Healthcare workers urge Americans to 'scale back' Thanksgiving gatherings
by Jessica Glenza from on (#5AQS4)
Doctors, nurses, hospital leaders and infectious disease experts fear large celebrations will cause an explosion of new Covid cases
Doctors, nurses, infectious disease experts and hospital leaders have united in warning Americans against traveling or gathering in large groups for Thanksgiving, a US holiday traditionally marked by bringing extended family and friends around a dinner table.
Experts and frontline workers are fearful such events will cause an explosion of new Covid-19 cases, which could overburden hospitals struggling to recruit nurses amid an exponential" rise in cases.
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