Host a yard gathering
If you live somewhere with a spacious yard, use it to get together with people from a distance, like Varkey. The rules here are strict the group is always limited to no more than 10 people, he says about his own yard parties.
Additionally, the event should be BYOB and BYOM, meaning everyone brings their own beverage and mask, Varkey says. Masks stay on when not eating or drinking, [and] no one shares food or utensils, he says.
Iahn Gonsenhauser, chief quality and patient safety officer at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, lives in a suburban neighborhood where it s easy to walk around.
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It’s easy to assume that if one spouse or partner gets COVID-19, the other is all but fated to get it, too.
But that’s not always true. While studies have shown that the transmission risk of COVID from an infected person to a household contact is common, the risk varies widely. A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed secondary transmission among close household contacts was 53%. That’s a high rate of transmission, but it also means that almost half of household contacts did
not get COVID-19.
Even if the couple is exposed to the same sick person, one might dodge the infection entirely, or may be completely asymptomatic. While health experts are still trying to figure out why some are more susceptible to the virus, there are a few common reasons for this difference in experience.