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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recorded its highest number of weekend passengers since the coronavirus pandemic began in March, with over 3 million people traveling in the past three days. The surge comes despite Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance advising against Thanksgiving travel because of mounting covid-19 cases across the nation.
Sunday was the busiest travel day since the beginning of the pandemic in March, according to TSA spokesman Daniel Velez, with 1,047,934 passengers. TSA screenings surpassed a now-rare amount of 1 million screenings on both Friday and Sunday; Friday was a slightly lower travel day with 1,019,836 travelers screened. On Saturday, TSA saw 984,369 travelers.
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The new peak comes as U.S. coronavirus cases have also hit a new high, and just in time for Thanksgiving week which typically brings the busiest travel day of the year on Wednesday. In the past week, daily new coronavirus cases in the United States surged by nearly 14 percent, according to data tracked by The Washington Post.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took a firm stance last week: Travel may increase your chance of getting and spreading COVID-19. Postponing travel and staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others this year.
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handmade34
(22,755 posts)is why we can't have nice things...
napi21
(45,806 posts)worth the risk of infection.
DSandra
(999 posts)sfstaxprep
(9,998 posts)If you think it's bad now, just wait until we get a couple of weeks past Thanksgiving.