{"id":37515,"date":"2020-11-20T18:52:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T03:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/celebrating-the-holidays-in-a-big-but-smaller-way-3\/"},"modified":"2020-11-20T18:52:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T03:52:00","slug":"celebrating-the-holidays-in-a-big-but-smaller-way-3","status":"publish","type":"thread-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/celebrating-the-holidays-in-a-big-but-smaller-way-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Holidays in a Big, but Smaller, Way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The COVID-19 pandemic has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/daily-life-coping\/managing-stress-anxiety.html\">stressful<\/a>&nbsp;and isolating for many people, and &nbsp;\u201cCOVID fatigue\u201d has set in.&nbsp; Gatherings during the upcoming holidays offer an opportunity to reconnect with family and friends.&nbsp; To reduce the spread of COVID-19 and keep everyone healthy and safe, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) developed this guidance for holiday gatherings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guidance for Gatherings<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Celebrating virtually or with members of your own household (who are consistently taking\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/prevent-getting-sick\/prevention.html\" target=\"_blank\">measures<\/a>\u00a0to reduce the spread of COVID-19) poses the lowest risk for spread.<ul><li>Your household is anyone who currently lives and shares common spaces in your house or apartment. This can include family members, as well as roommates or people who are unrelated to you.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>People who do not currently live in your housing unit, such as college students who are returning home from school for the holidays, should be considered part of different households (see below).<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>The size of a holiday gathering should be determined based on the ability of attendees from different households to stay\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/prevent-getting-sick\/social-distancing.html\">6 feet (2 arm lengths) apart<\/a>, wear\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/prevent-getting-sick\/diy-cloth-face-coverings.html\">masks<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/handwashing\/when-how-handwashing.html\">wash hands<\/a>, and follow\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/publichealthgateway\/healthdirectories\/healthdepartments.html\">state, local, territorial<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/tribal\/index.html\">tribal<\/a>\u00a0health and safety laws, rules, and regulations.<\/li><li>Hosts should consider the following:<ul><li>Check the COVID-19 infection rates in areas where attendees live on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/publichealthgateway\/healthdirectories\/healthdepartments.html\">state, local, territorial<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/tribal\/index.html\">tribal<\/a>\u00a0health department websites.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Limit the number of attendees as much as possible to allow people from different households to remain at least\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/prevent-getting-sick\/social-distancing.html\">6 feet<\/a>\u00a0apart at all times. <\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Host outdoor rather than indoor gatherings as much as possible. Even outdoors, require guests to wear masks when not eating or drinking.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizers and attendees of holiday events can get more tips and tools at CDC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/community\/large-events\/considerations-for-events-gatherings.html\">Considerations for Events and Gatherings.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Travel Suggestions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Community levels of COVID-19<\/strong>: Family and friends should consider the number of COVID-19 cases in their community and in the community where they plan to celebrate when deciding whether to host or attend a gathering. Information on the number of cases in an area can often be found on the local&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/publichealthgateway\/healthdirectories\/index.html\">health department<\/a>&nbsp;website.<\/li><li><strong>Exposure during <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/travelers\/travel-during-covid19.html\"><strong>travel<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>Airports, bus stations, train stations, public transport, gas stations, and rest stops are all places travelers can be exposed to the virus in the air and on surfaces.<\/li><li><strong>Location of the gathering: <\/strong>Indoor gatherings, especially those with poor ventilation (for example, small enclosed spaces with no outside air), pose more risk than outdoor gatherings.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The more of these prevention measures that you put in place, the safer your gathering will be. No one measure is enough to prevent the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>thread<\/strong> encourages all of Alaska\u2019s families to work together to ensure a safe, healthy and enjoyable holiday season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the full list of CDC suggestions on holiday gatherings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/daily-life-coping\/holidays.html\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27769,"template":"","news_tags":[27,28],"event_category":[],"news_categories":[],"class_list":["post-37515","thread-blog","type-thread-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_tags-alaska","news_tags-child_welfare"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Celebrating the Holidays in a Big, but Smaller, Way - Thread<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/celebrating-the-holidays-in-a-big-but-smaller-way-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Celebrating the Holidays in a Big, but Smaller, Way - Thread\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The COVID-19 pandemic has been&nbsp;stressful&nbsp;and isolating for many people, and &nbsp;\u201cCOVID fatigue\u201d has set in.&nbsp; Gatherings during the upcoming holidays offer an opportunity to reconnect with family and friends.&nbsp; To... 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