Cases and deaths are rising.
But there are also serious consequences of intense social isolation.
I'm hoping we can add a layer of nuance beyond the top line messaging against holiday indoor gatherings and public travel.
But there are also serious consequences of intense social isolation.
I'm hoping we can add a layer of nuance beyond the top line messaging against holiday indoor gatherings and public travel.
Specifically, offering ideas like these:
Gathering among households that are in a strict bubble together.
Gathering across households, outdoors + masked + distanced + warm layers.
Gathering across households, where everyone has done a strict 14+ day isolation period prior.
Gathering among households that are in a strict bubble together.
Gathering across households, outdoors + masked + distanced + warm layers.
Gathering across households, where everyone has done a strict 14+ day isolation period prior.
Those options aren't perfect.
Not everyone can do strict bubbles or strict pre-gathering isolation periods.
School and work and commutes can make them impossible.
Not everyone can do strict bubbles or strict pre-gathering isolation periods.
School and work and commutes can make them impossible.
Those options aren't perfect (continued).
Not everyone lives close enough to the loved ones they might wish to see. Not everyone has a car.
The intense cold in some places makes an outdoor gathering difficult to arrange and make comfortable.
Not everyone lives close enough to the loved ones they might wish to see. Not everyone has a car.
The intense cold in some places makes an outdoor gathering difficult to arrange and make comfortable.
But they are options that are doable, and as many of us deeply crave social connection and want to engineer safer possibilities than typical gatherings, it's worth putting up more ideas and being available to help people navigate the strictness that is entailed.
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