CDC begs Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving

The nation’s top public health agency pleaded with Americans on Thursday not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household. The warning comes as the coronavirus surges out of control in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the recommendations just one week before Thanksgiving, at a time when diagnosed infections, hospitalizations and deaths are skyrocketing across the country.

In many areas, the health care system is being pressed by a combination of sick patients filling up beds and medical workers falling ill themselves. The United States has seen more than 11 million diagnosed infections and over 250,000 deaths from the coronavirus. CDC scientists believe that somewhere around 40% of people who are infected do not have obvious symptoms but can still spread the virus.