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As CDC warns against Thanksgiving travel, here are a dozen more things you can do to help stop COVID-19

  • Written by Pamela M. Aaltonen, Professor Emerita; Immediate Past President, APHA, Purdue University
imageWhile it may be deflating, events like the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade are best watched from home this year. Here, the Harold the Fireman balloon lies face down as he readied for the parade on Nov. 27, 2019.Gary Hershorn via Getty Images

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