Posted on 12/18/2020 4:12:48 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Tens of millions of people are expected to travel to family gatherings or winter vacations over Christmas, despite pleas by public health experts who fear the result could be another surge in COVID-19 cases.
In the U.S., AAA predicts that about 85 million people will travel between Dec. 23 and Jan. 3, most of them by car. If true, that would be a drop of nearly one-third from a year ago, but still a massive movement of people in the middle of a pandemic.
Jordan Ford, 24, who was laid off as a guest-relations worker at Disneyland in March, said he plans to visit both his and his boyfriend’s families in Virginia and Arkansas over Christmas.
“It is pretty safe — everyone is wearing a mask, they clean the cabin thoroughly,” said Ford, who has traveled almost weekly in recent months from his home in Anaheim, California, and gets tested frequently. “After you get over that first trip since the pandemic started, I think you’ll feel comfortable no matter what.”
Experts worry that Christmas and New Year’s will turn into super-spreader events because many people are letting down their guard — either out of pandemic fatigue or the hopeful news that vaccines are starting to be distributed.
“Early on in the pandemic, people didn’t travel because they didn’t know what was to come,” said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious-disease expert at the University of California, San Francisco, “but there is a feeling now that, ‘If I get it, it will be mild, it’s like a cold.’”
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Nice of them to interview such a very typical American.
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Didn’t happen after Thanksgiving...some 50 million traveled and to the horror of the mediconazis ate together.
The present “surge” was already happening pre T-giving.
Enough of this bullshite already.
Cases is not sick.
The WuFlu numbers are about as accurate as our election numbers. In other words, pure unadulterated BS.
Bull sh*t AP population control article. Freedom of Assdembly and Freedom of travel restricted when 74 million disenfranchised TRUMP voters should be in the streets
Well worth the read:
HCQ
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3861979/posts
Ivermectin:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3914200/posts
Dosage Chart:
With Ivermectin as prophylaxis, the restaurants and bars all over the country could be opened. But the left wants to remove our Constitutional right of free assembly and free travel.
Its simple really. The fight against these traitors needs to begin seriously.
We have a bunch of genocidal maniacs in Big Pharm, FDA, and NIH running our country!
China will conquer us through fear.
I’m other news...
“Sleeping raises more fears of viral spread”
“Anthony Fauci calls for Americans to resist the effort to sleep.”
“Jordan Ford, 24, who was laid off as a guest-relations worker at Disneyland in March, said he plans to visit both his and his boyfriend’s families...”
Gag.
CONTROL™!!!!!!
Where did the term “superspreader” come from? Is there any science validating this term? It is clearly used for fear-mongering.
“China will conquer us through fear.”
China didn’t cause the fear. Our media, politicians and bureaucrats caused the fear. Rona, Rona, Rona, 24-7.
I was one of those horrible people that traveled for Thanksgiving. For reasons of seeking the best priced tickets, not for reasons of avoiding airplane crowds, I traveled two weeks before Thanksgiving and two weeks after Thanksgiving - by plane with one stop in between both ways.
My BAD!!! /sarc
The one thing that has not changed is that food purchased in an airport is among the most expensive food you can buy when considering what you get for your money.
And, the food I got at the Newark airport made me sick within 24 hours. Had to get out the pepto by bedtime the day I ate it.
Virus = Boogieman.
Run, be afraid, hide, but whatever you do, BE OBEDIENT TO YOUR COMMUNIST OVERLOARDS!!!
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