Let’s Have a Ricochet Thanksgiving Vow This Year

RushBabe49
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These are the new Thanksgiving Edicts from the CDC:

Thanksgiving is a time when many families travel long distances to celebrate together. Travel increases the chance of getting and spreading the virus that causes COVID-19. Staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others. If you must travel, be informed of the risks involved.

Lower risk activities
  • Having a small dinner with only people who live in your household
  • Preparing traditional family recipes for family and neighbors, especially those at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19, and delivering them in a way that doesn’t involve contact with others
  • Having a virtual dinner and sharing recipes with friends and family
  • Shopping online rather than in person on the day after Thanksgiving or the next Monday
  • Watching sports events, parades, and movies from home
Moderate risk activities
  • Having a small outdoor dinner with family and friends who live in your community
  • Visiting pumpkin patches or orchards where people use hand sanitizer before touching pumpkins or picking apples, wearing masks is encouraged or enforced, and people are able to maintain social distancing
  • Attending a small outdoor sports events with safety precautions in place
Higher risk activities

Avoid these higher risk activities to help prevent the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19:

  • Going shopping in crowded stores just before, on, or after Thanksgiving
  • Participating or being a spectator at a crowded race
  • Attending crowded parades
  • Using alcohol or drugs, which can cloud judgement and increase risky behaviors
  • Attending large indoor gatherings with people from outside of your household.

And it’s the same story in California:

According to California’s Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly, residents should have all gatherings outside, either in their yards or nearby parks. The only time people should go inside is to use the restroom, which must be sanitized frequently.

The people at the gathering should be limited to no more than three households. Those who are considered high risk or elderly should stay home. Of course, mask-wearing and social distancing are a given and gatherings should conclude after approximately two hours. The argument is that the longer a person is in contact with others the greater the likelihood of contracting the Wuhan coronavirus.

The state also stressed the importance of Californians wearing masks if they plan to sing, chant or shout because “physical exertion significantly increases the risk of COVID-19 transmission because these activities increase the release of respiratory droplets and fine aerosols into the air.”

I would like to suggest that Ricochet Members take a Thanksgiving Vow this year, to Defy Tyranny.

We Ricochet Members vow to have the best Thanksgiving ever this year.  We vow to have an enormous family dinner, with all the kids, grandkids, aunts, uncles, and cousins we can fit in the dining room.  We further vow to celebrate the True Meaning of Thanksgiving, which is to Celebrate The Greatest Country on God’s Green Earth, the United States of America.  We further vow to recognize that we are blessed to live in the United States of America, and to go out into the world as it exists, and happily do our very best to live our lives as we normally do, and not in fear.

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There are 21 comments

  1. JennaStocker
    JennaStocker
    @JennaStocker

    Amen. My husband and I had my parents (both in their seventies), and both my brothers’ families, including their kids ages 3-9, over last Easter to our very, very small home. My parents insisted. We’ve celebrated every holiday together since. My parents insisted. Time together is precious. What’s the point of it all if we can’t be with the ones we love?

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  2. JoelB
    JoelB
    @JoelB

    If you must travel, be informed of the risks involved.

    They forgot to mention peaceful protests.

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  3. Percival
    Percival
    @Percival

    If I was in California, my physical exertions would be directed at getting out of California.

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  4. Stina
    Stina
    @CM

    RushBabe49: Having a small dinner with only people who live in your household

    I’ve tried this.

    It’s the worst way to do Thanksgiving. My 2 adults and 3 kids under 13 don’t eat enough for the variety of a proper thanksgiving.

    Might as well stick to normal food fare.

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  5. Blondie
    Blondie
    @Blondie

    We are having our usual Thanksgiving at my parents with my siblings and their families. We’ve all been together several times over the course of this mess. In fact, we’ve probably gotten together more than we have in several years. My sister-in-law’s family has, too. All of us live about an hour from each other and 3 of us are nurses (one works the COVID unit several times a week in her hospital). You gotta live. Not having the family over for Thanksgiving would kill my parents sooner than any virus. 

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