Thanksgiving Day Parade; American deaths; Joe biden unity
Like everything in 2020, Thanksgiving is looking very different due to COVID-19.
Many are spending their First thanks or Without loved ones. Families are changing Video call at dinner table. and also Thanksgiving parade balloons are social differences.
“I know that countries have grown weary of fighting,” President-Elect Joe Biden said in his Thanksgiving Eve address that unity is growing. “We must remember that we are at war with the virus, not with each other. Not with each other.”
Biden delivered his address a day after the US revealed more than 2,000 new cases since May. It may get worse: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday Published a national ensemble forecast It predicts 294,000 to 321,000 coronovirus deaths as of 19 December.
In Los Angeles County, the nation’s most populous, public health officials said the infection had skyrocketed, with approximately one in every 145 people infected with the virus. This estimate was 1 in 880 residents two months ago, According to the los angeles times.
4 Today’s Number: US has reported over 12.7 Million cases and over 262,100 Deaths, According to Johns Hopkins University data. Global Total: 60.3 Million cases and 1.4 Million deaths.
4 Mapping Coronavirus: Track the outbreak of america in your state.
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Americans still travel despite COVID warnings
For weeks, public health officials warned not to travel this Thanksgiving trip due to COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, yet millions of Americans took to the skies and highways to see their loved ones and families, as well Taking the risk of infection for a vacation.
While travel seems to be much shorter than it was years ago, around 900,000 to 1 million people pass through American airport checkpoints every day from Friday. This was a nearly 60% drop from the same time a year earlier, but Wednesday’s screening of more than 1 million people at airports was the biggest since the onset of the epidemic.
More Americans drive than fly during the holiday, and while the AAA has said it projects to reduce car travel, it does not indicate how much it is.
CDC advised against Thanksgiving visit last weekAmericans receive the highest level of warning, as others prefer Dr. Anthony Fauci encouraged Families to consider virtual vacation planning.
Disney laid off 32,000 more employees in 2021
Disney plans to lay off about 32,000 more employees It is to continue its theme park businesses in the first half of 2021 as a coronavirus epidemic.
The company made revelations in a SEC filing Wednesday, and said the layoffs would primarily affect employees in their parks, experiences and division of products.
Disney has taken a quick hit in its theme parks due to COVID-19 restrictions and dwindling presence. Its Disney World Park in Florida reopened in July after three months of closure, although some are back for hours. However, Disneyland in California remains closed.
CDC reports: US recalls 8 COVID-19 cases for every 1 count
The United States is still severely undergoing a number of COVID-19 cases that exceed its population, a new Center for Disease Control and Prevention report says.
The CDC calculated that around 53 million Americans were infected by the end of September under confirmed cases at the time.
The previous CDC report estimated that the US was going through 10 times more cases. Of the 53 million estimated infections, the CDC states that about 45 million were ill at some point and about 2.4 million were hospitalized.
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade March Despite COVID-19
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade ceremony is still happening this year, But it will look and feel a little different due to the COVID-19 epidemic.
The 94th Annual Messi’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will air on NBC from 9 a.m. to Thursday, November 26. While the celebration has historically drawn huge crowds on the streets of Manhattan – there were about 3.5 million in-person spectators along a 2.5-mile parade route in 2019 – all activity this year will be focused on the Herald Square area of Midtown, and the only one to see The method will be on television.
Susie Tercero, executive producer of Messi’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, said, “For New Yorkers, who usually see it live and in person, it’s a change for who they’re going to experience it the way they are.” The rest of the country experiences it. ” “But I think it is not very different for the rest of the country.
“They are still going to see the balloons. They are still going to see them floating. They are still going to see Santa and Broadway and all these elements, which they use every single year.” Still going to see those things. There may be some differences in them that we are going to see some social disturbances. We have masks, things like that. But it’s still going to be the parade that they know and love. “
– Alex Biese, Asbury Park Press
Former Ohio top health officer calls COVID-19 a humanitarian crisis
Dr. For Amy Acton, the epidemic of coronovirus is equivalent to the public health of the Titanic, and not all Ohioans will end up on a lifeboat.
Acton, a former director of the Ohio Department of Health, said, “You can’t change Titanic at once.” “So, we’re going down. It’s some amount to go down, so let’s minimize the amount.”
When the epidemic first struck Ohio, Acton, and epidemiologists at Ohio State University, the state predicted that about 10,000 new COVID-19 infections might eventually be reported per day.
Those estimates were never understood during Acton’s tenure, leading to harsh criticism for the former health director. About eight months later, however, Ohio surpassed Acton’s launch, with 11,885 new cases reported on Monday.
“We don’t have a curve to level right now. It’s too bad: Acton said,” We’re going to face a moment here, I think it’s going to peak within the next two weeks. … we see that there is a humanitarian crisis on our own soil. “
– Max Filby, The Columbus Dispatch
Scotts Stops NY COVID Restrictions on Some Houses of Worship
Supreme Court held Religious freedom before the epidemic On Wednesday night, severely restricted gatherings at homes of worship in areas that are temporarily blocking recent regulations in New York hit COVID-19 hardest.
New, more conservative majority of court 5-4 decided that Andrew Kyomo of Gov. installed 10 or 25 worshipers’ homes in hard-hit areas in churches, synagogues and other houses of worship, violating the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.
The unsigned opinion of the court stated, “Even in an epidemic, the Constitution cannot be forgotten and forgotten.”
This was in contrast to earlier actions by the High Court in response to state restrictions on organized religion during the coronovirus epidemic. But since then, Associate Justice Ruth Beder Zinsburg Died and succeeded by Associate Justice Amy Connie Barrett, Gave 6-3 majority to conservatives.
– Richard Wolf
Missouri doctor’s video recounts what COVID patients see ‘finally’
Dr. Kenneth Remy knows that the coronovirus pandemic has taken place in the US and is confident that effectively delivered vaccines in 2021 will make things better. First, the country needs to get through the winter – and that means following precautions related to coronovirus such as wearing masks, he said.
That’s why Remy, a researcher at Washington University in St. Louis and a physician at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Made a video to stress the point. Remy said the video is meant to be the first person to see how fast he or she likes to intubate while breathing – “30, 40, 50 times.”
“You’re lying in that bed, looking at me and the others in the room,” he said. “It simulates, basically, what it looks like to breathe, and then, frankly, what it looks like for me to come with an endotracheal tube and a laryngoscope.”
He said: “For some patients, this is all they see at the end of their lives. They see that they get some medicines and they never wake up again.”
– Jordan Culver
Coronavirus postpones national mathematics, reading test until 2022
A national reading and math test that has long been used to track American student achievement is the latest postponement among the coronavirus epidemic, officials announced Wednesday.
The National Center for Educational Progress said that the examination regarding the access to the Educational Progress of Educational Progress has been postponed till 2022.
A national assessment of educational progress, usually occurring every two years, was slated for thousands of the country’s fourth and eighth graders early next year. National assessments are given for a representative sample of students from all socioeconomic backgrounds in 50 states. It is overseen by the government.
– Elinor Aspergren
4 players on MLS playoff team test positive for COVID
Four columbus crew players have Tested positive for COVID-19The club announced Wednesday night against Nashville SC in the Eastern Conference semifinals four days before Sunday’s home match.
According to the club press release, no additional players or staff tested positive on Wednesday. The crew is still scheduled to train on Fridays and Saturdays, and has not identified individuals who have tested positive.
This latest outbreak comes as Ohio continues to see increasing daily numbers of COVID-19 cases. State officials on Wednesday registered 10,835 new cases.
– Jacob Myers, The Columbus Dispatch
Mink infected with COVID rise from his grave in Denmark
Minks appear to be infected with the mutated strain of COVID-19 in Denmark Get up from the dead, Fueling a national frenzy and asks local authorities to cremate mink carcasses.
While this sight is certainly terrible for the residents of West Jutland, there is a place in the country that has confirmed that COVID-19 cases are associated with minks, with the possibility of scientific explanations for zombies such as zombies from their graves. . A spokesman for the Danish police, Thomas Christensen, told a state broadcaster that gases are produced while the body goes underground, According to the Guardian.
“That way, in the worst cases, the mink is pushed out of the ground,” Christenson said of the nightmare.
The nation plans to pull all 15 million minks into the country, producing 40% of the world’s mink fur. Due to the burial crowd, the animals were placed in shallow graves – just over three feet deep. Now, the authorities plan to bury the creatures in graves which is almost double.
– Joshua Sow
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock Apologizes for Holiday Trip
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has apologized for flying to meet family members in Mississippi, even advising city residents to avoid traveling.
Hancock said his family canceled plans for a large gathering and instead boarded the plane to visit his wife and daughter who are living in Mississippi. Hancock said he believed the two were less risk traveling alone than returning home for a vacation.
Hancock tweeted on Wednesday, “I know that my decision has disappointed many who believe it would be better to thank alone.”
“I made my decision as a husband and father, and those who are angry and disappointed, I humbly ask you to forgive those decisions that have been born from my heart and not from my head.”
The contradiction between Hancock’s recommendation and his actions is reminiscent of another elected leader, the California government, Gavin Newsome, who had to apologize after presenting reports about his appearance at his friend’s birthday party at a restaurant, Which was in violation of public health guidelines. .
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