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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House plans to hold indoor holiday receptions in the coming weeks despite ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks and the advice of public health professionals urging Americans to sacrifice their normal holiday gatherings to curb the spread of the virus.
U.S. officials have warned against large gatherings on Thursdays Thanksgiving holiday, instead urging Americans to stay home and forgo traveling to see relatives in a bid to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus and protect vulnerable individuals as cases topped 12 million over the weekend.
While the White House has said President Donald Trump and his wife Melania will remain in Washington this week, skipping their annual Thanksgiving at Trumps private club in Florida, the first lady plans to hold a holiday reception a few days later on Nov. 30, according to an invitation obtained by ABC News.
That follows a series of White House events in recent months that have been linked to a rash of outbreaks, including Trumps own bout with the disease from late September into early October. A White House aide and four others have tested positive in recent days.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-whitehouse/white-house-plans-holiday-party-as-americans-urged-to-stay-home-idUSKBN2831S1
They are such entitled assholes ....
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)tanyev
(42,556 posts)I truly do not understand.
UPDATE: The photo is from last years party, but an invitation did go out for a party on Dec. 9. Maybe theyll all wear their most festive holiday masks.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214595167
I would literally rather _______. Fill in blank any way you choose.
How fking sickening.
Walleye
(31,022 posts)CatMor
(6,212 posts)does she have any friends to invite, I doubt it.
jeffreyi
(1,940 posts)Covid has decided to increase exponentially in my lightly populated community. No thxgiving celebrations for me and my friends. In fact, I want to get another test tomorrow because of in-office contact with no-maskers last week.
IllinoisBirdWatcher
(2,315 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)That will be so sweet!
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)This attitude, along with the grifting and deaths of 250,000+ citizens, make donald one of the worst leaders of any nation in history.