Thanksgiving eve was the busiest air travel day of the pandemic, despite health warnings https://t.co/VdjVyVKTdE
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 27, 2020
Per TSA, passenger air travel is down approx 60% from Friday through Tuesday compared to last year. https://t.co/8jKywGO2yO pic.twitter.com/jLibPFqvR1
— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) November 25, 2020
Usually when you see some state-pattern map, you think: “Well, actually…”
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) November 25, 2020
But this one exactly matches our holiday plans, as DC-ites. Chart of people having Tkvng *outside* immed household: https://t.co/vN8DQ4iQvF
(Skip down to last line.) pic.twitter.com/5XtExyWNbd
More flights than 2 years ago and not far off last year's number. #Thanksgiving2020 https://t.co/p0REXJe8A5
— Tom Harrington (@cbctom) November 24, 2020
1,047,934 airline passengers traveled yesterday, the highest number of travelers since the pandemic began and 45% of the passenger throughput last year at this time, according to new TSA data.
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) November 23, 2020
On Thursday, the CDC called on Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving.
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) November 23, 2020
On Friday and Saturday, the TSA did more than 2 million screenings at airports, the highest two-day total since mid-March. pic.twitter.com/K0cYzxIRAt
College students hit the road after an eerie pandemic semester. Will the virus go home with them? https://t.co/USCjOx8RlO
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 22, 2020
Despite a record number of new Covid-19 cases and the CDC recommending against traveling for Thanksgiving, Friday and Saturday were two of the busiest days at US airports since the pandemic brought air travel to a near halt in March https://t.co/j6paauZyHS
— CNN (@CNN) November 22, 2020
Having a single negative Covid-19 test is not sufficient for a safe Thanksgiving because it does not prove that you aren't infectious today, and it certainly doesn't prove that you're not infectious tomorrow, Megan Ranney writes for @CNNOpinion https://t.co/0xGLB4bR9v
— CNN (@CNN) November 23, 2020
I know it’s hard, but please consider your loved ones. Stay home if you can.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 23, 2020
A negative COVID test does not clear one for safe travel. You can be asymptomatic & test positive shortly after. You can get it en route.
Don’t spread COVID to parents, loved ones, workers. Stay in!🏡 https://t.co/PPcUR6wtEb
“You might want to reconsider travel plans,” Dr. Fauci tells Washington Post Live when asked about this holiday weekend.
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) November 23, 2020
Despite emphatic warnings from public health authorities to stay home for Thanksgiving, millions of Americans are crowding airports ahead of the holiday. Many of them are unwilling to miss out on seeing family and convinced they can do it safely. https://t.co/XO6FYpLXt4
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 23, 2020