Millions Of Americans Ignored Public Health Warnings To Travel For Thanksgiving, Data Shows

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Americans almost entirely ignored appeals from public health officials to stay at home over the Thanksgiving holidays or risk a catastrophic increase in Covid-19 infections across the country, a

seen by the Associated Press shows, with vehicle travel on Thanksgiving just 5% lower than the same time in 2019.... [+]Vehicle travel, obtained from roadway data provided to AP by StreetLight Data, showed Americans travelled far less this November compared to the same period last year, with a 20% drop in those travelling by road.

This changed during the Thanksgiving period, however, with traffic bouncing back to just 5% lower than pre-pandemic levels, peaking on Thanksgiving Day. The founder of StreetLight Data, Laura Schewel, said the data shows that “people were less willing to change their behavior than any other day during the pandemic.”

 

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Omg!! I can’t believe millions of Americans made a life choice based on their own health risk assessment. How dare they ignore the recommendations of government officials. This is AMERICA!

Please help me🇵🇱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿to reunite with my 🇺🇸boyfriend for Christmas 🎄💔We need take of the travel bans for couples LiftTheTravelBan LoveIsNotTourism Test4Travel JoeBiden POTUS BorisJohnson KamalaHarris mikepompeo StateDept SecPompeo YlvaJohansson POTUS FLOTUS CNN

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The sign on I95 that said 'don't be a turkey, wear a mask' made me giggle.

matey over there says the cat & dog flee killer kills covid too, in people. i'm unsure where you'd put the drops tho, perhaps where your color is or maybe a drop or two on the wrists.. it might not be true. funny if it was

Using taxpayers money to terrorize taxpayers. Genius.

As they should! Locking down the healthy part of the population is a smart as cutting off an arm for athletes foot!

Millions of Americans traveled before and after the holidays too

Stupid is as stupid does.

Covid traveled freely though. No ID, walked right thru TSA, sat in first class, rode in limos...

I'm sure some of your employees did to so why ya being hypocrites 😉

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