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Americans were warned that the nation’s explosive rise in coronavirus cases this fall made traveling over the Thanksgiving holiday unsafe. But they traveled anyway, and new data suggests they might not have practiced social distancing while doing so.

According to an NBC News analysis of cellphone location data provided by the analytics and marketing company Cuebiq, Americans in more than 1,900 counties saw increased rates of closeness during Thanksgiving travel, compared to the previous week.

Cuebiq has analyzed detailed location data from more than 15 million mobile devices in the contiguous U.S. since March to determine how often people lingered within 50 feet of someone else for at least five minutes while outside of their homes.

From Nov. 22 to Nov. 28, each day saw a rise in the number of counties where people increased their closeness level compared to the week earlier.

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Experts warn of case surge from Thanksgiving travel

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When schools closed, Black, Hispanic, poor kids took biggest hit

When the pandemic forced the closure of most U.S. schools last spring, students were thrown into new and unfamiliar ways of learning. Special education students and children learning English lost support that their schools struggled to provide online. Many students had no access to computers or internet and were completely cut off from their teachers.

The true toll these disruptions have taken on student learning won’t be known for months or years, but new reports from national education-testing organizations have begun to offer an early look at that impact.

The latest is a report from NWEA, formerly the Northwest Evaluation Association, which analyzed the results of tests given to nearly 4.4 million U.S. students in grades three through eight this fall and found that most fell short in math, scoring an average

Thanksgiving comes and goes, but S.C. travel worries linger

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – Holiday travel has been a longstanding concern for health experts amid the pandemic and some South Carolinians heeded their warnings, but health experts worry it may not have been enough people.

a truck that is driving down the road: Interstate 20 in Aiken County.

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Interstate 20 in Aiken County.

According to a spokesperson for Columbia Metropolitan Airport, about half as many people flew out of CAE during the week of Thanksgiving as did in 2019. Officials say 7,425 people flew out of CAE from November 22 to November 28, but about 14,036 people flew during an average November week in 2019.

SCDOT said there was a less significant decrease in road travel this year. There was a 10% decrease in traffic the week of Thanksgiving this year compared to the same time last year. But, while there was a spike in traffic on the roads going into the middle of November last year, there

Fewer people travel for Thanksgiving, but experts remain concerned about COVID-19 spike

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – Holiday travel has been a longstanding concern for health experts amid the pandemic and some South Carolinians heeded their warnings, but health experts worry it may not have been enough people.

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According to a spokesperson for Columbia Metropolitan Airport, about half as many people flew out of CAE during the week of Thanksgiving as did in 2019. Officials say 7,425 people flew out of CAE from November 22 to November 28, but about 14,036 people flew during an average November week in 2019.

SCDOT said there was a less significant decrease in road travel this year. There was a 10% decrease in traffic the week of Thanksgiving this year compared to the same time last year. But, while there was a spike in traffic on the roads going into the middle of November last year, there was a

Hilary Duff Spends Thanksgiving With Family After COVID-19 Quarantine

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Something to be grateful for! Hilary Duff was able to reunite with her family for Thanksgiving after being in quarantine for COVID-19 exposure.

The Younger star shared an adorable photo from her holiday celebrations with her husband, Matthew Koma, her 8-year-old son, Luca, and the couple’s 2-year-old daughter, Banks. “Happy Thanksgiving!” the former child star, 33, captioned the sweet family shot on Friday, November 27. “1 or 2 celebrations away from getting out of 2020 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️.”

Hilary Duff Reunites With Family Thanksgiving After COVID-19 Quarantine — Matthew Koma, Hilary Duff and their children. Courtesy Hilary Duff/Instagram

Duff, who is pregnant with her third child, revealed that she had been sheltering away from her loved ones after coming into contact with the deadly illness. Her self-isolation period began shortly after she started filming Younger’s 7th season in New York City.

“Exposed to COVID. Quarantine day 2. FML,” she captioned an Instagram Story selfie. The Lizzie McGuire alum then

Despite health warnings, Utahns ranked No. 1 in continental U.S. for Thanksgiving road trips

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Utahns were worst among residents of the continental United States for heeding health officials’ pleas to stay home during the Thanksgiving holiday to help slow the spread of COVID-19, new data suggest.

a car driving through a city: (Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Traffic moves along I-15 in Salt Lake City in this Sept. 3, 2020, file photo. Despite warnings from health officials, Utahns ranked No. 1 in the nation for taking Thanksgiving road trips compared to last year.

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(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Traffic moves along I-15 in Salt Lake City in this Sept. 3, 2020, file photo. Despite warnings from health officials, Utahns ranked No. 1 in the nation for taking Thanksgiving road trips compared to last year.

The number of road trips of at least 50 miles taken by Utahns did drop by 13.9% the day before Thanksgiving and on the holiday itself compared to a year earlier — but that was the lowest decrease in any of the continental states, according to the travel data company Arrivalist and its Daily Travel Index. Hawaii was worse with a 7.6% increase.

The next-worst state behind Utah was Nevada, with a significantly

Fauci Warns of Another Surge of COVID Cases After Thanksgiving Travel | Health News

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By Ernie Mundell and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters

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MONDAY, Nov. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — After millions of Americans chose to travel for Thanksgiving, Dr. Anthony Fauci warned on Sunday that a “surge superimposed upon” a surge of coronavirus cases will likely follow.

As the number of coronavirus-related deaths per day rose to its highest point since April, Fauci and other public health officials stressed the importance of wearing masks and practicing social distancing, the Washington Post reported.

“It’s going to get worse over the next several weeks, but the actions that we take in the next several days will determine how bad it is or whether or not we continue to flatten our curve,” U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams told Fox News.

White House coronavirus task force coordinator Deborah Birx told CBS News that the number of coronavirus cases is “three, four and 10 times” as high

Thinking about getting COVID-19 tested after Thanksgiving?

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title= — Tidelands Health medical professionals conduct a drive-through COVID-19 testing site in July at Myrtle Beach Pelicans Ballpark.

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On the Grand Strand, pleas from the health community for people to not travel for Thanksgiving went unheard.

The percentage of visitors skyrocketed far above last year’s as people flocked to the beach for Turkey Day even as coronavirus cases in the county soar. The area has not seen a positive test rate below 10% in weeks.

For Nov. 21-27, the Myrtle Beach area saw 65.2% of vacation rental properties booked, more than 20 points above the same time frame for 2019, according to Coastal Carolina University’s weekly lodging update.

If these visitors have any effect on the Myrtle Beach area’s coronavirus cases, it may not be seen for weeks, as the virus can take up to two weeks to show symptoms in some people.

Myrtle Beach’s

State-By-State Guide To Quarantining After Thanksgiving Travel

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Covid-19 quarantine Thanksgiving — Most Thanksgiving travelers will need to quarantine.

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If you traveled out of state for Thanksgiving, there’s a pretty good chance that your state recommends or requires you to quarantine upon returning home.

That means staying at home, without going anywhere or seeing anyone from outside your household, for 14 days. The purpose is that, if you became infected over the holidays, you do not infect anyone else.

Notably, the states where Covid-19 is spreading the fastest are the least likely to have a quarantine order or a mask mandate in place.

Here are the states that ask returning residents to quarantine after travel:

Alaska: Returning residents must go to the Alaska Travel Portal and fill out a traveler declaration about where they’ve been in the previous two weeks. If you’ve been out of state for more than three days, you have a choice: quarantine for two weeks or

Miami groups host Thanksgiving for needy with extra precautions

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Every year on Thanksgiving, nonprofit organizations across Miami host hundreds of volunteers and community members who eat, dance and mingle at what feels like block parties among neighbors and friends.

DJs hype up the crowds, barbers give haircuts and volunteers dish out heaping plates of Thanksgiving delicacies.

But as COVID-19 cases rise, medical experts advise staying home for the holiday. So does Miami-Dade County, the state’s most populous, where case counts have surged to a seven-day average of more than 1,800 daily cases.

While gatherings are frowned upon and social distancing is recommended, the need for food and shelter hasn’t gone away. Instead, it has ballooned into a crisis. Feeding South Florida, the region’s largest food bank, reported a 200% increase in demand since the pandemic began in March, destabilizing millions and putting people out of work.

MIA_07CAMILLUSHOUSETHANKSGIVINGCLO_CPJ — Client Andy Ali, 61, right, enjoys a warm meal. In celebration of the