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October 21, 2020
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Because of the Coronovirus pandemic, health experts are urging
families to first consider celebrating Halloween at home this year.
If families do venture out, they’re asked to limit groups to members
of a single household and take social distancing precautions.
Halloween Fun at Home Urged
Families can follow tips to mitigate risks
Ghouls, goblins and ghosts
won’t be the scariest things
wandering around town this
Halloween. Trick-or-treating
and, to a greater extent, in-
door house parties, increase the
likelihood of contracting and
spreading COVID-19, accord-
ing to Eric Lofgren, an infec-
tious disease epidemiologist at
Washington State University.
“There is just no safe way to
do house parties this Hallow-
een period,” Lofgren said. “For
trick-or-treating, take this year
off if you are in a vulnerable
population or have any doubts
at all. But if you must go out,
there are certain things you can
do to mitigate your risk of in-
fection.”
Lofgren and other health ex-
perts across the country urge
families to first consider cel-
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