It’s time to cancel your epidemic Thanksgiving travel plans


Two people dined in their kitchen.  Just two.

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This is Thanksgiving Different. Yes, it’s been a rough year. Yes We all miss one AOthers. But if you love your family, it is worth ignoring this during the holiday season that they will be alive and well for the next one.

While we were emphasizing about the five damned days on election night, the coronavirus had the best time in the whole area Country. We ran our first 100,000 cases on October 30th; Yesterday there were 143,408 new onesCase. We lose 1,000 people every day to this virus.

There is also hospitalization. The percentage is therefore positive, a decisive step for both spread and test availability. Death cases and hospitalizations are behind, and they are starting to tick up on schedule. The shit is getting worse, And holiday travel is only going to make it worse. Midwest and North U.S. There are now places where most of the cases are related to the population. There are some hospitals Their ICU runs against capacity Again, but capacity is not just about beds. North Dakota Hospital faces such a shortage of staff The nurse is allowed to stay on the job even if they test positive for covid.

It will take a lot of work as a community to make things better, but one thing we can do on an individual level is, Don’t make things worse.

Sucks your safety measures

Don’t travel. Don’t get-together. I know, you think you’re special and that’s everyone Second Who drives the spread of covid. No, really, it could very well be you.

Is everyone being tested? Well, don’t forget that you can test negative and then get the virus, and that you will still test negative for a few days after you become infected. Remember that Routine COVID tests were not P-safeResident, Because tests alone are not a prevention strategy.

Will Your Thanksgiving Be “Socially Away”? Good luck with that. If you live in a warm place, And You keep the whole gathering out, And If people really follow the rules of distance and masking, then that’s a great plan. But very few families will be able to pull it off. Do people cook in the kitchen together? Frequent going to the same bathroom? Getting a little closer after drinking a little drink once?

In most parts of the country, we will stay indoors. Masks will not save you if you share the same air with a group of people all day. You take off your mask to eat anyway, no? Think about it: there is one between the restaurant and the bar The biggest drivers of COVID spread. Thanksgiving dinner Rest restaurant rent meals have a lot in common, except it’s worse because you’ve been there longer, and your dining companions often fly from different hotspots across the country or on the road.

In Canada October is their Thanksgiving in October, the same day we celebrate Columbus Day or Indigenous People’s Day. She celebrated Thanksgiving last month Probably a few weeks later that’s the excitement in those country cases.

Can we learn from experience for once? The mid-epidemic holiday reunion is a terrible, terrible idea. Better to call your mom at the zoom, Keep roasting the duck you always wanted, And do your part to make 2021 a less fatal year.

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