Pictured above: (Left) Human geography freshman Isabella Vastola shows off her spooky halloween costume. (Right) Katie Mahoney, a finance junior, shares her COVID safe halloween plans.
Courtesy of Alexia Wilkin | The Crow’s Nest
By Alexia Wilkin
In the age of COVID-19, coming up with a way to celebrate Halloween is a new and exciting adventure. How should we celebrate Halloween with safety in mind?
College will provide us with the opportunity to make our own traditions and experiences. In spite of the pandemic, we still have a chance to make Halloween festivities enjoyable.
As long as we follow the CDC guidelines to keep our friends and family safe, we can still celebrate Halloween. You can even find new ways to incorporate masks into your costume.
These are some of the ways members of the USF community plan to celebrate Halloween in a safe manner.
“I am going to dress up, hang with friends and create new experiences,” Isabella Vastola, a human geography freshman, said. “In order to protect myself and others, I intend to wear a mask, use hand sanitizer and ensure that I am fully vaccinated.”
Like Vastola, Katie Mahoney, a finance junior, plans to stay mindful while celebrating the holiday.
“In addition to eating tons of candy, I will spend the night watching horror movies with friends. I will be wearing a mask and sitting six feet apart at all times,” Mahoney said.
During the holiday season, masks, social distancing and sanitizing are a few of the best ways to protect yourself and others from COVID-19 and its Delta variant.
Vastola and Mahoney have given just a few ideas from which to draw inspiration for your plans. Just because COVID is still relevant does not mean you have to give up your Halloween plans this year.
Together as a community, let’s come up with some new ideas to have fun this year. Enjoy your Halloween everyone, but remember to ask yourself: how will you celebrate a COVID-19-safe Halloween?
Alexia Wilkin is a freshman psychology major.
