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How to host a safe holiday meal during coronavirus – an epidemiologist explains her personal plans

  • Written by Melissa Hawkins, Professor of Public Health, Director of Public Health Scholars Program, American University
imageHoliday events will need to be a little different due to the pandemic. Funwithfood/E+ via Getty Images

Like many people in this unusual year, I am adjusting my family’s holiday plans so that we can all be safe during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

I am an epidemiologist and mother of four with a large extended family. Given the serious nati...

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