Plan ahead: how safe is this?

Make a plan to limit your risk of getting very sick from COVID-19
Some activities are more risky than others. Here are guidelines and risk levels to help you and your loved ones plan and stay safe from COVID-19.

Guidelines:

1. Get vaccinated. Vaccination is our best protection to keep people from getting very sick from all variants of COVID-19.

2. Wear a mask indoors.

3. When outdoors, consider wearing a mask and staying 6 feet apart when you are spending time in crowds or gatherings, especially if you are not vaccinated, have an underlying medical condition that puts you at higher risk of serious illness or live with someone in one of these categories (read the health guidance here).

4. Wash your hands as often as you can.
   

5. Disinfect surfaces that are touched often -- door knobs, car doors, steering wheels and phones.

6. Know the symptoms of COVID-19 and the phone number of a health care provider or community health worker you can call if someone gets sick. If you don’t have a health care provider, call 211.
   

7. Make a plan so that if someone at home does get sick, they can be isolated as much as possible until they recover.

Risk levels:
Until everyone gets the vaccine, there are still steps we all can take to protect our communities from getting very sick from COVID-19.

LOW RISK:

• Staying home

• Spending time outdoors by yourself

• Spending time with people you live with
  

• Spending time with people you don’t live with, but who have also been vaccinated

• Spending time outdoors with others and staying 6 feet apart

MEDIUM RISK

• Spending time indoors in public spaces while vaccinated, wearing a mask and staying 6 feet apart
  

HIGH RISK

• Not being vaccinated

• Spending time in crowds and gatherings without wearing a mask

• Spending time indoors or within 6 feet outdoors with people who have also not been vaccinated