there are emergency room equivalent. reporter: maybe so, but the airline s top medical adviser warns with omicron s high transmissibility, airline passengers are two, even three times more likely to catch the virus than wit d. t abk nmen long lines of covid test takers include the holiday s hosting families. family coming in from california. we re all vaccinated, but we just want to be double safe. reporter: most travelers, roughly 100 million people, will drive at least 50 miles. nationally, average gas prices run high $3.29 a gallon, more than $1 above last year, the highest holiday price at the pump since 2008. despite paying up to gas up, and whatever the viral risk, one theory for this surge in holiday travel: people being cooped up for a year and a half. they need to see family and
thanksgiving on the busiest day of the year. reporter: it s been a day of congested highways, crowded airports, and full train stations as millions make their way to thanksgiving destinations. we left early to beat the traffic. it s just a parking garage at this point. reporter: most are driving, with more than 48 million hitting the roads. and tonight, finding gas prices averaging $3.39 per gallon, the highest thanksgiving holiday price in nine years. that s too much money. that s too much. the gas is high. reporter: with covid lockdowns in the rearview mirror and the national vaccination rate nearly 60%, many feel confident about flying this thanksgiving. we decided we were going to fly. we re triple vaxxed. reporter: the t.s.a. reporting six straight days of more than two million flyers, a first since the pandemic began. kelsey shields, who hasn t seen some relatives in 20 months, told cbs news what she s looking forward to. family time and being able to see them f
people that we talked to, as far as i m aware. they said they had security come in and try to help deal with it. one er nurse said she was assaulted when she was nine months pregnant and she and another employee put a cart between herself and another patient to protect them. they say they have security, their management at the hospitals have been helping them, giving them security, giving them tools to try to deal with this but they say frankly they feel like they re so overwhelmed with this animosity that they really don t necessarily have enough protection, geoff. those health care workers are the saints among us. ellison barber, great reporting as always. great to see you. up next, an early christmas gift from the u.s. postal service. the holiday price hike coming to a post office near you. also coming up, potential homebuyers beware. how wall street investors are bidding everyday americans out of the american dream.
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