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Sep 22, 2022: Interim Watmough Preserve Addition Stewardship and Management Plan Now Open for Public Comment
Stay Healthy, Lopez!
Dec 11, 2020
By Lopez Covid Health Support
A message for a Covid-safe holiday from a group of your fellow Lopezians working to promote a healthy community during the pandemic.
Lopez Covid Health Support is a group of your fellow Lopezians working to promote a healthy community during the pandemic. These are some guidelines to inform your decisions this holiday season:
The safest-Stay is in your household bubble for the holidays.
There is one behavior you should try to eliminate, without exception: Spending time in a confined space outside your household where anyone is unmasked.
Safer- Quarantine for 2 weeks before getting together or quarantine for 7 days and get a COVID test and results before getting together with people outside your bubble.
If you have to go indoors away from home, wear a mask, minimize exposure time, and keep a 6 ft. physical distance.
Risky- Spending extended time indoors with people other than your household bubble, even with everyone masked.
Riskiest- Spending time with people other than your household bubble without quarantine or masks.
Speaking of “bubblesâ€, see the graphic on “Your Bubble is Larger than You Thinkâ€.
Now for some better news: Several activities are less risky than some people fear. You don’t need to wear a mask when you go for a physically distant walk or a jog. Keeping six feet distance outdoors is more important than wearing a mask. Of course, in some areas it is not possible to keep 6 ft. apart, even outdoors. So, keep your mask handy!
The safest-Stay is in your household bubble for the holidays.
There is one behavior you should try to eliminate, without exception: Spending time in a confined space outside your household where anyone is unmasked.
Safer- Quarantine for 2 weeks before getting together or quarantine for 7 days and get a COVID test and results before getting together with people outside your bubble.
If you have to go indoors away from home, wear a mask, minimize exposure time, and keep a 6 ft. physical distance.
Risky- Spending extended time indoors with people other than your household bubble, even with everyone masked.
Riskiest- Spending time with people other than your household bubble without quarantine or masks.
Speaking of “bubblesâ€, see the graphic on “Your Bubble is Larger than You Thinkâ€.
Now for some better news: Several activities are less risky than some people fear. You don’t need to wear a mask when you go for a physically distant walk or a jog. Keeping six feet distance outdoors is more important than wearing a mask. Of course, in some areas it is not possible to keep 6 ft. apart, even outdoors. So, keep your mask handy!
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