This year Halloween is going to be a bit complicated for trick-or-treaters across the United States, to say the least. The coronavirus is making trick or treaters a little hesitant as a fun activity might quickly turn dangerous.
The coronavirus has been a problem spanning across practically the entire year of 2020 and practically on every square inch of earth. The coronavirus is an illness that spreads extremely quickly through natural human interaction and has been plaguing us for a long time now.
This means nothing but bad news for Halloween this year since Halloween is all about meeting new people and going door to door asking for candy. Since Halloween is all about human interaction and the coronavirus spreads through interaction and being around each other Halloween isn’t going to be like last year.
What does this mean for Halloween?
We’re going to have to be more careful as to not spread the coronavirus since it is so dangerous. The CDC or Center for Disease Control, a trusted organization made to stop disease spread, says ¨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.¨
Basically, this is saying that most of the ways you would normally spend Halloween would most definitely spread the virus in some way shape, or form. The quote is also saying that instead maybe try to do something else. The last sentence says that if you have, had, or have been around someone with coronavirus then try to do something that is not in person.
The CDC also states normal Halloween activities and their risk levels. Low Risk would include things that you can do at your home, such as carving pumpkins decorating your house, having a movie night, or making an online call. Medium Risk would include things that you can do in your backyard or front yard with a few friends, like a costume contest, exchanging candy bags that have been washed, or going to a forest or secluded place for your Halloween, however, these activities do turn into high risk if you do not social distance. Finally, high-risk activities include most traditional activities like trick-or-treating, going to a haunted house, and going to crowded parties.
Now for the big question, what does this mean for Halloween? Practically all of the low-risk activities are fine, so this means you can do whatever you want with the people you live with. For the most part Medium risk activities are fine so you can invite a few friends over to your living space as long as you social distance or wear masks. You should at practically all costs avoid high-risk activities, it is a shame but trick-or-treating and haunted houses are off-limits if you wish to stay safe and make sure to not spread COVID-19.
In all for Halloween basically just stay home if you want to stay safe, of course, mine is not the final verdict and you are free to make your own decisions, just remember to social distance and wear a mask and whatever you’re doing have fun.
