Weekend air travel hits pandemic-era record, despite health officials' pleas to stay home

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Warnings from public health officials not to travel for Thanksgiving didn't stop passengers from packing US airports and planes this weekend.

From Friday to Sunday, more than 3 million people passed through airport security checkpoints in the United States — a record weekend for air travel since the pandemic hit in March. Sunday was the biggest day for air travel since March 16, with 1.05 million people screened.

US health officials have pleaded with the American public not to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday this week as new Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths soar. Friday saw a one-day record of 196,000 new US cases, according to Johns Hopkins.

The airlines say that the cleaning procedures used between flights, the exchange of fresh air in the cabin throughout flights and the hospital-quality air filters now used on planes make it safe to fly. The airlines also require passengers to wear masks.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/weekend-air-travel-hits-pandemic-era-record-despite-health-officials-pleas-to-stay-home/ar-BB1bhyAL?li=BBnb7Kz

Great! COVID-19 numbers should be even higher by Christmas.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. The flying part might be relatively safe, but what about all the people

packed into airports, traveling all over the country and visiting relatives and others in large groups? That's the problem, not the airplanes.

As a species, humans might be too damn stupid to survive much longer. Evolution doesn't seem to be working very well when it comes to people.

[Blues Heron]

2. WTF is a plea?

you either mandate it or not. Americans cannot be trusted to act on "pleas" We've proved that. Spell it out, put some teeth in, lock up the spreaders as needed.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. Some of those folks will be having a very sad Christmas, I'm afraid.

I don't get their line of thinking. Can they not skip one holiday to insure that they all get to celebrate together in the future?

[tblue37]

5. So many of them don't believe that covid is as serious as it is, so they just do

whatever they want.

[RebelWolverine]

4. Risk

The people traveling are risking themselves. It should weed out the people not heeding what the government says. Let them go, be around sick people, right? Why waste our time on these peasants, they will be sorted out.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. What about the non-stupid people they end up infecting?

Their parents, grandparents, other relatives and friends who didn't want that risk?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. The other relatives should not be hosting out of town visitors,

or going to any get-together with them. Unfortunately, a lot of people will happily go to a large Thanksgiving get together this year and then be so surprised when people start getting sick.

[DesertRat]

10. They're putting additional strain on our healthcare system

I don't wish COVID on anyone, even "peasants". Welcome to DU.

[marble falls]

12. "These peasants", classism ain't cool. Not from them, and definitely not from us.

[Baclava]

8. I see its a majority of millennials and GenXers doing the traveling, the invincibles

[chowder66]

9. Just fly them all to a secluded island. nt

[MissB]

11. I'm guessing there are a fair number of college students

in that mix.

Quite a few universities changed up their terms to end right before thanksgiving. They won’t need to return until January.

Some of them have to fly home.