Traveling and seeing others for Thanksgiving during the pandemic

If you're seeing family this thanksgiving listen up.

Scripps Reporter Chris Conte has some recommendations if you have to travel or find yourself with others outside your immediate household.

HAS SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IF YOUHAVE TO TRAVEL OR FIND YOURSELFWITH OTHERS OUTSIDE YOURIMMEDIATE HOUSEHOLD...IN NON-PANDEMIC TIMES, THISWOULD BE THE BUSIEST TRAVELWEEK OF THE YEAR ...BUT SUDDENLY AMERICANS ARELOSING THEIR APPETITE FORTHANKSGIVING TRAVEL.SOT 000419 EVERY HOLIDAY WE'VEHAD SO FAR WHEN PEOPLE HAVETRAVELED HAS BEEN FOLLOWED BY ASPIKE IN CASES THAT IS DR.STEVEN MORSE.HE STUDIES EPIDEMIOLOGY ATCOLUMBIA.(HOSPITAL STUFF) AS HE SEES ICUBEDS FILLING UP WITH COVIDPATIENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ...HE IS URGING PEOPLE TO AVOIDLARGE GATHERINGS THISTHANKSGIVING.SOT 000310 WE REALLY DON'T HAVEA NATIONAL OR EVEN MULTI-STATEPLAN, AND THAT WORRIES ME DR.MORSE ALSO KNOWS INEVITABLYSOME PEOPLE WILL STILL GETTOGETHER ON THURSDAY.HIS ADVICE, HAVE AMULTI-LAYERED SAFETY APPROACH.THE FIRST LAYER ...INVOLVES TESTING.HE SAYS TO AVOID THOSE RAPIDTESTS IF YOU CAN BECAUSETHEY'RE LESS ACCURATE.AND PLAN AHEAD, MANY COVIDTESTING SITES ARE EXTREMELYBUSY RIGHT NOW.SOT 001102 THAT'S WHY TESTINGIS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSEIT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN FINDPEOPLE WHO AREN'T OBVIOUSLYSICK AND STOP THEM (GRAPHIC)HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY IF YOU AREPLANNING A SMALL FAMILYGATHERING ...GET TESTED BEFORE YOU SEEHIGH-RISK FAMILY MEMBERS.CONSIDER VIRTUAL HOLIDAYGATHERINGS WHENEVER POSSIBLE.IF YOU ARE GATHERING WITHPEOPLE OUTSIDE WHENEVERPOSSIBLE.IF YOU ARE GATHERING WITHPEOPLE OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSEHOLD,EAT IN SEPARATE ROOMS.OR CONSIDER EATING OUTDOORS.IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO CHECKINON FAMILY MEMBERS WHO MIGHT BEFORCED TO SPEND THE HOLIDAYS BYTHEMSELVES.SOT 000345 THIS IS THE TIMEWHEN WE NEED TO BE MOSTCAREFUL, WHAT WORRIES ME THEMOST IS THE COMPLACENCY I SEEALL AROUND US SOT (COLEMAN)000426 WHAT I'VE SEEN IS ONCEIT GETS INTO A FAMILY, BECAUSEWE LET OUR GUARD DOWN AROUNDOUR FAMILY, EVERYBODY GETSINFECTED.DR.JOHN COLEMAN IS WITHNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.HE SAYS THERE'S JUST TOO MANYVARIABLE TO CONSIDER WHEN ITCOMES TO GATHERING FORTHANKSGIVING THIS YEAR.SOT (COLEMAN) 00040 I THINK WEARE ON THE CUSP OF SOME VERY,VERY DARK MONTHS.WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THE INCREASEOF COVID ACROSS THE NATION ISGOING TO EVENTUALLY STRESS THEHEALTH SYSTEM STAYING SAFE ONTHANKSGIVING THIS YEAR, MIGHTMESSAGE OF HOPE...EVEN AS HOSPITALS ACROSS THE