(Updated at 9:50 a.m.) Thanksgiving is only three weeks away, and with coronavirus on the rise in much of the country, plans for the holiday are in flux.
The usual gatherings of family and friends are now subject to a calculation: is a big turkey dinner worth the risk of contracting a potentially deadly or debilitating disease?
For some, the solution will be a smaller dinner, perhaps with only some of the fixin’s. For others, however, it might be business as usual.
Asked about it last week on CNBC, two prominent figures in the medical field said the traditional Thanksgiving gathering was out for them this year.
"We usually have a very large Thanksgiving dinner. We're not going to have that this year," says $MRK CEO Ken Frazier. pic.twitter.com/7WEJxohXHr
— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) October 29, 2020
"I'm going to forego Thanksgiving this year … I'm not going to be bringing together a large group of people," says @ScottGottliebMD on holiday plans during the pandemic. "This is the hardest point in this pandemic right now, the next two months." pic.twitter.com/Bitrwczp9H
— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) October 29, 2020
What are your current turkey day plans? If they’ve changed from your usual Thanksgiving plans, let us know in the comments.