Cheyenne Martinez- Week 13

The central idea of, “Here’s what to know about the dangers that go along with hosting Thanksgiving amid surging corona virus infections: What’s safe? What’s not?” Hartford Courant by Keith Grant is how you can have a safe Thanksgiving this year. He goes into detail on how you can celebrate thanksgiving with your loved ones despite the pandemic. Grant clearly is not against gathering on the holidays since he created an entire guide on how to do it with the least risk of exposure. Keith said who you should and should not allow to be around you on Thanksgiving celebrations and recommended what type of protocol you should do if you’re allowing non immediate family members to spend it with you.He was effective at expressing the options people are left with due to COVID-19 and what is suggested and what is not. He described what you can do to limit possible spreads of the virus so you can still enjoy the holiday with your friends and families. He was ineffective at using ethos. Hypothetically, as somebody looking into trying to spend the holiday with non family members, I would want real statistics or statements from professionals proving that it is okay or safe to do the things he said is. He had no proof behind what he was saying in the opinionated article. He failed at establishing credibility which is almost always necessary in order to persuade somebody.