Prognosis
CDC’s Last-Minute Advice on Travel for Thanksgiving: Don’t Do It
Evidence shows it’s not safe to gather in large groups, but Americans have been getting a muddled message on pandemic holiday travel
A traveler walks through Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey.
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With Thanksgiving a week away, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged Americans to skip holiday travel this year.
The recommendation released Thursday by the CDC was a break from earlier messaging in which U.S. officials have largely declined to issue firm guidance for holiday gatherings, leaving it to American families to decide for themselves whether to risk infection at large dinners with the coronavirus pandemic still raging.