How safe is your Thanksgiving?

This is a self-scoring quiz to help you evaluate how safe your Thanksgiving plans are. Your goal is to have the highest score you can: the higher your score the safer your plans. Knox Public Health would like to thank Wood County Health Department for creating and sharing this survey. We are in this together, Ohio. Thank you for doing your part to keep our community safe.

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* 1. Who will be joining you, in person, for Thanksgiving?

Just members of my household

Family/friends from one other household (address)

Family/friends from two or more other households (addresses)

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* 2. How many people will be gathered together, in person, for Thanksgiving?

10 or less

11 - 15

16 - 20

More than 20

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* 3. What are your plans if someone in your household has signs or symptoms of COVID?

I can't keep someone away from the Thanksgiving table, but I don't want to get sick either! We'll give them a seat at the one end of the table. Everyone else will huddle together on the other end.

We will stay home. The sick person will stay in their own room, and we will bring them dinner. We will video chat so they can join us remotely. The rest of us will eat together at the table.

It's Thanksgiving. And it's probably just allergies. We'll give them their usual seat, but they better not cough or sneeze on anyone. That's gross!

The sick person will be in the same room, but we will keep them apart from everyone else. If they are coughing or sneezing, we will increase the distance as much as possible, well beyond 6 feet.

We will stay home. The sick person will stay in their own room, and we will bring them dinner. We will video chat so they can join us remotely. Everyone else in the house will be distanced from each other.

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* 4. What will you tell your hosts/guests if someone in your house wakes up with signs or symptoms of COVID on Thanksgiving day?

We don't have to worry about this one. We are only gathering with our household. See my answer from question 3.

We can't get together today. Someone in the house might have COVID. I'm glad we made a backup plan! When should we turn on video chat?

I'm so sorry! We can't get together for Thanksgiving today, but I am happy to share the food we made. I'll leave it outside, if you want to stop by and pick it up. I'll also leave some disinfecting wipes so you can decontaminate the container before you take it home.

Someone has symptoms, but this happens to them every year. I don't think it's a big deal. I just don't feel like this is COVID. Let's get together as planned.

Someone in our house might have COVID, but the rest of us are feeling okay. We'll keep them isolated so they don't expose us anymore, but the rest of us can get together.

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* 5. If more than one household is gathering in person, what are the seating arrangements?

We're setting up separate tables, one for each household. They will be as far apart as possible--way more than 6 feet.

We have a big table, so we will sit on opposite ends. The people in the middle may be closer than 6 feet, but how else will we be able to pass the food?

We're setting up separate tables, and we'll use a tape measure to make sure they are exactly 6 feet apart. This should work perfectly, as long as no one leans back too far.

Not a problem for us. We're keeping it limited to our household.

It's not Thanksgiving if we aren't sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with our friends and family. We'll gather around the table like we usually do.

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* 6. How do you plan to serve food?

Food will be served at the table, passed from person to person. Each person will serve themselves.

We are only gathering within our household, so no special plans are needed.

Each household will have their own portions of each dish. Food preparers will wash their hands often and wear masks while moving the food into each household's serving dishes.

Food will be passed from one household group to another OR we will set up a food line. Each person will serve themselves. We don't plan to wear masks while getting food. All people will wash their hands before they begin eating.

We will set up a serving line away from where we are eating. People will wear their masks when they go through the line. One household will go and then the next. Serving utensils will be washed or replaced between households. People will get a new plate if they want seconds.

Away from the table, one person will wash their hands and then make individual plates for each person, while wearing a mask. The plates will be placed at each seat. The same person will make additional plates the same way for people who want seconds.

Food will be served at the table. One person from each household will serve everyone they live with. The food-servers will wash their hands before they begin eating.

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* 7. How many in person events do you have planned on Thanksgiving?

We have just one Thanksgiving celebration planned at one location. The people who join us there are the only people we are going to see in person. But we might talk on the phone or video chat with a bunch of other people.

We plan to go to two different locations. We will interact, in person, with different people at each location. Who needs seconds? I have two Thanksgiving meals!

We plan to go to three different locations. We'll have a Thanksgiving breakfast, lunch and dinner. We will interact, in person, with different people at each location.

I can't keep count. My schedule is packed. I'll see almost everyone I know by the end of the day.

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* 8. Do you have a plan for bathrooms on Thanksgiving?

Households will be sharing a bathroom. We won't set out cleaning supplies, but we will have plenty of soap and hand sanitizer. We'll encourage everyone to wash their hands for the recommended 20 seconds, then open the bathroom door, and finally use the hand sanitizer right before they leave.

Each household will have a designated bathroom, and they will be cleaned as soon as Thanksgiving is over.

Households will be sharing a bathroom. We will have soap, and people will probably know how to use it. We have no plans to remind people about how to wash their hands.

I don't think this applies to me... We are only celebrating with our household.

Households may have to share a bathroom, but we will set out EPA-approved disinfectant spray and cleaning wipes. Each person will clean the surfaces they touched before they leave. Parents will help small children with the cleaning.

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* 9. What is your plan for masks and social distancing at your Thanksgiving celebration?

Masks will be worn throughout the day, except when actively eating our meal, and we will do our best to keep 6 feet of distancing. We may be closer than that for short intervals of time.

We are sharing Thanksgiving with our closest friends and family. We are not planning to wear masks or social distance. I feel like I can trust them not to give me COVID.

We don't need a plan. We are all in the same household.

Masks will not be worn by everyone, and we may be closer than 6 feet for short intervals of time, hopefully no more than 15 minutes.

Masks may not be worn by everyone and/or some people may not wear them properly (covering both their nose and mouth). But we will maintain at least 6 feet of distance throughout the day.

Households will remain at least 6 feet from each other for the entire Thanksgiving celebration. Masks will be worn by everyone throughout the day. They will only be taken off when we are actively eating our meal. We'll put them back on as soon as we finish eating, even if we are still sitting at the table.

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* 10. How will you greet each other and say goodbye?

With a handshake or fist bump.

With a quick side hug.

With a warm "hello" and heartfelt "goodbye" from at least 6 feet away. We may even wave as they arrive or drive home.

With a kiss or a long hug.

With an elbow bump or pat on the shoulder.

However we want. We all share the same residence.