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We are taking the kids out this yr, just on our street. Neighbors have everything decorated.  
 
We are also handing out candy.

Nope we will not be accepting trick or treaters. The risk of virus infection and spread is too high. There will be an organized controlled covid careful parade in our town where kids are given donated prepackaged candy at the parade ending.

If kids can gather in school, ride school buses, go to Wheat King games, play hockey, play soccer, etc. etc..., I think it is MUCH safer trick or treating. Just my opinion. Most costumes have masks anyway. Treat bags are places outside on a table, we will be at the door happily admiring the costumes. We are happy to supply treats to anyone in a costume, no matter what age. So looking forward to tonight. Happy Trick or Treating, stay safe.

We're pretty Covid-careful but out kids are going out and we're handing stuff out in pre-packaged baggies. We didn't participate last year.  
 
I think it'll be a short night because it's so chilly today anyway! Lol  
 
Lots of houses decorated in my neighbourhood, so I think it'll be pretty close to normal.

We have skipped it for 2 years- we will be going out tonight

I'm usually pretty hit or miss whether I give out candy, probably 75 do/25 don't but I felt bad when I had to turn away the first and only people to step foot on my doorstep tonight, afterwards I sat there thinking what I could have given them and my only options were cans of fruit, apple sauce cups or 1 liter apple juice boxes lol.  
 
What made it worse was that it wasn't a group of teens but rather excited 4-8 year olds, hopefully they got a bagful in the end

Lots of kids this year. Just great. Just sayin though to those who try to get free candy without dressing up that "Wearing just a Covid mask over your mouth is not a Halloween outfit" Ha.  
 
Edited by Comment, 2021-10-31 22:28:32

We had about our usual amount of pre-Covid kids. Everyone was well-distanced and looked like they were having fun!  
 
I couldn't care less if they have a costume on or not. They are staying out of trouble and putting in effort walking house to house. I make sure everyone gets!

Official covid death toll has now reached 5 million and yet parents are still irresponsible enough to bring their children out trick or treating, driving them from house to house and knocking expectantly at houses that are obviously not decorated for Halloween or expecting anyone. So much for social responsibility and taking care of your neighbours or being good role models to your kids. Everyone seems to have forgotten that we are in the middle of a global pandemic in which people are Dying.

Got just shy of 100 kids yesterday! everyone with smiles and enjoying themselves! Even parents with smiles!

We are slowly learning to live with this. It's not going away. Outdoor trick or treating, in the right context, is a reasonably safe activity that the province issued guidelines for.  
 
Most groups were clearly households. There was very little mixing. Everyone did a good job keeping seperate (the kids are so used to this by now they have zero issues with it).  
 
Many (half or more) were what my kids called "help yourself" houses. Zero contact. Most others were like ours, with prepacked treats that could be delivered without getting close. Lots of masks.  
 
The biggest risk probably was the week up to Halloween, the stores selling stuff were insanely busy. I have more concerns about that then the actual trick or treating itself.

In our town I thought that the whole point of the organized parade was so that trick or treaters would not go house to house.  
However after the parade and the handout of prepackaged treats which was well attended parents still drove their kids house to house around town. I think here at least it was driven by excessive greed to get more even more candy.

It was more likely fueled by the want for both parents and children to have fun and enjoy Halloween. There is absolutely no reason people that wanted to participate in trick-or-treating shouldnt have done so.  
 
People can go to school, football and sports games, concerts, bars, birthday parties, bowling, etc. Why shouldn't children be able to participate in trick-or-treating.  
 
No one is being greedy by going out in small groups to celebrate the holiday.

Kind of really confused with all this, if you have both vaccines why are we still wearing masks, and have limitations still. I get it’s not 100% and I get a lot of people are still not vaccinated, and there is a rise in cases at some places but are we safe with a vaccine or not lol

How many times do people have to be told…. it doesn’t alone 100% prevent someone from getting it, it reduces the symptoms and helps keep people out of the hospital. And both masks and vaccines together are more effective from spreading/getting it. How is that confusing?

No we are not fully safe. Vaccination does reduce severity of infection and overall numbers and deaths but is aided considerably by the use of other measures such as distancing, mask wearing and reducing ones contacts.  
This is all basic information that has and continues to be available as public health advice.  
 
Edited by Farmergeorge, 2021-11-01 13:02:50

That is the mentality that will keep people living in fear for the rest of their lives. We have football games with capacity crowds, politicians slapping you in the face with all their maskless events and pictures, a virus smart enough to know not to jump to you if you are eating or posing for a picture (because it is safe to take your mask off for those). Let the kids have fun and enjoy the one night. Farmergeorge says they are greedy. No, they are desperate to live life.

How is this still a thread? The original question was asking if people were still going trick-or-treating, not anything to do with vaccines. Halloween is over, some kids went out, some did not. Why can’t all of you just keep the COVID/vaccine threads in one place. I swear, every thread on this site just turns into back and forth covid crap. COVID is not going to end, get your shot, assess your own risk and shut up already.

As citizens it is our duty to do our utmost to protect those around us. Attitudes towards covid prevention have become lax and people are suffering and continue to die needlessly, the health care system is overwhelmed. Covid must be taken more seriously by everyone.

I put chips outside and said help yourself. Not much was gone. Don’t think very many out.  
 
Just my opinion. My thinking is that it will slowly become obsolete going door. Maybe just a little neighborhood or families taking their kids to relatives or friends to show off costumes. Or small Halloween parties.

If your concern is about public health or covid vaccines, then please please please start your own thread. I NEED you to understand that I have gotten my shots as soon as they were available, AND I take all precautions. At the same time, I don’t need to explain myself to you. If people are going to celebrate ANY holiday, then they need to, again, get their shot, assess their own risk, think about the people around them, and keep living. We can’t all stay in our houses and be hermits!

To reduce the risks of spreading highly contagious and dangerous virus, to protect everyone around us and to safeguard our healthcare system we can absolutely be expected to stay home where possible and reduce our contacts as well as following all other public health guidelines.  
We are a long way from safely returning to our normal lives at the moment. There is a reason that we are in this serious covid situation and if negative attitudes continue in the current vain then things will not improve much for the foreseeable future.

I’m not going to continue this conversation with you George. I see your point of view and there are definitely things that I agree with, but you never listen to what anyone else as to say. It’s always your way or the highway. You have something to say on almost every thread on this site and it’s all the same crap. “I’m right and you’re wrong”. There is no point in having a discussion with you because nobody else’s opinion, thoughts, or ideas matter to you. And again, this topic was about trick or treating, not covid. Start your own thread for once and see how many people participate.