Easter joins the list of 2021 holidays causing concern among healthcare providers in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has loosened gathering guidelines for the holiday due to the increase of fully vaccinated individuals.The CDC said fully vaccinated people can have small Easter celebrations indoors with other vaccinated people. Distancing and mask-wearing is not necessary.The CDC advises those who are not fully vaccinated to gather virtually or only with housemates.Catholic Medical Center Director of Infection Prevention Ashley Conley said she thinks it will be OK if everybody follows basic, longtime guidelines. "But if we have a lot of people that are getting together that aren't vaccinated and not taking some of those precautions, it is likely we'll have people end up in the hospital or getting sick with COVID," Conley said.Conley said she saw people admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 after family Christmas gatherings. "It's just heartbreaking to see that," Conley said.Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Epidemiologist Jose Mercado said travel and COVID-19 fatigue drove the current caseload increase, which has been mostly through young people."And the way to try to beat that is that we need to be vaccinated," Mercado said. Granite Staters age 16 and up are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Easter joins the list of 2021 holidays causing concern among healthcare providers in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has loosened gathering guidelines for the holiday due to the increase of fully vaccinated individuals.
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The CDC said fully vaccinated people can have small Easter celebrations indoors with other vaccinated people. Distancing and mask-wearing is not necessary.
The CDC advises those who are not fully vaccinated to gather virtually or only with housemates.
Catholic Medical Center Director of Infection Prevention Ashley Conley said she thinks it will be OK if everybody follows basic, longtime guidelines.
"But if we have a lot of people that are getting together that aren't vaccinated and not taking some of those precautions, it is likely we'll have people end up in the hospital or getting sick with COVID," Conley said.
Conley said she saw people admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 after family Christmas gatherings.
"It's just heartbreaking to see that," Conley said.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Epidemiologist Jose Mercado said travel and COVID-19 fatigue drove the current caseload increase, which has been mostly through young people.
"And the way to try to beat that is that we need to be vaccinated," Mercado said.
Granite Staters age 16 and up are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.
April 04, 2021 at 09:11AM
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