2021 Spring Print

The Voice: Spring 2020 13
If you do end up trying to see family in person, make sure you follow safety
guidelines in order to keep everyone safe. Keep six feet apart from those you are with
and make sure you keep your mask on and worn properly. Remember to wash your
hands and keep hand sanitizer with you. Seeing family and friends is important, but so is
making sure you are doing everything you can to prevent yourself and others from
getting COVID. Sophomore Mia Thompson and her family, who had seen
relatives over the holidays, made sure they did everything they could
to make sure everyone stays safe.
“When my family went out of town to visit relatives
over the holidays, my family went to a hotel while my
grandparents stayed at their house, when usually,
we also stay at their house. When we got together,
it was always outside and we wore masks and
stayed socially distanced the entire time. It was
a lot of fun getting to see everyone, even if we
couldn’t be very close,” said Mia.
One thing we all have to remember
though, is that while visiting family and
friends that we haven’t seen in a while
is tempting, the fastest way COVID is
spreading, is through these gatherings. There
have been many cases where one family
member has already with a bigger group of
people and ends up being asymptomatic, not
realizing they are sick and then they go to family
gathering and spread it to everyone there. COVID
can be spread to others so easily and quickly, meaning
we have to take any and all precautions possible.Stay
safe and healthy should be everyone’s priority right now. If
we all do our part in staying socially distanced and wearing a
mask, this pandemic will be over so much sooner, and we can go
back to see people normally, which is our ultimate goal. Have fun but
stay safe.