California Discourages Trick-or-Treating this Halloween

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🗓️ 18 September 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Across California, county public health departments have issued guidelines banning parades, block parties and haunted houses. “A different type of Halloween” must happen this year, state health secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said Tuesday. Last week, Los Angeles County banned trick-or-treating, then revised its language to instead discourage the activity. This week, San Francisco County similarly discouraged going door-to-door for candy while encouraging alternatives such as virtual activities and home decorating. We'll discuss the latest news on COVID-19 safety as Halloween approaches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.2	Halloween is still more than a month out.
0:41.1	So you may not have thought through yet how to celebrate, but public health officials have.
0:45.9	And several counties have already banned carnivals, parades, haunted houses, and they're
0:50.2	strongly discouraging trick-or-treating.
0:52.8	We'll learn why and what activities are considered safe this Halloween.
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