UPI reports Ohio State University found nearly 40% of US residents plan to attend gatherings of ten or more people this holiday season.
Despite concerns over the spread of COVID-19, one-third of respondents said they wouldn't ask attendees at holiday parties with family or friends to wear masks.
The data showed that just over 25% indicated that they wouldn't practice social distancing, either.
Figures from Johns Hopkins University report nearly 10.5 million people nationally have been sickened by the virus.
More than 240,000 have died from it.
