Guest: Rebecca Cotter, GTA-based event specialist

It is summer and many of us are gathering again, from inviting friends over for a pool party to getting together for meetings, holidays, festivals and weddings. But there are more considerations than there were before. COVID-19 has redefined how to gather safely and changed our rules of etiquette for everything from handshaking to screening to the inevitable talk with guests about vaccination status. Here's how to approach a large-scale event or a pool party at home with pandemic protocols in mind.

Rebecca Cotter, GTA-based event specialist

It is summer and many of us are gathering again, from inviting friends over for a pool party to getting together for meetings, holidays, festivals and weddings. But there are more considerations than there were before. COVID-19 has redefined how to gather safely and changed our rules of etiquette for everything from handshaking to screening to the inevitable talk with guests about vaccination status. Here's how to approach a large-scale event or a pool party at home with pandemic protocols in mind.