MADISON, Wis. — This time of year, families are usually fleeing the late-season snowfall by taking off for a spring break trip.
While the University of Wisconsin-Madison has cancelled their annual week of spring break due to COVID-19, over the next month, most K-12 schools will still have their week away.
The CDC has highly discouraged traveling for vacations since last March, and that guidance is still in place this March. But local doctors say if you are going to travel, you need to be smart about it.
“If you have kids in school, don’t put yourself in a situation where you are debating whether you can send your kids to school because you picked a vacation that put them and yourselves at such high risk that you have to entertain that question,” said Dr. Jeff Pothof of UW Health.
Pothof says if you wear a mask and stay away from busy attractions, the risk of being exposed to the coronavirus is low enough to possibly make a trip safe.
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