Omicron hit...but with her kids not eligible for a booster shot...and data shows 2 shots having very little effect...she has chosen not to get together with family over Christmas...again, each of the other Docs in the UCSF video WERE getting together with family...so long as everyone was boosted and tested. Here's what she said in your linked article...
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"I'm not recommending everyone cancel their trip," said Keri Althoff, associate professor of the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's epidemiology department. "(But) everyone must recognize that the risk has increased due to the new variant of SARS-CoV-2. That's what we need to be mindful of and walk through our decision-making process again."
Althoff, who kept to outdoor vacation activities like beaches and hikes with her family when her children weren't yet eligible for the vaccine, said she had a small gathering with her family over Thanksgiving. She will not be getting together with family members again this year.
“We felt comfortable (getting together over Thanksgiving) given the fact that everybody else was vaccinated and boosted,” she said Tuesday, noting that her kids had received their second dose shortly after the holiday. “But omicron has changed all that."
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It is absolutely incorrect to imply that medical professionals are "hunkered down" in extreme fear....that's not true, a fabrication....and "Made Up".
Going out and visiting with friends and family while taking simple precautions is not living in fear...how many ways can I say this?