Dr. Fauci really wants to cancel Thanksgiving

[Yoni Heisler]

• With coronavirus infections rising rapidly across more than two dozen U.S states, Dr. Fauci recently cautioned Americans to hold off on traditional Thanksgiving meals.
• Large indoor gatherings have been responsible for several large coronavirus outbreaks in recent months.
• "You may have to bite the bullet and sacrifice" Thanksgiving this year, Fauci said.

With the coronavirus pandemic still an ongoing concern across dozens of states, Thanksgiving this year may look a little bit different. While it's a longstanding tradition for Americans to celebrate Thanksgiving by getting together with friends and family, large indoor gatherings have been found to be disproportionately responsible for coronavirus infections. As a result, Dr. Anthony Fauci recently said that Americans may have to suck it up and either cancel their Thanksgiving meal plans or, at the very least, keep such gatherings quite small.

"You may have to bite the bullet and sacrifice that social gathering," Fauci said during an interview with CBS News this week, "unless you're pretty certain that the people that you're dealing with are not infected either."

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