Health experts: Holiday gatherings ‘should be fine’ – with precautions

WASHINGTON – Health officials said this week that it should be OK for families to gather over the holidays, as long as people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 and take other precautions against the spread of the disease. The tentative greenlight to gatherings comes despite a recent surge in new cases both nationally and particularly in Arizona, where more than 4,000 new cases were reported Wednesday. But with the growing use of vaccines and booster shots, and the increasing availability…