Texas Medical Association Rates Holiday Activities For COVID-19 Risk
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The Texas Medical Association has created a new guide ranking holiday-related activities by how risky they are for contracting COVID-19.
The scale goes from 1 to 10, with 10 being the riskiest for contracting COVID-19.
"Being a member of the task force that put this together, the basic criteria that we used was *Is the activity indoor or outdoor? *What is the normal number of individuals involved in said activity? and *What's the normal behavior pattern with these activities?," Dallas County Medical Society President Dr. Mark Casanova said.
According to the guide, having a Thanksgiving dinner with your immediate family is listed as a 2 risk factor.
Attending a tree lighting... 4.
Attending a holiday parade... 6.
Shopping in person on Black Friday... 8.
And attending a New Years party in person... 10.
Medical professionals point out you can do a lot of these activities that are listed on the chart as high risk virtually.
"Celebrating NYE together.. I mean people just watch the NYE ball drop anyways right so just do it from your house this year, with a group of people, on FaceTime or whatever,"
UNT HSC Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine's Dr. Tyson Garfield said.
"Is it a sacrifice? Absolutely. Are we giving up a lot? Absolutely. But we're doing that for health and welfare," Dr. Casanova said.
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