Dr. Fauci is worried about Thanksgiving because he is seeing a big Covid-19 outbreak among people who were part of small gatherings. Small indoor gatherings of families and friends are driving coronavirus outbreaks across the country — and that has worrying implications for Thanksgiving, "You don't want to be the Grinch that stole the holidays, he said, but, as families plan for the coming festivities, they need to consider the risks of a gathering."
"You get one person who's asymptomatic and infected, and then all of a sudden, four or five people in that gathering are infected," he said. "To me, that's the exact scenario that you're going to see on Thanksgiving."
I knew this was coming, there have been too many local outbreaks recently. It is almost as though this won't go away until we all get it.
But it seems very important to not relax and let down your guard right now. We're all tired of wiping everything down, constantly washing our hands, wearing masks etc. But we have to keep this up. Don't give up, never give up.
But Thanksgiving may be a family Zoom holiday this year in our family.
I know of only one person who has tested positive for Covid 19. There seems to be more positive tests, but the death rate continues to decline. The death rate is the important number. When you account for those in eldercare facilities and underlying conditions, the death rate is about what it is for the normal flu. I wouls suspect in a few days Covid19 will garner less and less media time, unless it is a reason to give out trillions of dollars.
Posted by: ron | October 31, 2020 at 10:30 AM