The U.S. experienced a surge in cases, hospitalizations and deaths in recent months, and public health officials warned that those numbers could jump during the winter as Americans experience "COVID fatigue."
Flu deaths are remarkably low so far, two months into the flu season. Maybe because a flu + COVID death gets reported as a COVID death with an influenza comorbidity. After all, the most common comorbidity is "Influenza and Pneumonia".
Fauci and other task force members urged Americans to refrain from traveling to visit loved ones over the holidays to avoid spreading the virus. But millions of Americans bucked that advice and packed airports in the days leading up to Thanksgiving."We have to be careful now," Fauci told ABC’s "This Week" on Sunday. "There almost certainly is going to be an uptick because of what’s happened with the travel."
Or because of the season. Or both.
He added: "We may see a surge upon a surge. We don’t want to frighten people
Fauci said it’s unlikely the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will relax its holiday gathering guidelines ahead of Christmas.
I think it's likely many people will travel for Christmas, unless they're sick (or dead) from traveling in November.