Memorial Day Weekend: Americans Visit Beaches and Attractions With Pandemic Warnings in Mind

Memorial Day Weekend: Americans Visit Beaches and Attractions With Pandemic Warnings in Mind
People relax on the Beach amid the CCP virus pandemic in Tybee Island, Ga., on April 25, 2020. Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images
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The country has started a most unusual kind of Memorial Day weekend. Beach days, cookouts, and park visits are underway, but with health officials pleading in the background: get some fresh air—but watch how you do it.

After weeks of being holed up with stay-at-home orders because of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, Americans in all 50 states have seen their restrictions loosened to varying degrees. As the country nears 100,000 recorded Covid-19 deaths, epidemiologists warn cases will spike as people increasingly get around.