Omicron has added a layer of anxiety to the festive season. Here’s how to make Christmas a super spread, not a super-spreading event | sarzberry
Taking precautions ahead of Christmas and on Christmas Day, may not be ideal, but may give the gift of health to those we love.Here are some of the big questions about how to make Christmas a super spread, not a super-spreading event.post on Sunday, clinical immunologist Dr Dan Suan suggested we reconsider our events for the upcoming week so Christmas Day celebrations don’t turn into a “simultaneous super-spreader event”.
McLaws also recommends only catching up with people who have recently had their second shot or their booster shot, which“If you have received your second dose of vaccine of Pfizer since October, you’re likely to have a good level of neutralising antibodies,” says McLaws, who is a member of the World Health Organization Health Emergencies Program Experts Advisory Panel for Infection Prevention and Control Preparedness, Readiness and Response to COVID-19.
If you can celebrate outdoors, do, and avoid hugging or kissing. “I know that sounds very sad but give each other an IOU to hug and kiss,” McLaws says. “That should reduce the potential risk.”The unvaccinated are at risk of spreading and acquiring the Omicron variant. “A concern about Omicron is that it can last in the air for longer and in a plane you’re in an enclosed environment.” It might not be the most comfortable way to travel, but it’s the responsible, ethical thing to do, she says.
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