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Why Thanksgiving is set to be a ‘perfect storm’ for spread of COVID-19 – Sydney Morning Herald
Thanksgiving is the latest front in America’s COVID culture wars. Epidemiologist Emily Smith called off her family reunion. But others aren’t so cautious.
Usually a period of gratitude and celebration, this year’s Thanksgiving is a time of high anxiety. Coronavirus infections are surging across the US: the country is recording an average 170,000 new cases a day as well as 1500 daily deaths. Thanksgiving, which is celebrated on Friday (AEDT), will almost certainly push those numbers even higher, a prospect that is alarming public health experts.
“Its a time when we get together with many people, including people that arent part of our regular households,”…
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