Thinking of getting tested before Thanksgiving? Be careful if you’re planning the… everyone-has-gotten-tested approach to getting together with family at Thanksgiving. Getting a negative test doesn’t clear you from continuing to wear masks or social distance. While this approach can be used as a form of risk reduction, it is not a guarantee of safety from the virus. Quarantining can also help, but they day is quickly approaching. Christie Aschwanden, reporter at Wired, joins us for more.




Next, Boeing’s 737 Max has been given approval by the FAA to fly passengers again. The plane had been grounded for 20 months after two crashes killed 346 people.   There was an issue with an automated flight control system which would point the plane down despite pilots trying to override it. All the issues have been resolved, but because of the pandemic customer orders for the planes have been cancelled or deferred. Leslie Josephs, aviation reporter at CNBC, joins us for the return of the 737 Max.




Finally, coronavirus is still running rampant across the country as the death count in the U.S. is now over 250,000. Thanksgiving is approaching and public health experts have urged caution over large gatherings. One more point of caution, more than 3 million people are estimated to be contagious with the coronavirus according to new models by epidemiologists at Columbia University. Joel Achenbach, science reporter at the Washington Post, joins us for why this estimate is so much higher than the official case count.

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