Thanksgiving Was Likely A "Super-Spreader" Event

The United States is experiencing its worst period of the Coronavirus pandemic. In just the last two weeks, more than two million people have gotten sick with the virus, and thousands of people are dying daily. Hospitals across the country are worried that they will soon have more cases than they can handle.

That was bad enough, but then we had the Thanksgiving holiday. And millions of Americans traveled on the holiday and gathered in large gatherings with families. 

A recent Gallup poll showed that 61% of Americans had changed their holiday plans, and were staying home and having only a small dinner with immediate family. But that means 39% (millions of Americans) said they had no intention of changing their normal Thanksgiving holiday plans. These are the ones that flooded the airports and attended large gatherings. And they are the ones that have health officials worried.

Deborah Birx pointed out that the Memorial Day holiday resulted in a spike in the pandemic, even though the cases and deaths were far lower than currently. She said she's deeply worried about what could happen in the post-Thanksgiving period. Holiday travel and gatherings could result in much higher numbers of an already out-of-control pandemic.

And our current president is doing nothing. He's too busy whining about the election and playing golf to care about the sick and dying Americans. History will not be kind when it examines his presidency.