By Pat Brinkman- Fayette OSU Extension Agent
Dec 24, 2020
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we plan to host only our immediate family for Christmas this year, but I still anticipate having leftovers. How long after the original meal can we safely eat the leftovers?
As COVID-19 safety restrictions tighten across the country, many families are changing their usual holiday plans, with many planning to put precautions in place at holiday gatherings such as social distancing and asking those with COVID-19 symptoms not to attend, according to a nationwide survey from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
The survey found that 79% of respondents say they plan to celebrate only with household members, 73% plan to follow social distancing measures, 67% plan to wear masks, and 62% plan to celebrate with no more than 10 people in their homes.
With a testing positivity rate above 15%, Ohio now on its own travel advisory map
Updated Dec 03, 2020;
Posted Dec 03, 2020
Ohio is now on Ohio s travel advisory map. People entering Ohio from states with a 15% or more testing positivity rate are asked to self-quarantine for 14 days. (Ohio Department of Health)
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As a result, the state is now shaded yellow on the weekly coronavirus travel advisory map.
“We warned people about any state that is above 15% positivity,” Gov. Mike DeWine said during his Thursday coronavirus briefing. “Now we are one of those states that we’ve been warning people about.”
DeWine and physicians who spoke at his briefing said that the positivity rate is likely to go up since people who became infected over Thanksgiving are experiencing symptoms and starting to get tested. Cases, deaths and hospitalizations, which officials say are too high, could also go up.
Even if You’ve Had COVID-19 You Still Need the Vaccine 23rd Dec 2020 | Source: Healthline The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) last week for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Cases of reinfection with the virus that causes COVID-19 have been reported. Even if you’ve developed COVID-19, getting the vaccine may help prevent reinfection and lower your risk of getting sick again.
COVID-19 is currently the leading cause of deathTrusted Source in the United States killing more people each day than heart disease or cancer.
To help stem the tide of this life-threatening disease, scientists around the world have been working to develop vaccines.