Despite all the warnings, the advice to stay home and the fact that the longer we continue to fly, the longer this COVID-19 the pandemic will last, the Americans continued to fly for the holidays. And our pre-Christmas peak in people flying to see loved ones was rivalour pre-pandemic number.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised that people not travel for the holidays, instead spending time with people who have already he was at home with them. If indeed must During the trips, the CDC asked people to consider the impact of this procedure, including overwhelming local hospitals and the unintentional bringing of the disease to a previously unaffected home.
And yet, the day before Christmas Eve, 1191123 people boarded flights to the United States, NBC reports– most since March, when the pandemic was still in its infancy in this country. A similar peak was seen during ThanksgivingIn the holiday season, but March 16 was the last day, more than 1.1 million people flew.
In the week before Christmas, more than three million people boarded flights. Although these numbers are significantly lower compared to travel in, say, 2019, it is still higher.
After the Thanksgiving holiday, COVID-19 cases began to increase, probably as a result of both trips and those without a mask contact with people outside the bubble. In the two weeks after Thanksgiving, COVID-19 cases among TSA agents increased by a national average of 38% Forbes reported.
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A similar trend occurred in Canada after the country celebrated Thanksgiving in October. Ontario recorded a record number of cases two weeks after Thanksgiving, The Washington Post reported. The province responded by banning the inner table and other gathering restrictions.
The extended nature of the winter holidays is an additional cause for concern even now, as this is generally not a one-day issue. Families get together for a few days in a row and the emphasis is on visiting as many relatives as possible. And that doesn’t even take into account the New Year’s holidays, which will probably be their own box of worms.
It remains to be seen how the impact of travel growth on the country will remain, but it does not look promising.