The Covid Thanksgiving: Outdoor Heaters, Virtual Meals, Grandma Stays Home; Cruise ships can resume sailing in US waters — but no passengers, yet , and other C-Virus Updates
The Covid Thanksgiving: Outdoor Heaters, Virtual Meals, Grandma Stays Home:
Ted Teuten is facing an agonizing question for Thanksgiving this year: Is it safe for his 76-year-old mother to come?
Mr. Teuten, an interior designer, normally hosts a feast with family and friends. This year, he’s debating the risks his mom will face if she travels to his home in Chicago from hers near Albany, N.Y. “My sister and I just finished texting about whether to put my mom on a plane,” he says. He’s worried too about the risks of a long, indoor dinner at close quarters. “The whole thing is deeply questionable at this point,” he says.
His mother, Marguerite, says she will likely end up staying home. “I have a feeling I’ll be spending it completely alone,” she says. “And I am really not looking forward to that.”
The pandemic is creating some gut-wrenching decision-making for families. After seven months of isolation, the pull of getting together is strong. But with cases surging across the country and hospitalizations rising too, the risks are high for traditional celebrations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises against big indoor gatherings and warns against travel.—>READ MORE HERE
Cruise ships can resume sailing in US waters — but no passengers, yet:
Cruise ships can officially set sail Sunday – but they won’t be carrying any passengers.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has given the greenlight for cruise ships to take to the seas but hasn’t given a date for when anyone other than crew members will be allowed onboard, USA Today reported.
The CDC is replacing an eight-month “no sail” order, which expired at 11:59 p.m. Saturday, with a 40-page Framework for Conditional Sailing Order. The new directive lays out what the CDC’s migration and quarantine chief Dr. Martin Cetron calls “a phased, deliberate and intentional pathway” to resuming passenger services.
That course depends on the cruise industry’s ability to ensure the health of crew members and passengers as well as residents of port cities, Martin said. —>READ MORE HERE
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