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Tanuki

(14,893 posts)
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 09:05 AM Sep 2020

CDC advises against trick-or-treat, costume masks, and Halloween parties this year

https://www.wrcbtv.com/story/42663395/trickortreating-costume-masks-and-halloween-parties-discouraged-by-cdc-this-year

"The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued its first guidance for the holidays, including Halloween, amid the raging coronavirus pandemic in a new posting on its website Monday night.

Door-to-door trick-or-treating and costume masks and parties are discouraged this year due to the pandemic, the CDC said.

"Many traditional Halloween activities can be high-risk for spreading viruses," the agency said in its posting. "There are several safer, alternative ways to participate in Halloween."

The new guidance lists "low-risk, moderate and higher risk activities" for celebrating All Hallow's Eve."...(more)
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CDC advises against trick-or-treat, costume masks, and Halloween parties this year (Original Post) Tanuki Sep 2020 OP
I wonder how long before that advice is pulled from the website. Arkansas Granny Sep 2020 #1
Just wait until similar recommendations are made for Thanksgiving, Christmas and NYE. LonePirate Sep 2020 #2

Arkansas Granny

(31,483 posts)
1. I wonder how long before that advice is pulled from the website.
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 09:16 AM
Sep 2020

After all, Trump has said that kids are immune and the disease hardly affects anyone at all, right?

LonePirate

(13,386 posts)
2. Just wait until similar recommendations are made for Thanksgiving, Christmas and NYE.
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 09:32 AM
Sep 2020

They are coming and they will be treated with even less concern and respect. This fall and winter are going to be absolutely brutal in terms of illness and death in this country.

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