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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

ICYMI - Thanksgiving in the Time of the Coronavirus

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

iHeartPodcasts and Paramount Podcasts

Comedy, Daily News, News

4.413.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Nearly half of all Americans cancel Thanksgiving plans over COVID-19 concerns, the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade goes virtual, and small turkeys are in high demand as gatherings get downsized.

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0:00.0

You're listening to Comedy Central.

0:05.0

This is the time of year when Americans would normally be fighting over whether to get

0:09.2

the canned cranberry sauce or the good canned cranberry sauce.

0:15.1

But in Corona, the big question is whether to have Thanksgiving at all.

0:21.9

There's no place like home for the holidays, and that indulgent Thanksgiving feast with

0:26.5

friends and family.

0:28.1

But coast to coast cases of the coronavirus are on the rise, and travel plans are changing.

0:33.4

In a recent survey, 47% of Americans say they're going to cancel.

0:37.5

There is growing concern, the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday could turn into a super spread or event.

0:42.5

New York City's mayor, Bill DeBlasio, just announcing that the Macy's Thanksgiving

0:46.8

day parade will go virtual this year.

0:49.7

Some experts are calling the hundreds of thousands of college students traveling across

0:53.2

the country for the holidays, quote, little ticking time bombs.

0:56.9

Oh yeah, this is the perfect holiday week for Corona.

1:01.2

Young people come home from colleges, party together indoors in their hometown, and then

1:05.0

hang out with their oldest relatives.

1:07.7

You best believe Corona is already lining up right now like it's a Black Friday sale on

1:11.3

grandparents.

1:12.3

Now let's be honest, Corona would just be one more shitty thing that kids bring home from

1:16.2

college.

1:17.2

Because college kids only bring stuff home that nobody wants.

1:20.3

Piles of dirty laundry, shitty taste and beer, their new boyfriend who starts every

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