Covid 19 coronavirus: Christmas trips in the US stoke fears of a super spreader event

Somewhere under these thousands of planes is a map of the United States.

The United States may have more than 18 million Covid-19 cases and a death toll of 327,000, but that doesn’t stop many Americans from seeing their friends and family this Christmas.

Holiday trips are feared to lead to a wide-spread event, after the Transportation Security Administration screened nearly 1.2 million travelers on Wednesday.

That breaks the previous record for pandemic travel set after Thanksgiving.

For comparison, last year there were 2.5 million travelers on the same date.

This is despite warnings to avoid traveling this Christmas due to the risk of viruses.

Despite the warnings and the risk, the number of people traveling has been cut in half.

Since December 18, the FSA has screened more than six million travelers.

“Traveling can increase the chances of spreading and contracting Covid-19. Postponing travel and staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others from Covid-19,” the Centers for Control and Prevention warned this month of Diseases.

America’s leading infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, also pleaded with people not to travel.

“Stay home as much as you can, keep your interactions with members of the same household as much as possible,” he told the Washington Post.

“This cannot be as usual this Christmas because we are already in a very difficult situation and we will make it worse if we do not do something about it.”

CDC’s Dr. Henry Walke said traveling on Christmas would only make the pandemic worse.

“The best thing Americans can do in the coming Christmas season is stay home and not travel.

“Cases are increasing. Hospitalizations are increasing, deaths are increasing. We have to try to turn the curve, stop this exponential increase.”

Anyone traveling has been urged to get tested before and after their travels.

The winter surge in cases is spreading across the country, where the virus has claimed more than 320,000 lives and is on track to be the third leading cause of death for the year.

The United States yesterday reported more than 3,400 deaths from the virus and 232,000 new infections nationwide.

California was the hardest hit with 44,000 new cases, followed by Texas (20,000), Florida (11,000) and New York (12,000).