How many stories have you read about overrun hospitals, plugging people onto oxygen in the parking lot in overflow tents? We were scared into canceling our plans and spending yet another holiday away from our families. And yet, we heard multiple times about politicians who announced their recommendations literally in transit to see family out of town.

But this latest story about Dr. Deborah Birx may take the cake for its hypocrisy:

Dr. Deborah Birx traveled with family out of state over Thanksgiving weekend — disregarding her own advice to stay home and not gather during the holidays, according to a report.

The White House coronavirus response coordinator was joined by three different generations of family at one of her vacation properties on Fenwick Island in Delaware on Nov. 27, just one day after the Thanksgiving holiday, the Associated Press reported.

The group — which included her husband Paige Reffe, a daughter, son-in-law and two young grandchildren — were from two separate households.

Her excuse is almost too laughable for words (via the New York Post):

Birx — who has a home in Washington D.C. and another in Potomac, Maryland — defended the trip saying that she needed to take care of winterizing the property before a potential sale.

“I did not go to Delaware for the purpose of celebrating Thanksgiving,” Birx said in a statement.

She argued the members of the trip belong to her “immediate household,” though acknowledged that they live in separate homes.

We’re all in it together, except, of course, that we’re not.