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CDC’s Call to Cancel Thanksgiving Came Just in Time
Covid-19 cases have soared over the last three weeks.
It’s everywhere.
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It’s a tough blow for Americans that the CDC has more or less urged us to cancel Thanksgiving this year, but good news for the world that the agency is back in the driver’s seat when it comes to public messaging on the pandemic.
Without the CDC’s grounding influence, advice about the pandemic has been divisive and confusing. The most popular news stories on social media are meant not to inform, but to generate outrage. That’s diverted far too much focus to joggers, beach-goers and protesters.