Yes, keeping up to date on your vaccines is one of the most important things you can do. Go get boosted! It’ll reduce your chances of getting seriously ill. But you can still get COVID and transmit it if you’re vaccinated, so please take extra precautions when you see family.

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2️⃣ Please wear a mask when you travel, and ideally a high quality mask like an N95. Travel involves spending long hours in high risk environments for COVID like airports, stations, buses, trains, and planes, which are crowded and can have poor ventilation.

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To identify high risk environments for COVID, remember the 3 Cs: Closed spaces, Crowded places, and Close contact.

A 4th risk is spending a long time in these places. When you need to do this, wear a N95 mask to protect yourself.

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3️⃣ Test! The trick with COVID tests is that they are time limited, so ideally you need to do them frequently, and especially if you have been exposed to high risk environments in between. So test before you leave home, when you reach your destination, and during your stay.

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TIP: You can get 4 free COVID tests from covidtests.gov, but these likely won’t be enough, and won’t arrive on time.

If you have insurance, you can pick up 8 free COVID tests per person from the drug store any time.

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While you’re at your family holiday gathering you can also mitigate COVID risk by:

1️⃣ Increasing ventilation by opening windows (if warm enough)

2️⃣ Having HEPA filters or CR boxes

3️⃣ Organizing outdoor activities

4️⃣ Wearing an N95 mask when going out to crowded public spaces

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