OLYMPIA, Wash. — Americans are paying the price for gathering over Thanksgiving.
Some are now falling sick with COVID-19 after celebrating with people outside their households.
Health officials are warning people not to make the same mistake during this month’s celebrations.
The coronavirus was already raging across the nation before Thanksgiving and it has picked up steam since, with new cases regularly climbing above 200,000 a day.
Contact tracers and ER doctors are hearing repeatedly from new coronavirus patients that they socialized during the Thanksgiving holiday with people outside their households.