Holidays Under Threat as Pandemic Worsens
Government officials are imploring people to revise their Thanksgiving plans out of concern for the coronavirus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated guidance for celebrating safely on Thursday that recommends that people scale back on travel, wear masks whenever possible, bring their own food and drinks, and keep gatherings small.
Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, also recommended that instead of traveling, people send their loved ones gifts and share meals remotely via video message. Collins said his own family changed their holiday plans and will stay home in Maryland rather than travel to relatives in Michigan and North Carolina.
“Not only did we want to reduce the risk of possibly contracting COVID-19 from — or transmitting it to — our faraway loved ones, we want to do everything we can to protect our local friends and co-workers from the coronavirus,” Collins said. (Read more from “Holidays Under Threat as Pandemic Worsens” HERE)
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