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Chasing Life

Halloween Isn't Canceled!

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.58K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

This Halloween, don’t let the coronavirus scare you away from having fun. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to epidemiologist Dr. Tista Ghosh about alternatives to trick-or-treating and why it’s still important to (safely) celebrate. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

We've missed out on so much this year.

0:06.1

Do we have to give up on Halloween as well?

0:09.3

As with so much during this pandemic, what you can safely do this Halloween depends on

0:14.5

where you live, who you live with, and how big a risk you're really willing to take.

0:20.0

But even in heart-hit areas, I can tell you there are ways to have some fun this spooky

0:24.2

season.

0:25.2

Whether it's watching, it's the great pumpkin Charlie Brown or having a costume contest

0:29.6

on Zoom.

0:31.0

We do adapt, just as we have throughout human existence.

0:36.4

I can tell you in our family, Halloween is one of the biggest days of the year.

0:41.4

With three tween and teen girls, we love this day, and we're still determined to have

0:47.8

some fun.

0:48.8

So, today, we're going to talk about best practices for salvaging this holiday and also

0:54.6

some alternatives to standard, trick-or-treating.

0:58.2

I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent, and this is coronavirus, fact

1:04.3

versus fiction.

1:11.2

My son, who's 13, he's too cool to dress up, but he is having a couple of friends in

1:18.2

his bubble over and they're doing an outdoor scary movie night and a coronavirus pinnata.

1:25.0

Dr. Tista Gosh is an epidemiologist and director of impact evaluation at the digital healthcare

1:30.9

company Grand Rounds.

1:32.9

She used to be the Chief Medical Officer for the State of Colorado.

1:36.7

She also has two children, ages 13 and 8.

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