COVID-19 has killed about 800,000 people in the U.S. Here’s how to evaluate the risk of exposure when you receive a New Year's Eve party invitation, doctors say.
The new omicron variant of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new virus SARS-CoV-2, has complicated the prospect of heralding in Christmas and the New Year with friends — even vaccinated ones. It’s just one night, after all. A bottle of champagne and some dancing. It couldn’t hurt. Or could it?
A Christmas party for the employees of a renewable energy company in Norway was blamed for being a “super-spreader event” for the highly contagious omicron variant, which scientists are closely tracking to see how immune it is to the current array of vaccines on the market, and how much serious illness it causes.
In addition to how many people will be there, who will be there? Is this their first party of the season — or their 10th? “You might even consider the party behavior,” he added. “A crowded, drunken, and chaotic party like the archetype of an office party is different than a more modest gathering.” ‘It’s a holidisaster’ Other medical experts advise against attending a party where coronavirus threatens to be an uninvited guest. “Would you and I go into a building where we can see smoke and hear fire alarms? That’s what omicron is,” said Dr. Gregory Poland, who studies the immunogenetics of vaccine response at the Mayo Clinic.
The Norwegian holiday party should be a warning for all partygoers, he added. “It’s the same way we got delta. People are getting infected with more than one variant. What’s to stop people getting infected with omicron and another coronavirus — something as infectious as omicron and deadly as delta?”
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