Posted on 09/28/2020 12:42:08 PM PDT by lightman
Thanksgiving 2020, for many, may be celebrated in new ways this year, as Americans make adjustments to accommodate the risks involved with the coronavirus pandemic.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued recommendations to guide Americans as they plan for one of the most anticipated holidays of the year.
The agency stresses that these considerations are suggested to help protect individuals, their families, friends, and communities from COVID-19, and are meant to supplement - not replace - any state, local, territorial, or tribal health and safety laws, rules, and regulations with which holiday gatherings must comply.
The CDC said that at a holiday celebration, there are several factors that contribute to the risk of getting infected or infecting others with the virus that causes COVID-19. The following factors, in combination, the agency says, will create various amounts of risk, so it is important to consider them individually and together:
Community levels of COVID-19 - both in the gathering location, as well as where attendees have traveled from Location of the gathering - indoor gatherings typically pose more risk than outdoor gatherings Duration of the gathering - those that last longer pose more risk than shorter gatherings Size of attendance - those with more people pose more risk Locations attendees are traveling from - attendees who are traveling from different places pose a higher risk than gatherings with attendees who live in the same area Behaviors of attendees prior to the gathering - attendees who choose not to adhere to social distancing, mask wearing, hand washing, and other prevention measures pose more risk than those gatherings with attendees who are practicing these preventative behaviors Behaviors of attendees during the gathering - gatherings with more preventive measures in place pose less risk than gatherings where fewer or no preventive measures are being implemented
Since travel increases the chance of getting and spreading the coronavirus, the CDC says that staying home is the best way to protect both yourself and others. However, if you must travel, be informed of the risks involved.
The CDC has ranked a number of popular Thanksgiving holiday activities according to their level of risk. Here is a list of activities considered higher risk that the CDC says should be avoided:
Going shopping in crowded stores just before, on, or after Thanksgiving Participating or being a spectator at a crowded race Attending crowded parades Using alcohol or drugs, which can cloud judgement Attending large indoor gatherings with people from outside of your household
The CDC has provided this list of activities considered moderate risk:
Having a small outdoor dinner with family and friends who live in your community Lower your risk by following CDCs recommendations on hosting gatherings or cook-outs. Visiting pumpkin patches or orchards where people use hand sanitizer before touching pumpkins or picking apples, wearing masks is encouraged or enforced, and people are able to maintain social distancing Attending a small outdoor sports events with safety precautions in place
According to the CDC, the following list of holiday activities is considered lower risk:
Having a small dinner with only people who live in your household
Preparing traditional family recipes for family and neighbors, especially those at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19, and delivering them in a way that doesnt involve contact with others
Having a virtual dinner and sharing recipes with friends and family
Shopping online rather than in person on the day after Thanksgiving or the next Monday
Watching sports events, parades, and movies from home
The CDC has provided additional holiday guidelines on its website.
I am going to give thanks to God with as many family and friends as I want. The CDC, Tommie the Commie and that Tranny thing can STFU and Go to Hell.
They’ve already scared enough Americans from what is likely the primary reason flus spike after Thanksgiving: air travel cross country to see family. Same reason they spike again the first of the year, especially on the west coast when International travelers from Asis return.
Exactly. No Easter family get together this year and church was shut. No Memoiral day parade or Independence Day fireworks. F**k these clowns.
Local democrat authorities will jail anyone who has dinner with family because Thanksgiving includes the idea of God, and therefore is to be stamped out.
Which one will be the first to call for Thanksgiving to be renamed to “Indigenous Dinner Day”?
Our entire town gets together for Thanksgiving Dinner. We cook about 300 turkeys. Most are libs.
just follow along comrades....be good little commies..
Hey CDC I will be serving free hot turkey at (a Catholic org) so come and GET STUFFED.
Zactly
I walked out of a store because of a Karen who demanded I “Move Away!”.
I said “Sure” and walked right past her, dropped my dinner and scotch at beginning of the register and walked right out the door...
She started a couple sentences and was so flummoxed at my response never finished them.
Went to the other grocery store and found a better scotch anyway...
This crap is making people crazy...
Let me tell you something
I have a number of wealthy friends and they are partying.
Private Jet Money means you can ignore this idiocy
Agreed. What’s next, no sex? they’ll probably have planes and drones flying over us that will detect people who they think are “too close to each other.”
Not so sure about that if Biden wins. He'll want to do his national lockdown.
I think I will invite a few extra people this year in honor of the CDC recs
But be sure to wear your mask while having sex
Not irrelevant at all. Call it a regional variation. You're far more polite than I usually am. :-)
I think we should compare cussing responses from different parts of the country :-)
See how they are worded differently :-)
it is good that this website doesn’t allow the actual spelling of the word but understands how angry we areand lets us use variations that don’t exactly spell it out :-)
I can’t even spell CDC...much less read their silly missives.
Sorry, CDC. The plans are already on the books. Going to spend the holiday with my husband, and his 92 year old Mom, who has been so lonely through all of this, and is several states away from us. We will fly to get to her place. Our youngest may join us, but thats still to be determined. We are all sick and tired of this BS.
Thats the spirit!
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