Some experts think it would help to make some adjustments, but many health experts are also emphasizing the importance of seeing family and friends.
NBC that his children are coming to visit for the holidays, traveling by plane from all parts of the nation.
Eighty people — or more than 70% of the party’s attendees — subsequently were diagnosed with a coronavirus infection, mostly with the Omicron variant, Del Rio said. Everyone had to show a negative test taken one to three days before the party, “and yet, there was infection there.”Coronavirus infection was also reported in more than 60 other people who visited the same restaurant on the same night as the Christmas party.
A big problem that has become more noticeable, especially with the newest variants, is how there seems to be an increased chance that vaccinated, boosted asymptomatic people can still be unknowingly infected and be contagious. . And it’s riskier while coronavirus transmission is high, which it is in much of Southern California.
“Because we know for some of us, those risks are going to be too significant for us to take right now with all of the transmission we have in our county,” Ferrer said. “The more people that you’re around — and particularly if you’re in close contact with lots and lots of different people — the greater your chances is going to be of getting infected. That’s going to apply whether you’re vaccinated or you’re unvaccinated,” Ferrer said.
“Even if you’re fully vaccinated, getting tested before after gatherings or parties ... can make a difference in whether you expose someone you love to the virus,” said Dr. Dawn Terashita, associate director of L.A. County’s acute communicable disease control program, at the town hall.If you have symptoms, get tested.
Dr. Rachel Bystritsky, a UC San Francisco infectious diseases doctor, said at the UC San Francisco forum she’d get tested before seeing her vaccinated 97-year-old grandmother and would have them both wear masks during the visit.
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