For weeks now, the message from public health officials has been clear: The safest way to celebrate Thanksgiving this year is with members of your immediate household only.
The level of coronavirus in the U.S. right now means the chances of encountering an infected person while traveling or while sitting at a crowded table are very real.
But in order to truly turn the current surge in cases around, epidemiologists say governments need to do more than just order people not to see friends and family.
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