Most Americans to celebrate holiday with those outside immediate households: poll

Axios-Ipsos poll: Americans are ready to play COVID roulette for Thanksgiving Vaccinations and boosters are giving people more confidence to share Thanksgiving with unvaccinated family and friends. Margaret Talev Axios

Two-in-three Americans will celebrate this Thanksgiving with friends or family outside their immediate households, and about half of those say their gatherings could include unvaccinated people, according to the latest installment of the Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index.

 Vaccinations and booster shots are giving more people confidence to resume traditions like sitting around a packed table with masks off. But many are doing so with heightened awareness of what they don't know when it comes to their holiday companions.

• This year, 31% see a large or moderate risk in seeing friends or family for Thanksgiving — way down from 64% a year ago.
• People's assessment of overall risk of returning to their normal pre-COVID lives is also down, with 44% seeing it as a large to moderate risk this year compared with 72% last year.
• But when Americans are asked how concerned they still feel about the virus, the numbers haven't diminished all that much: 69% compared with 85% a year ago. ..

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