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            Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Try not to infect him   
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       Santa Claus is coming to town. Try not to infect him.   
       By Maura Judkis   
      
       The pandemic has made Santa Claus a public health hazard.   
       Against the explicit advice of the health officials, he visits   
       homes and malls that put him in contact with many people.   
      
       That long beard probably renders any mask porous and   
       ineffective.  His workshop is full of elves making toys in close   
       quarters.  Though spry, he is elderly, putting him at personal   
       risk of developing a severe case (8 out of 10   
       coronavirus-related deaths in the United States have been adults   
       ages 65 and older).  His body mass index has been described as   
       "a bowl full of jelly" (researchers have found an association   
       between a BMI over 40 and higher covid-19 death rates,   
       particularly among men).   
      
       "Santa's safe," Mitch Allen has been telling families. Allen, a   
       Santa Claus performer and owner of HireSanta.com, a Santa   
       staffing agency, explains that St.  Nick has been "quarantining   
       at the North Pole."   
      
       Okay. But with coronavirus cases and deaths persisting at   
       jaw-dropping levels, children who want to convey their Christmas   
       wishes directly (who can rely on the mail these days, anyway?),   
       but donCÇÖt want to kill Santa or be infected by him, will have to   
       do so through a plexiglass divider, or an inflatable plastic   
       bubble, or a computer screen.   
       [...]   
      
       Read the full article here:   
      
       https://tinyurl.com/yy9msjav   
      
       or   
      
       https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/santa-covid-christmas/   
       2020/12/08/2d6a4e68-25e5-11eb-a688-5298ad5d580a_story.html [wraps]   
      
      
      
       FIDOGAZETTE  Vol 14 No 38    Page  2         December 09, 2020   
      
      
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