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Colleges and the Thanksgiving COVID-19 risk: Fauci’s right – holiday plans may have to change

  • Written by Walter Thomas Casey II, Associate Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University-Texarkana
imageCollege students are making plans to head home for the holidays at the same time U.S. COVID-19 case numbers are rising.William Campbell/Getty Images

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, warned this week that families may need to change their Thanksgiving plans to keep everyone safe from the coronavirus. The head...

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