Safe or Not Safe: Holiday Gatherings

Andy and epidemiologists Farzad Mostashari and Jennifer Nuzzo get together for a special holiday edition of Safe or Not Safe. They've got answers to your questions about partially-vaccinated kids, rapid antigen tests, in-person office parties (remember those?), airplane safety, and much more. Whether you are hosting people or will be someone's guest, this episode should calm your pre-holiday COVID-related nerves.   Keep up with Andy on Twitter @ASlavitt and Instagram @andyslavitt.    Follow Farzad @Farzad_MD and Jennifer @JenniferNuzzo on Twitter.   Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium.    Support the show by checking out our sponsors!   Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/  Throughout the pandemic, CVS Health has been there, bringing quality, affordable health care closer to home—so it’s never out of reach for anyone. 

Learn more at cvshealth.com.   Check out these resources from today’s episode:  Read Andy’s opinion piece in The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/15/pandemic-is-not-over-yet-andy-slavitt/ Check out more of Jennifer’s thoughts on how to have a safe holiday season in this guest essay in The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/opinion/covid-thanksgiving-holiday-risk.html Watch a video of how to take an at-home test, as Farzad suggests, before administering one on yourself: https://www.webmd.com/coronavirus-in-context/video/covid-home-testing Find a COVID-19 vaccine site near you: https://www.vaccines.gov/  Order Andy’s book, Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165    Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.    For additional resources, information, and a transcript of the episode, visit lemonadamedia.com/show/inthebubble. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices