Thanksgiving & Covid

With Covid-19 cases going up again, should you take precautions at Thanksgiving?

Here are a few ideas on how to change up the big meal.

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Thanksgiving is just around the corner and health officials want residents to understand the risks surrounding the holiday.

News 12's joeli poole looks at the keys to a safe celebration.

Thanksgiving is all about gathering around the table sharing pie and turkey- not the coronavirus- with our family and friends.

But health officials say that with the recent surge in covid-19 cases across the us, it may be more critical than ever to protect ourselves and our loved ones.

That doesn't mean abandoning the holidays or family traditions, but it may mean being more creative this season and taking time to prepare.

Baleeiro "the traditional thanksgiving foods are all on the table and everyone is reaching over, sharing and passing it around.

All you need is for one person to be infectious and that will spread very easily.

Be creative, change the foods, change how you present them.

Maybe bring individual portions."

Joeli "officials encourage families to consider the risk of their holiday gatherings.

Lower risk activities include celebrating at home with household members only.

Hosting a small gathering of non-household members outside on your patio or lawn would be a moderate risk and the activity considered to be of the highest risk would be hosting or attending a large indoor gathering, attending a parade or shopping in crowded stores."

With pandemic fatigue setting in, medical advisors are concerned about the holidays and say that with covid numbers climbing, this is no time to let our guard down.

Sizemore "our covid-19 cases are at an all time high.

Our community as a whole is really covid stressed right now.

But if we don't take some serious steps moving towards the holidays we look at making a bad situation even worse."

Hendricks "this is not time to give up.

We're winning, we really are winning even though it may not seem like it sometimes.

We are running a marathon and we see a vaccine on the horizon.

We're all tired.

We're all in this together.

Everybody is pulling together.

No one is exempt from this."

Health officials also suggest that if you decide to travel this holiday season, plan days to self-quarantine when returning home from your visit.

In chattanooga, joeli poole, news 12 now.

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