Five recommendations for small gatherings

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), small gatherings are currently playing a significant role in spreading COVID-19. This holiday season, it remains vital that we continue to do our part to slow the spread of illness — particularly as cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in the southern Middle Tennessee region.

“COVID-19 is spread from person to person via airborne droplets when an individual coughs, sneezes or talks and can linger in the air and on surfaces from minutes to hours depending on the setting,” says Christopher P. Turner, M.D., chief medical officer for...