 An infected person is almost 20 times more likely to transmit the coronavirus than if they were outside. Yes, it sounds like the Grinch who stole Christmas when the Center for Disease Control urges that we celebrate Thanksgiving only with people in our immediate household. It sounds harsh when a politician like Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer tweets, if you are planning to spend Thanksgiving with people outside of your own household, I urge you to reconsider. But COVID is for real.