Governor Lamont advised in a Dec. 17 press conference that Connecticut residents restrict how much they travel, aiming to avoid the same rise in cases that the Thanksgiving break brought. “We all paid a price for [those Thanksgiving gatherings],” Lamont said. “Maybe that’s leveling out now, we’ll see, but let’s not let that happen again.” Many are following Lamont’s warning to stay home for the holiday season. “My family decided to not go anywhere for the winter break,” Alexia Abrams-Rivera ’22 said. “We know that there will be a risk like there was with Thanksgiving.” “ — Rishabh Banerjee ’21 This warning comes just after one given on Dec. 16 by President-Elect Joe Biden that also urged Americans to refrain from traveling.