in New York, the Covid-19 upsets the Thanksgiving feast

Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, in the midst of the Covid-19 epidemic: soon 13 million cases in the country and more than 261,000 deaths. So the authorities asked to avoid travel and large family meals so as not to further accelerate the spread of the pandemic. AT New York, the instructions are well followed, and we can see him in front of a butcher’s shop in Brooklyn that sells turkeys by chain.

Jill and her companion line up outside the store. Jil and his companion collect their order but this Thanksgiving will not be like the others: “We’re going to have a food exchange with my family, explains this American. They’re going to cook stuff, too, and then we’ll meet on my brother’s rooftop terrace to share it all, and each eat at home. “

So there will be a lot less people around the table than usual this year. “Normally, we are 20 for dinner: family, friends, my parents, my brothers, the children … My father lives in the city so we can see the parade from his home. It’s a great moment”, Jill adds. None of that either since the New York Grand Parade is canceled.

In the queue, there is also Joe and his wife who ate only for the two of them. “There, there are four kilos, assures Joe. Usually, we take the whole turkey: 11 kilos. That, it is only the white. We agree to be less numerous. I am of 100% agreement. “

I’m afraid of the virus

Joe, a New Yorker

to franceinfo

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Butcher John works almost more than usual: smaller portions mean more meat to cut. “Before, it was a big turkey for two or three families, he explains. And there, everyone takes his piece or his net … People are forced to stay at home, not to travel and not to see the rest of their family. And they also have to cook at home. ”

After Thanksgiving, Christmas will come quickly. But what will the end of year celebrations look like? This butcher, like his customers, prefers not to think about it.

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