Dem Rep Debbie Wasserman Schultz Offers Halloween Advice: ‘Don’t Trick or Treat Unless You’re Masked Up and Vaccinated!’

The Associated Press recently published an article that asked, “Is it OK to go trick-or-treating during the pandemic?”

According to U.S. House Rep Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), the answer is that it is only OK if “You’re masked up and vaccinated.”

In a tweet today, Wasserman Schultz announced, “Wishing everyone a safe and healthy #HappyHalloween to everyone!!”

Instead of stopping there, Wasserman Schultz added, “And remember: Don’t trick or treat unless you’re masked up and vaccinated!”

Wasserman Schultz also shared a Halloween themed picture of her animated self dancing with skeletons that said, “Happy Halloween.”

Wishing everyone a safe and healthy #HappyHalloween to everyone!! And remember: Don’t trick or treat unless you’re masked up and vaccinated! 🎃👻🧡 pic.twitter.com/3WjgXpQ6dK

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz (@DWStweets) October 31, 2021

According to the AP, the answer to whether it is OK or not, “depends on the situation and your comfort level.”

“There are ways to minimize the risk of infection this Halloween,” however, they noted and “Whether you feel comfortable with your children trick-or-treating could depend on factors including how high the COVID-19 transmission rate is in your area and if the people your kids will be exposed to are vaccinated.”

Emily Sickbert-Bennett, an infectious disease expert at the University of North Carolina, noted that trick-or-treating is an outdoor activity that makes it easy to maintain a physical distance.

Sickbert-Bennett suggests that in order to prevent kids crowding in front of doors, neighbors coordinating to spread out trick-or-treating.

For adults, having a mask on hand when you open the door to pass out candy is important because, as Sickbert-Bennett put it, “You probably won’t necessarily know until you open the door how many people will be out there, whether they’ll be wearing masks, what age they’ll be, and how great they’ll be at keeping distance from you.”