When I spoke to a nephrologist from UCLA this morning, I asked her about social gatherings. I was given pretty restrictive guidelines post-transplant but I wanted to see if things have changed. She basically said if it is outdoors and everyone has a mask on, then it should be okay. My parents made a reservation at a Chinese restaurant this weekend but I think the seats are indoors. I think I am going to have to skip the meal based on what the doctor said. She did say that if I felt fine, I can go back to work.
I checked the latest COVID-19 data for Orange County, and it does look much better. Here is data from the OCCOVID site:
This is daily number of new cases for all time. You can clearly see the two spikes in cases back in July last year, and during year-end. Also, the new case count seems to have decreased dramatically. I am not sure if this is due to the vaccines since no one was wearing a mask when I was walking in the park yesterday. Out of about a hundred people that I saw, me and this one other guy was the only people wearing masks. Two weeks ago, most people I saw did have masks on. Is another spike coming as people begin to relax and meet socially again?
Life with chronic diseases 