from many people. My hair....

Many times I was asked where I go to have it cut?. 

No joke, people across the intersection would point at their hair then mine and give me a thumbs up? 

A lady once followed me in the store to approach me and ask who cuts it... 

Too many times, I heard "nice hair" by those passing by.

It was a bit crazy. I never thought of it as anything more than my hair and cutting it the way I wanted it to look.

So a couple months ago..... I cut off the tail and threw away my hair cutting scissors.......

And for a couple months my hair has been driving me straight up nuts. I've not bought hair spray or even trimmed one flippy......

Did I mention it's driving me nuts.

The deal is, I had always promised my mother that I would someday let it grow back. She argued with me that I never would. She's passed now. I'm 56. I thought to myself recently, that I better start letting it grow or she's going to be right. 

Now the relationship between myself and my mother, clearly cannot let her be right about this one. So, my hair continues to grow and drive me nuts. 

At some point it will be long enough to cut and straighten out, getting rid of the flippy's without taking away from the length..

The things we use to motivate ourselves? 

#lovemyfamily,#loveyourhaters,#memories,#family,

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