Dix and Henry once again encouraged people to keep contact with other people low, particularly at indoor parties and events. "This weekend, let's remember to use the layers of protection that keep ourselves and those around us safe. This is also a good time to think about the new routines that will be part of our activities into the fall," their statement read.
"Someone's going to get a cold or a cough — probably not COVID, but you're going to be keeping someone home, like, all the time," says Trousdale, whose kids are set to enter grades 1 and 4.
The World Health Organization on Monday cautioned that using blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors to treat other patients is still considered an experimental therapy, voicing the concern as a U.S. boost for the treatment has many scientists afraid formal studies will be derailed.
As hospitals care for people with COVID-19 and try to keep others from catching the virus, more patients are opting to be treated where they feel safest: at home.