CDC ranks Thanksgiving activities by COVID-19 risk: No gatherings with out of town relatives or Black Friday shopping

3KAN Kansas ^ | Oct 3, 2020 / 12:06 PM CDT | Amelia Heymann

[E. Pluribus Unum]

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – When many people envision Thanksgiving they think of large family dinners followed by Black Friday shopping sprees.

However, with the coronavirus pandemic still at large, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending people alter their celebrations this year with safety in mind. This includes smaller gatherings and not traveling for the holiday.

“Thanksgiving is a time when many families travel long distances to celebrate together,” the CDC said on its website. “Travel increases the chance of getting and spreading the virus that causes COVID-19. Staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others. If you must travel, be informed of the risks involved.”

The CDC has ranked actives into three categories – lower risk, moderate risk, and higher risk.

Here’s how the CDC ranks each Thanksgiving tradition:

Lower risk activities

• 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 doesn’t 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

Moderate risk activities

• Having a small outdoor dinner with family and friends who live in your community
• 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 small outdoor sports events with safety precautions in place

Higher risk activities

• Going shopping in crowded stores just before, on, or after Thanksgiving
• Participating or being a spectator at a crowded race
• Attending crowded parades...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Mostly-peaceful rioting, looting and arson is perfectly acceptable, however.

[EEGator]

[jmacusa]

Hey CDC, go f**k yourself.

[jmacusa]

Yeah man!

[Ciaphas Cain]

The CDC is about to learn what it's like when the dam bursts.

Stopping Black Friday shopping? Yeah right. Let's see how that goes down...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

[caww]

So basically it’s another ‘stay home’ directive.

[Salamander]

^Wins the internet

[Osage Orange]

I'm working T-Day...and I have very few friends.

I'm safe...

[norcal joe]

I have a feeling that gatherings with out-of-town relatives and Black Friday shopping will be the least of our concerns this Thanksgiving.

[coaster123]

Only go to sparsely attended parades.

[lightman]

Only go to sparsely attended parades riots a.k.a. "peaceful protests".

Fixed.

[crusty old prospector]

I’ll do my duty and observe social distancing by going deer hunting.

[NurdlyPeon]

Hey CDC, go f**k yourself.

I was gonna go with ESAD, but GFY works too.

[CatOwner]

Maybe we can use this to keep my BIL and his wife from traveling from California to see us in Texas @ Thanksgiving FOR A WEEK! Mind you, this wasn’t an invitation.

[Dr. Sivana]

Moderate risk activities
Visiting pumpkin patches

[funfan]

Perfect.

[fwdude]

The totalitarians LOVE their newest gig.

[EEGator]

LOL, nice.

[cherry]

bs.....not that I’m a big consumer these days but the day after Thanksgiving Fred Meyer has it’s half off socks sale....I’m going....